With Everything I Feel in Me

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With Everything I Feel in Me
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 25, 1974
RecordedJanuary–April, 1974
Studio
Genre
LabelAtlantic (#18116)
ProducerAretha Franklin, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd
Aretha Franklin chronology
Let Me In Your Life
(1974)
With Everything I Feel in Me
(1974)
You
(1975)
Singles from With Everything I Feel in Me
  1. "Without Love"
    Released: August 10, 1974
  2. "With Everything I Feel in Me"
    Released: October 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]

With Everything I Feel in Me is the twenty-first studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on November 25, 1974, by Atlantic Records.

Background[edit]

This recording did not do as well commercially as previous Franklin albums. The LP reached #57 on Billboard's Top Album charts and peaked at #6 on the R&B album charts. None of its singles reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The lead single, "Without Love", written by Aretha's sister Carolyn Franklin and former Motown producer Ivy Jo Hunter, charted at #45 Pop, but fared far better on the R&B charts reaching #6. The title cut also charted at #20 on the R&B charts in early 1975.

Cash Box said that the title song "[builds] slow and steady, it gets into a gorgeous groove with back-up singers, guitar, horns and slinky organ cooking full force under [Franklin's] dynamic vocal."[3]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Without Love" (Carolyn Franklin, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 3:47
  2. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:17
  3. "When You Get Right Down to It" (Barry Mann) – 3:55
  4. "You'll Never Get to Heaven" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 5:40
  5. "With Everything I Feel in Me" (Aretha Franklin) – 3:53
  6. "I Love Every Little Thing About You" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:42
  7. "Sing It Again – Say It Again" (Carolyn Franklin) – 3:51
  8. "All of These Things" (James Cleveland) – 3:54
  9. "You Move Me" (Glen Murdock, Mike Keck) – 6:22

Personnel[edit]

Production[edit]

  • Producers – Tom Dowd, Aretha Franklin, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler.
  • Recorded by Gene Paul (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7 & 9); Karl Richardson (Tracks 3, 4, 6 & 8).
  • Additional Recording – Lew Hahn
  • Mixed by Arif Mardin and Gene Paul
  • Recorded at Atlantic Studios (New York, NY) and Criteria Studios (Miami, FL).
  • Art Direction – Bob Defrin
  • Photography – Joel Brodsky

References[edit]

  1. ^ With Everything I Feel in Me at AllMusic
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. February 15, 1975. p. 22. Retrieved 2021-12-11.