Lady Soul

Studio album by Aretha Franklin

Released

January 22, 1968

Recorded

February 16 – December 20, 1967 at Atlantic Studios,
(New York City, New York)

Genre

R&B, Southern Soul, Memphis Soul, Soul

Length

28:41

Label

Atlantic (#8176),
Rhino

Producer

Jerry Wexler

Aretha Franklin chronology

Take a Look
(1967)

Lady Soul
(1968)

Aretha Now
(1968)

Singles from Lady Soul

"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
Released: September 1967
"Chain of Fools"
Released: November 1967
"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone"/"Ain't No Way"
Released: March 1968

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Q	(7/93, p.106)

Lady Soul is the fourteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on January 22, 1968 by Atlantic Records. The album was her second R&B chart-topper, the follow-up to Aretha Arrives and included some of her biggest hit singles, "Chain of Fools" (#2 Pop), and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (#8 Pop), and "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" (#5 Pop). It eventually sold over a million copies in the United States alone. The album was reissued on Rhino Records in a deluxe edition in 1995.

Lady Soul peaked at #1, #2 and #3 on Billboard's Black Albums, Pop Albums and Jazz Albums charts respectively. The single "Ain't No Way" - B-Side of "Since You've Been Gone (Sweet, Sweet, Baby)" - peaked at #9 on the Black Singles chart, and #16 on the Pop Singles chart. Gospel/R&B singer Cissy Houston (mother of Whitney Houston) and her group the Sweet Inspirations are credited as background vocals on several tracks, along with Aretha's sisters Carolyn and Erma Franklin. In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Lady Soul the 41st greatest album of all time. It is number 84 on Rolling Stone′s list "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Note: Numbers in italic (following original single release information) denote peak positions on Billboard's "Top/Best Selling R&B Singles" and "Hot 100" charts respectively - courtesy BPI Communications and Joel Whitburn's Record Research Publications.

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