The decade was not kind to many musicians who started out in the ’60s or ’70s, and Franklin was no exception. #40 - A WOMAN FALLING OUT OF LOVE (2011)įranklin’s second self-titled record is the nadir of her ’80s output, already the collective low point of her entire recording career. However, I think evaluating 40 albums from one of the best to ever do it (re: perform) should suffice. Left out of this mix are the assorted other live albums (secular and religious) and catalog retrospectives, from greatest hits to rarities releases. In between, I added a couple of records that go beyond the typical “studio album” designation because of their importance in Franklin’s discography: AMAZING GRACE, a live gospel album, Franklin’s best-selling record, and one highly praised as one of her best, and SPARKLE, a soundtrack to the movie of the same name that essentially stands alone as another Aretha album. She started young, recording and releasing gospel singles in 1956, with her first album (secular this time) coming in 1961 her last was released in 2014. The pipes! The life! The career! And yes, the career: across 40 (what I call) “canonical” albums, Franklin painted an incredible, diverse landscape of the evolution of pop, soul, jazz, funk, disco…“diva” music, as it were, over the course of more than 50 years. There’s no doubting that, and upon her death in 2018, her legacy was cited again and again.
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