Lady Soul


Lady Soul is the twelfth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin released on January 22, 1968, by Atlantic Records.

Background

The album was her third R&B chart-topper, the follow-up to Aretha Arrives and included some of her biggest hit singles: "Chain of Fools", and " A Natural Woman", and " Since You've Been Gone". It eventually sold well over a million copies in the United States alone. The album was reissued on Rhino Records in a deluxe edition in 1995.
Gospel/R&B singer Cissy Houston and her group the Sweet Inspirations are credited as background vocals on several tracks, along with Aretha's sisters Carolyn and Erma Franklin.
In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Lady Soul the 41st greatest album of all time. It is number 85 on Rolling Stones list "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". The album was rated the 29th best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.
Lady Soul peaked at #1, #2 and #3 on Billboard's Black Albums, Pop Albums and Jazz Albums charts respectively. The single "Ain't No Way" – B-Side of "Since You've Been Gone " – peaked at #9 on the Black Singles chart and #16 on the Pop Singles chart.

Legacy

The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Track listing

A Side
B Side
CD reissue bonus tracks

Charts

Singles

Note: Numbers in italic denote peak positions on Billboard's "Top/Best Selling R&B Singles" and "Hot 100" charts respectively - courtesy BPI Communications and Joel Whitburn's Record Research Publications.

Personnel