This Girl's in Love with You
1970 studio album by Aretha Franklin
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This Girl's in Love with You is the sixteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on January 15, 1970[1] by Atlantic Records. It reached Billboard's Top 20 and sold modestly even with several big hits. Long out of print, it was reissued on compact disc through Rhino Records in 1993.[1]
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| Released | January 15, 1970[1] | |||
| Recorded | January 8–9, 1969[2] October 3, 1969[3] December 1969[4] | |||
| Genres | Soul, R&B | |||
| Length | 35:45 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producers | Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd & Arif Mardin | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B+[6] |
Her version of The Beatles' "Let It Be" was the first recording of the song to be commercially issued (The Beatles did not release "Let It Be" as a single until March 1970). Songwriter Paul McCartney sent Franklin and Atlantic Records a demo of the song as a guide.[4]
Track listing
Information is based on the album's liner notes[1][7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Son of a Preacher Man" | 3:19 | |
| 2. | "Share Your Love with Me" |
| 3:21 |
| 3. | "The Dark End of the Street" | 4:42 | |
| 4. | "Let It Be" | 3:33 | |
| 5. | "Eleanor Rigby" |
| 2:38 |
| 6. | "This Girl's in Love with You" | 4:00 | |
| 7. | "It Ain't Fair" | Ronnie Miller | 3:22 |
| 8. | "The Weight" | Robbie Robertson | 2:59 |
| 9. | "Call Me" | Aretha Franklin | 3:57 |
| 10. | "Sit Down and Cry" |
| 3:52 |
Personnel
Information is based on the album's liner notes.[1][7]
- Main Performance
- Aretha Franklin – vocals, acoustic piano, additional keyboards
- Duane Allman – slide guitar, steel guitar (7, 8)
- Brenda Bryant – background vocals (9)
- Cissy Houston – background vocals (8–10)
- King Curtis – tenor saxophone (2, 4, 7, 8)
- Pat Lewis – background vocals (9)
- Sylvia Shemwell – background vocals (8, 10)
- The Sweet Inspirations – background vocals (1–3, 5, 7)
- Dee Dee Warwick – background vocals (8, 10)
- Jerry Weaver – guitar (4, 10)
- Barry Beckett – electric piano (all tracks), Hammond organ (all tracks)
- Roger Hawkins – drums (all tracks)
- Eddie Hinton[10] – guitar (1, 3–6, 9)
- David Hood – bass guitar (all tracks) except for (8) "The Weight" which is Jerry Jemmott[11]
- Jimmy Johnson – guitar (1–9)
Production
- Ron Albert – recording engineer (3, 5–6, 9)
- Adrian Barber – recording engineer (4)[12]
- Tom Dowd – recording engineer (1–2, 4, 7–8, 10), record producer
- Jerome Gasper – recording engineer (1–2, 4, 7–8, 10)
- Chuck Kirkpatrick – recording engineer (3, 5–6, 9)
- Arif Mardin – record producer, musical arrangement, string arrangement
- Jerry Wexler – record producer
