Amazon.co.uk Review
This is the album on which Aretha finds her voice. She'd previously recorded for another label, but this Atlantic debut created the sound that has come to define her. The tracks read like a greatest hits collection: "Respect", "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man", "Dr. Feelgood", "Baby, Baby, Baby", "A Change Is Gonna Come", and the title track. She's alternately pumped full of soul or scraping her inner being to find more. A classic. --
Robert Gordon
CD Description
After the end of Aretha Franklin's five year stint on Columbia Records (who tried marketing her as a jazz vocalist), she signed on with Atlantic Records. Produced by music biz veteran Jerry Wexler, Franklin's Atlantic debut found her flexing creative muscle and making music that forever altered thecourse of pop and soul. Accompanying herself on piano throughout, Franklin's powerful and passionate vocals garnered comparisons to Ray Charles, while her blend of R&B, gospel andjazz rightfully earned her the moniker "Queen Of Soul".