The Great Aretha Franklin/Sweet Bitter Love/Aretha Sings The Blues [Box set]

Aretha Franklin | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 12, 1997)
• Original Release Date: August 12, 1997
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002AKG
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #561,974 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Won't Be Long

2. Over the Rainbow

3. Love Is the Only Thing

4. Sweet Lover

5. All Night Long

6. Who Needs You?

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. All Night Long

2. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

3. Nobody Like You

4. Today I Sing the Blues

5. Sweet Bitter Love

6. Try a Little Tenderness

See all 10 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Drinking Again

2. Today I Sing the Blues

3. What a Diff'rence a Day Made

4. Without the One You Love [Live]

5. Trouble in Mind [Live]

6. Muddy Water

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Aretha Franklin is an epoch, March 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Great Aretha Franklin/Sweet Bitter Love/Aretha Sings The Blues (Audio CD)

The only song which makes me cry every time i listen to it is "Try a little tenderness" by Aretha Franklin

5.0 out of 5 stars Early Aretha -- what a genius, November 20, 2000

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Tracy Sutton-Masters (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Aretha Franklin/Sweet Bitter Love/Aretha Sings The Blues (Audio CD)

I loved these as LPs, happy to see them re-released as a box set. The conventional wisdom is Aretha did her best work for Atlantic, but her Columbia work is truly brilliant. Consider she was 19 years old when she recorded works like "Won't Be Long" and "Trouble in Mind." You can definitely hear the influence of her idol, Dinah Washington. I have listened to these songs for years and I never tire of them. For one of the most spine-tingling, transcendent experiences listen to "Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside" when she hits "STILL" and then punches out "laughing" in the same breath. AMAZING. There is a reason the state of Michigan awarded this woman's voice as a "great natural resource."

5.0 out of 5 stars An Aquired Taste but What A Great Taste!, December 11, 1999

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Tracy Norris (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Aretha Franklin/Sweet Bitter Love/Aretha Sings The Blues (Audio CD)

This cd re-introduces people who thought they knew the deal on Aretha.

The recording shows how versatile Aretha really is. Someone might mistake the singer for someone, other than the queen, herself.

The songs are great, nostalgic standards, which takes you away from the woes of modern day to a time where words in lyrics meant more.

A great piece of art, Sweet Bitter Love. This is definately something to keep and pass on to the next generation.