Who's Zoomin' Who?
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| Studio album by Aretha Franklin | ||||
| Released | July 1985 | |||
| Recorded | October 1984 – May 1985 | |||
| Genre | Pop, rock, R&B, dance | |||
| Length | 47:15 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Narada Michael Walden For Perfection Light Productions (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8), Aretha Franklin (Tracks 3, 9), Dave Stewart (Track 5) | |||
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| Robert Christgau | A link |
| Rolling Stone | Favorable link |
Who's Zoomin' Who? is the thirty-third studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, originally released in the summer of 1985, on Arista Records. It was Aretha's first ever Platinum record and received praising critical reviews from people such as Robert Christgau. The disc's first of five singles, "Freeway of Love", proved both a commercial hit as well as a career achievement for Franklin, earning her a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Franklin said she wanted to do "a record with a younger sound to it. I'd been listening to the radio and I really liked what I heard. I figured to myself that it was time for me to do something serious."
The album's lead single, "Freeway of Love", produced by Narada Michael Walden, was one of Franklin's biggest career hits. It held the #1 position on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for five consecutive weeks. "Freeway of Love" also won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The follow-up single was the album's title track, which reached #2 on the R&B chart as well as #7 on Billboard's Hot 100. It also returned Franklin to the Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.
Also in 1985, Franklin duetted with the British rock/pop duo Eurythmics on the song "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves". The single was a top 10 hit in the UK, and was added to later pressings of the Who's Zoomin' Who? album.
With this album, Franklin established herself as a star of music video. Popular videos for "Freeway of Love", "Sisters" and "Another Night" - enjoyed heavy rotation on MTV. At the time of its release, Franklin rated Who's Zooming Who? as one of her best albums ever. The album was ranked #89 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums of the '80s.
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