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Track Listings
| 1. United Together |
| 2. Love All The Hurt Away |
| 3. Jump To It |
| 4. Get It Right |
| 5. Freeway of Love |
| 6. Who's Zoomin' Who? |
| 7. Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves |
| 8. Jumping Jack Flash |
| 9. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) |
| 10. Through The Storm |
| 11. It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be |
| 12. A Deeper Love |
| 13. Willing To Forgive |
| 14. It Hurts Like Hell |
| 15. A Rose Is Still A Rose |
Editorial Reviews
Knew You Were Waiting: The Best Of Aretha Franklin 1980 -1998 is the first comprehensive overview of her productive and fulfilling association with Clive Davis and Arista Records where Aretha made some of her most commercially successful urban, pop and dance music from 1980 through 2003.
This compilation includes her biggest 'Arista' hits and also showcases her collaborations with her biggest fans including duets with Annie Lennox, Elton John, Whitney Houston, George Michael and George Benson, and guest performances by Keith Richards and Clarence Clemons.
Knew You Were Waiting: The Best Of Aretha Franklin 1980 -1998 showcases the voice that always brings you back home. Every song is either in recurrent rotation at Top 40, Adult AC and Urban AC. Aretha Franklin is our national treasure, but she really belongs to the world.
This compilation includes her biggest 'Arista' hits and also showcases her collaborations with her biggest fans including duets with Annie Lennox, Elton John, Whitney Houston, George Michael and George Benson, and guest performances by Keith Richards and Clarence Clemons.
Knew You Were Waiting: The Best Of Aretha Franklin 1980 -1998 showcases the voice that always brings you back home. Every song is either in recurrent rotation at Top 40, Adult AC and Urban AC. Aretha Franklin is our national treasure, but she really belongs to the world.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Some years back I purchased a copy of "Aretha Franklin: Greatest Hits (1980-1994) which was the previous incarnation of her biggest hits during her many years at Arista Records. It's OK, but frankly I rarely play it. Now in 2012 Arista Records has released an updated compilation they have dubbed "Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998". Pardon me if I yawn but I simply cannot muster a whole heck of a lot of excitement about this one.
Now let's be clear about one thing. Even as an older artist Aretha Franklin's pipes blow away most of the female singers out there today. But as far as I'm concerned the vast majority of her work at Arista lacks the raw power and incredible energy that was so prevalent during her heyday at Atlantic in the late 1960's and early 1970's. There is simply no comparison. Having said that "Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998" does include a handful of tunes that are certainly worth owning if you don't already have them in your collection. "The Queen of Soul" captured the Grammy in 1985 for "Best Female Vocal" with her rousing #3 hit "Freeway of Love" which is arguably her best recording during the Arista years. It definitely ranks among my favorite Aretha tunes of all-time. Meanwhile, Aretha also seems to recapture her vim and vigor in her outstanding duet with The Eurythmics. At the time many hailed "Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves" as the anthem for the ongoing women's rights movement. Aretha certainly demonstrates a certain swagger in this recording that seems to be missing from an awful lot of her later work. Outstanding tune! Among my other favorites in this collection are her Top Ten hit "Who's Zoomin" Who" as well as her terrific duet with Whitney Houston. "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Ever Gonna Be" only managed to climb to #41 on the Billboard charts back in 1987. I thought it deserved much better.
"Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998" offers up a total of 15 tracks including her #1 duet with George Michael "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)". That one won a Grammy for "Best R&B Vocal Duo" back in 1987 but simply never moved me at all. Personally I thought her duet with George Benson called ""Love All The Hurt Away" was a much better song. Now I don't know who had the bright idea for Aretha to do a remake of the Rolling Stones "Jumpin' Jack Flash" but trust me it was a really bad idea. As for the rest of the tunes in this collection I find them to be rather pedestrian. The idea of "The Queen of Soul" recording such "schmaltz" is repugnant to me. And I have never been a big fan of producer Clive Davis anyway.
Now if this were just about any other artist I would have given "Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998" a mere two stars. But this is not just any artist. Aretha Franklin is an icon of American popular music and one of the most influential recording artists of the 20th century. If you are a younger person looking to sample her work do not go here. I would strongly recommend that you check out "30 Greatest Hits". While this 2-disc set is out-of-print for the time being there are still lots of copies floating around out there and you can sample Aretha Franklin classics like "Chain of Fools", "Respect" and "Think" to name but a few. For everyone else if you enjoyed Aretha's later work then I would say that "Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998" is an OK collection but nothing more. As for me, I believe I will pass on this one.
