Sparkle (Aretha Franklin album)

Music from the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle"
Soundtrack album by Aretha Franklin
Released	May 27, 1976
Recorded	April–May, 1976 at Curtom Studios (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre	R&B, soul
Label	Atlantic, Rhino Records, Flashback Records, Curtom Records
Producer	Curtis Mayfield
Aretha Franklin chronology
You (1975) Sparkle (1976) Sweet Passion (1977)
Curtis Mayfield chronology
Let's Do It Again (with The Staples Singers) (1975) Sparkle (1976) Give, Get, Take and Have (1976)

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Robert Christgau	B
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Music from the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" is the twenty-fifth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin album, written and produced by Curtis Mayfield. Released on May 27, 1976, the disc is the soundtrack album for the 1976 Warner Bros. motion picture Sparkle, starring Irene Cara. The songs on the soundtrack feature the instrumental tracks and backing vocals from the film versions, with Franklin's voice taking the place of the original lead vocalists.

Despite mixed reviews, this album returned Aretha to gold status after two failed albums. The first single release, "Something He Can Feel", was a #1 R&B hit for her and reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, it was Aretha's only Pop Top 40 hit during the second half of the 1970s. The album itself reached the Top 20 of Billboard's main album chart and was certified Gold for US sales of over 500,000 copies. In 2009, it was reissued on Rhino Records' budget Flashback Records label. The songs "(Giving Him) Something He Can Feel" and "Hooked on Your Love" were covered by En Vogue on their 1992 multi-platinum hit album Funky Divas.

All songs written by Curtis Mayfield.

Singles

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