I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released March 10, 1967
Recorded January - February 1967 at Fame Studio, Muscle Shoals and Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City
Genre Soul music: Memphis soul, Southern soul
Length 32:51
Label Atlantic, Rhino
Producer Jerry Wexler
Aretha Franklin chronology
Take It Like You Give It
(1967)		 I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
(1967)		 Aretha Arrives
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau (A)[2]
Warr.org [3]

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is the breakthrough 1967 album by Aretha Franklin. It went to number 2 on the Billboard album chart and number 1 on the magazine's Black Albums chart. It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1967. It received a number 83 ranking on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and inclusion in both 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) and 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008).

The album included two top-10 singles: "Respect" was a #1 single on Billboard's Hot 100 Pop singles chart, and "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" peaked at number 9.

Contents

Reception

In 1967, Rolling Stone chided the album for "the lack of versatility on the part of the sidemen. The drums weren't hard enough, the guitar was weak, and the production lacked polish."[4] In 2002, though, they placed the album at #1 on their "Women in Rock: 50 Essential Albums" list. In 2003, the album was ranked #83 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time".

Q magazine (1/03, p. 54) - Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever". Q magazine (7/93, p. 106) gave the album 4 stars and said "...[the album] came out in May 1967 and was Number 2 in America within weeks...now it stands untainted by time. She seemed so much a force of nature it's strange to recall that this was actually her tenth album..."

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Respect" (Otis Redding) 2:29
  2. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) 4:07
  3. "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (Ronny Shannon) 2:51
  4. "Soul Serenade" (Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon) 2:39
  5. "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) 2:23
  6. "Baby, Baby, Baby" (A. Franklin, Carolyn Franklin) 2:54

Side two

  1. "Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)" (A. Franklin, White) 3:23
  2. "Good Times" (Sam Cooke) 2:10
  3. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) 3:16
  4. "Save Me" (Ousley, A. Franklin, C. Franklin) 2:21
  5. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Cooke) 4:20

1995 reissue bonus tracks

  1. "Respect" (Stereo version)
  2. "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (Stereo version)
  3. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (Stereo version)

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You at Allmusic
  2. ^ Robertchristgau.com
  3. ^ Warr.org
  4. ^ "Aretha" by Jon Landau. Rolling Stone Vol.1 No.2; November 23, 1967 p16

See also