Now let's be clear about one thing. Even as an older artist Aretha Franklin's pipes blow away most of the female singers out there today. But as far as I'm concerned the vast majority of her work at Arista lacks the raw power and incredible energy that was so prevalent during her heyday at Atlantic in the late 1960's and early 1970's. There is simply no comparison. Having said that "Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998" does include a handful of tunes that are certainly worth owning if you don't already have them in your collection. "The Queen of Soul" captured the Grammy in 1985 for "Best Female Vocal" with her rousing #3 hit "Freeway of Love" which is arguably her best recording during the Arista years. It definitely ranks among my favorite Aretha tunes of all-time. Meanwhile, Aretha also seems to recapture her vim and vigor in her outstanding duet with The Eurythmics. At the time many hailed "Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves" as the anthem for the ongoing women's rights movement. Aretha certainly demonstrates a certain swagger in this recording that seems to be missing from an awful lot of her later work. Outstanding tune! Among my other favorites in this collection are her Top Ten hit "Who's Zoomin" Who" as well as her terrific duet with Whitney Houston. "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Ever Gonna Be" only managed to climb to #41 on the Billboard charts back in 1987. I thought it deserved much better.
"Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998" offers up a total of 15 tracks including her #1 duet with George Michael "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)". That one won a Grammy for "Best R&B Vocal Duo" back in 1987 but simply never moved me at all. Personally I thought her duet with George Benson called ""Love All The Hurt Away" was a much better song. Now I don't know who had the bright idea for Aretha to do a remake of the Rolling Stones "Jumpin' Jack Flash" but trust me it was a really bad idea. As for the rest of the tunes in this collection I find them to be rather pedestrian. The idea of "The Queen of Soul" recording such "schmaltz" is repugnant to me. And I have never been a big fan of producer Clive Davis anyway.
Now if this were just about any other artist I would have given "Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998" a mere two stars. But this is not just any artist. Aretha Franklin is an icon of American popular music and one of the most influential recording artists of the 20th century. If you are a younger person looking to sample her work do not go here. I would strongly recommend that you check out "30 Greatest Hits". While this 2-disc set is out-of-print for the time being there are still lots of copies floating around out there and you can sample Aretha Franklin classics like "Chain of Fools", "Respect" and "Think" to name but a few. For everyone else if you enjoyed Aretha's later work then I would say that "Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998" is an OK collection but nothing more. As for me, I believe I will pass on this one.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This compilation uses the shorter single/45 versions (some are the promo DJ edits):
1. United Together
2. Love All The Hurt Away (with George Benson)
3. Jump To It
4. Get It Right
5. Freeway of Love
6. Who's Zoomin' Who?
7. Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (with the Eurythmics)
8. Another Night
9. Jumping Jack Flash (with Keith Richards)
10. Jimmy Lee
11. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (with George Michael)
12. Through The Storm (with Elton John)
13. It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be (with Whitney Houston)
14. Ever Changing Times (with Michael McDonald)
15. Willing To Forgive
16. A Rose Is Still A Rose
1. United Together
2. Love All The Hurt Away (with George Benson)
3. Jump To It
4. Get It Right
5. Freeway of Love
6. Who's Zoomin' Who?
7. Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (with the Eurythmics)
8. Another Night
9. Jumping Jack Flash (with Keith Richards)
10. Jimmy Lee
11. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (with George Michael)
12. Through The Storm (with Elton John)
13. It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be (with Whitney Houston)
14. Ever Changing Times (with Michael McDonald)
15. Willing To Forgive
16. A Rose Is Still A Rose
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A very good collection from Aretha Franklin.
Hope to be a better recording.
I would recomend to my friends.
good price.
Hope to be a better recording.
I would recomend to my friends.
good price.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Who's zoomin' who?
Aretha's version of JUMPING JACK FLASH from the 1986 movie of the same name is reason alone to buy this collection. Read more
Published 2 months ago by William
Terrific Update to original Arista Greatest Hits from 1994
This new 2012 collection of Aretha's Arista Years is a tremendous improvement over the original compilation released in 1994 ("Greatest Hits 1980-1994"). Read more
Published 2 months ago by Bill Anthony
Second time around
There are some lovely performances here on this compilation but no-one has mentioned the real killer here ANOTHER NIGHT should have been a single and it would have been a smash. Read more
Published 2 months ago by dusty123
Some of The Best of ...
The first time I saw Ms. Franklin in concert was the summer of 1997 at Orlando's House of Blues. She wore the loveliest pink princess dress. The House was packed. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Rae Smith
TRACK LISTING MISLEADING
This isn't the track listing featured on All Music Guide, so which one is correct? AMG's sequence omits "A Deeper Love", but includes "Ever Changing Times" and "Another Night". Read more
Published 3 months ago by Iowahawkeye "Warren"
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