Aretha's Gold

Aretha's Gold
Greatest hits album by Aretha Franklin
Released	June 1969
Recorded	1966–1968
Studio	Atlantic Studios, New York FAME, Muscle Shoals
Genre	R&B
Length	41:17
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jerry Wexler
Aretha Franklin chronology
Soft and Beautiful (1969) Aretha's Gold (1969) This Girl's in Love with You (1970)
Singles from Aretha's Gold
"The House That Jack Built" Released: July 1968

Aretha's Gold is a greatest hits album by Aretha Franklin, released in 1969 at Atlantic Recording Corporation. The album's tracks were recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York City, except "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" and "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man", which were recorded at the Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).^[1]

Track listing

Side One

1. "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (Ronnie Shannon) - 2:47
2. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) - 3:15
3. "Respect" (Otis Redding) - 2:26
4. "Dr. Feelgood" (Franklin, Ted White) - 3:18
5. "Baby, I Love You" (Ronnie Shannon) - 2:39
6. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King & Jerry Wexler) - 2:37
7. "Chain of Fools" (Don Covay) - 2:45

Side Two

1. "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" (Franklin, White) - 2:18
2. "Ain't No Way" (Carolyn Franklin, White) - 4:12
3. "Think" (Franklin, White) - 2:15
4. "You Send Me" (Sam Cooke) - 2:25
5. "The House That Jack Built" (Bob Lance, Fran Robins) - 2:18
6. "I Say a Little Prayer" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:30
7. "See Saw" (Steve Cropper, Covay) - 4:42

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin – piano, vocals

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[2]	Gold	35,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1969 (U.S.)

References

1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
2. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.