Aretha Franklin – This Girl’s in Love with You (1972/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Aretha Franklin – This Girl’s in Love with You (1972/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 35:50 minutes | 1,40 GB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic

If you want an easy frame of reference to both how long Aretha Franklin has been in the business and how prolific she was in the earlier part of her career, this should do it: 2015 marked the 45th anniversary of the Queen of Soul’s 16th studio album, and her first album came out in 1956.

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Aretha Franklin – The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962/2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Aretha Franklin – The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:33 minutes | 939 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia Records

The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin is the fourth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on August 13, 1962 by Columbia Records. It was her first album to achieve any commercial success, reaching #69 on the Billboard pop album charts. Unlike its predecessor, however, it did not have a hit single.

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Aretha Franklin – The Queen Of Soul (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Aretha Franklin – The Queen Of Soul (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 05:12:05 minutes | 10,46 GB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic

Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings is an 87-track, four-disc box set that covers Aretha Franklin’s Atlantic career, spanning from 1967’s “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” to 1976’s “Something He Can Feel.” Over the course of the set, all of Aretha’s best-known songs, including all of her Top Ten pop and R&B singles, are included. For fans who only know the singles, the set is primarily notable for the wealth of album tracks and forgotten singles that are included, which nearly equal the hits in terms of quality. Stopping just short of her move to disco, The Queen of Soul just misses being a totally comprehensive collection, but it remains definitive – it may miss some of her later hits, but every one of her greatest tracks is in the box. The Queen of Soul is one the cornerstones of any soul collection.

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Aretha Franklin – The Queen In Waiting (2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Aretha Franklin – The Queen In Waiting (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:43 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized soul at its most gospel-charged. The Queen in Waiting is Aretha Franklin’s 2002 compilation album featuring popular tracks “God Bless the Child”, “Skylark”, “Only the Lonely” and “Try a Little Tenderness”. The album includes Aretha’s last Columbia recordings produced by Bob Johnston, noted for his work during this period with Bob Dylan; and songs that Columbia “sweetened” with new musicians after Aretha left the label.

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Aretha Franklin – The Genius of Aretha Franklin (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Aretha Franklin – The Genius of Aretha Franklin (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 51:56 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Soul, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic

To say that Aretha Franklin was one of the greatest American artists of all time is an understatement. Her multi-octave voice moved millions around the world during an unrivalled career that spanned six decades and garnered the singer-songwriter every achievement and honour imaginable.

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Aretha Franklin – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962/2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Aretha Franklin – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:43 minutes | 901 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia/Legacy

The Electrifying Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul’s sophomore album for Columbia Records. Produced by Hammond, this intimate outing features hits including “You Made Me Love You,” “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody” and “It’s So Heartbreakin’.” This 1962 classic is an outstanding representation of Franklin’s undeniable power and musicianship. This deluxe reissue version contains seven bonus tracks.

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Aretha Franklin – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin! (Expanded Edition) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Aretha Franklin - The Electrifying Aretha Franklin! (Expanded Edition) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz] Download

Aretha Franklin – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin! (Expanded Edition) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:43 minutes | 505 MB | Genre: Soul, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

The Electrifying Aretha Franklin is the second studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on March 19, 1962 by Columbia Records. The album which is also known under its working title The Incomparable Aretha Franklin, was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York. It was produced by John Hammond and arranged by Richard Wess.
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Aretha Franklin – Take A Look: The Clyde Otis Sessions (1964/2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Aretha Franklin – Take A Look: The Clyde Otis Sessions (1964/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:35 minutes | 1000 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia/Legacy

Aretha Franklin has simply been one of the greatest singers of the modern generation, and whether bringing her powerful, passionate voice to bear on gospel standards, songs from the Great American Songbook, jazz standards, pop ditties, or deep Southern soul and R&B, she has always had the presence — much like Ray Charles — to make anything she touches unmistakably hers. Franklin began her career in gospel when she was still a teenager, and her amazing vocal talents, coupled with her fine piano playing, marked her as a once-in-a-lifetime kind of artist, qualities very apparent to legendary talent scout John Hammond, who signed her to Columbia Records. The problem Hammond and Columbia immediately ran into, though, was how to best present that spirited voice to the secular pop world. Between 1960 and 1969 (her first release for the label was actually in 1961), Columbia tried Franklin in a variety of styles and settings, and if none of them exactly caught fire the way her legendary later sides for Atlantic Records would, they still allowed Franklin to explore a lot of avenues, and she was too good a singer not to be at least memorable in all of them. This wonderful box set includes CDs of Franklin’s seven full-length albums for the label, two CDs of her work with producers Bobby Scott (in 1963) and Clyde Otis (in 1964), a CD of singles produced by Bob Johnston, plus rarities that were sweetened and released after Franklin left Columbia for Atlantic and a DVD featuring Franklin performing several songs at the piano on The Steve Allen Show in 1964. It’s a tremendous set, and it portrays an artist working her own way toward how to best present herself to the world. We all know she got there. ~~ AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett

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Aretha Franklin – Spirit In The Dark (1970/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Aretha Franklin – Spirit In The Dark (1970/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 39:05 minutes | 1,51 GB | Genre: Soul, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic

For the First Time – Digitally Released As High Resolution Downloads 192kHz/24bit Classic Soul Titles from the Archives of Atlantic Records and Rhino Records.

Queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, released a monster recording in 1970, with her album, Spirit In The Dark. The album often under appreciated thunders with Franklin’s musical genius and boasts her ravishing piano playing. The album peaked at #2 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums and includes the hit singles, “The Thrill Is Gone” and “You and Me.” Franklin also won the GRAMMY® Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the smash tune, “Don’t Play That Song.” Experience the power of one of music’s greatest legends as a pristine hi-res download.

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Aretha Franklin – Spirit In The Dark (1993/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Aretha Franklin – Spirit In The Dark (1993/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:05 minutes | 839 MB | Genre: Soul, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic

Queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, released a monster recording in 1970, with her album, Spirit In The Dark. The album often under appreciated thunders with Franklin’s musical genius and boasts her ravishing piano playing. The album peaked at #2 onBillboard’s Top R&B Albums and includes the hit singles, “The Thrill Is Gone” and “You and Me.” Franklin also won the GRAMMY® Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for the smash tune, “Don’t Play That Song.” Experience the power of one of music’s greatest legends as a pristine hi-res download.

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Aretha Franklin – Sparkle (Music From The Motion Picture) (1976/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Aretha Franklin – Sparkle (Music From The Motion Picture) (1976/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 33:06 minutes | 659 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic

A long-forgotten mid-1970s film a DREAM GIRLS precursor about a Motownish singing trio–yielded this interesting soundtrack collaboration between soul’s reigning royalty, Aretha Franklin and Curtis Mayfield. Unbeknownst to many, the album is the source of the Mayfield-penned ‘Something He Can Feel,’ later made famous by En Vogue.

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Aretha Franklin – Soul ’69 (1969/2012) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

Aretha Franklin – Soul ’69 (1969/2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:33 minutes | 1,60 GB | Genre: Soul, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino Atlantic

Rolling Stone magazine has declared soul diva Aretha Franklin as one of music’s greatest singers. Her sixth studio recording for Atlantic Records is an intriguing collection of pop standards delivered with her blistering vocals. The album, full of authoritative singing is on par with her greatest works from the ‘60s and early ‘70s. Franklin covers an array of pop-oriented classics from Sam Cooke’s “Bring It on Home to Me” to Smokey Robinson’s “The Track of My Tears.” Produced by Tom Dowd, the album soared to #1 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums.

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Aretha Franklin – So Damn Happy (2003/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Aretha Franklin – So Damn Happy (2003/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:41 minutes | 535 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Arista

“So Damn Happy” is the thirty-eighth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Her first studio album since her Gold-certified “A Rose Is Still a Rose” in 1998. The album was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. “Wonderful” won for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. Aretha Franklin released only two new albums in the 1990s, but 2003 saw a flurry of activity, with Franklin putting out both the gospel album One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism and this secular R&B album. Her voice sounds as vibrant as ever, and most of the songs have a joyful feel that’s no doubt influenced by the depth of Franklin’s faith.

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Aretha Franklin – Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Aretha Franklin – Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:29 minutes | 500 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RCA Records Label

Aretha’s unsurpassed vocal styling permeates on popular diva classics ranging from Barbra Streisand’s “People,” and Gladys Knight’s “Midnight Train To Georgia,” to Alicia Keys’ “No One,” and a mash up of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” and Destiny’s Child’s “I m A Survivor,” and more. Also lauded as a skillful pianist, Aretha tickles the ivories on The Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hangin’ On.”

Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva reunites Franklin with Sony Music Entertainment’s Chief Creative Officer Clive Davis as they take the helm as co-producers to bring Davis’ album concept to fruition. A-List producers Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, André 3000, Harvey Mason, Jr., Terry Hunter and Eric Kupper add their award-winning production skills.

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Aretha Franklin – Runnin’ Out of Fools (Expanded Edition) (1964/2011) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Aretha Franklin – Runnin’ Out of Fools (Expanded Edition) (1964/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:53 minutes | 683 MB | Genre: Soul, R&B
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia – Legacy

Runnin’ Out Of Fools is an earlier album by Aretha Franklin and was originally released in 1964. It was produced by Clyde Otis and the music was arranged and conducted by Belford C. Hendricks.

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