The Electrifying Aretha Franklin


The Electrifying Aretha Franklin is the second studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on March 19, 1962 by Columbia Records. The album which is also known under its working title The Incomparable Aretha Franklin, was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York. It was produced by John Hammond and arranged by Richard Wess.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "You Made Me Love You" 2:19
  2. "I Told You So" 2:44
  3. "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" 2:24
  4. "Nobody Like You" 2:23
  5. "Exactly Like You" 2:36
  6. "It's So Heartbreakin'" 2:39

    Side two

  7. "Rough Lover" 2:48
  8. "Blue Holiday" 2:53
  9. "Just for You" 2:20
  10. "That Lucky Old Sun " 3:20
  11. "I Surrender, Dear" 2:46
  12. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" 2:18

    Bonus tracks on reissues

  13. "Introduction To Hard Times" 0:31
  14. "Hard Times " 3:08
  15. "When They Ask About You" 2:59
  16. "Operation Heartbreak" 2:59

    Mono mixes

  17. "I Surrender, Dear" 2:46
  18. "Rough Lover" 2:47
  19. "Kissin' By The Mistletoe" 2:22

    Personnel