- Original Release Date: 13 Dec 1994
- Release Date: 13 Dec 1994
- Label: Rhino Atlantic
- Copyright: 1968 Atlantic Recording Corp., manufactured and marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group company
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- Total Length: 40:59
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- ASIN: B002LZER4W
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 149,481 in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 in MP3 Albums)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I love all of Aretha's music, yet I am particular to her more energetic tunes, which is why I bought this live album. Well, my expectations were most certainly fulfilled: Aretha In Paris is chock-full of songs that'll make me jump up from wherever I am and start dancing whenever I play them. My favourites are the opening track, "Baby, I love you", "Since you've been gone" and, of course, "Respect". The best of the lot, however, is the orgiastic "Come Back Baby", which just has to heard to be believed. Another one of my favourites is the beautiful rendition of Willie Nelson's "Night Life", a lacerating yet unapologetic account of a life gone astray. Aretha's unmatched ability to act out her songs is well displayed in "Dr. Feelgood" (a song which she co-wrote), where she "plays" an angered and defiant woman proclaiming her sexual emancipation. "A Natural Woman" and "Chain of Fools" are probably my least favourite tracks on this album: they feel a bit lifeless and by-the-books, especially when compared with the wild "Come Back Baby"; but even so, they are thoroughly enjoyable.
Words fail me to do this justice. Let me just say that Aretha in Paris is an astounding record which I am glad and delighted to own.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By M. Phillips
Format:Audio CD
From the opening bars of Satisfaction, you're into serious territory here; there have been comments by other reviewers (and indeed Jerry Wexler!) that the band here is outright nasty and the arrangements too fast, but those comments are missing the point. There's no doubt that this isn't a technically perfect set, but soul music has never been about that- it's about the feel, and the energy here makes you think of an amphetaminised MC5 getting down- you could describe this as a garage classic.
"Don't let me lose this dream" and "Groovin'" are especially pleasing, but overall, it's hard to pick out a bad selection- the vibe is remarkable and the recording a real live demonstration of the breaking down of genre and race barriers between soul, blues and rock n roll.
Does the performance lack an emotional edge for all it's haste? Yes, probably it does, but it makes up for lost heartbreak in it's sheer sense of urgency and the feeling that the performers would crush all before them. The anger of hip hop doesn't sound that far away, and the Queen of Soul may as well be the Godmother of rap too.
Yet despite it's aggressive advantages, there is no resorting to bombast or dull repetition, and it's in keeping with other late sixties organic art/pop such as the Byrds' "Artifical Energy" from their "Notorious" set.
Little wonder that the Beatles were to write "Let It Be" for Aretha, and how much more adaptable she proved at tackling the Lennon / McCartney canon than EmmyLou Harris, who spent the Seventies failing in that one respect so spactacularly.
Not just a document or a simple record of a night in Paris, but a truly moving sweaty soul/funk classic played at lightning speed.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Cies
Format:Audio CD
Jerry Wexler, the producer of the original album is quoted in the liner notes of the reissue saying "This album embarrassed me! Manager Ted White's only interference, at this time, came not in the studio, but in the fact that he selected the band that accompanied her, which was a horrible band!"
Wexler is right, compared to Aretha's Live at the Filmore West the band in paris was not good. But Aretha's singing is not of the quality that we are used to either.
If you want a live recording of Aretha in her Atlantic days, go for the Filmore West and forget this one.
Wexler is right, compared to Aretha's Live at the Filmore West the band in paris was not good. But Aretha's singing is not of the quality that we are used to either.
If you want a live recording of Aretha in her Atlantic days, go for the Filmore West and forget this one.
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