Aretha Franklin: Knew You Were Waiting: The Best Of Aretha Franklin (CD)

Knew You Were Waiting: The Best Of Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin: Knew You Were Waiting: The Best Of Aretha Franklin, CD

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Label: Sony, 1980-98
Bestellnummer: 5086128
Erscheinungstermin: 1.9.2014

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Erster umfassender Überblick über Aretha Franklins Zusammenarbeit mit Clive Davis und Arista Records 1980- 1998, u. a. mit "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," "Freeway of Love," "Who's Zoomin' Who?" "Jump To It," "Willing To Forgive" und "A Rose Is Still A Rose." Mit dabei sind u. a. Whitney Houston, Elton John, George Michael, Eurythmics, George Benson, Clarence Clemons und Keith Richards.

Schon bevor Aretha Franklin im Jahr 1980 bei Arista Records einen neuen Plattenvertrag unterschrieb, war sie mit 38 Jahren eine Legende. Sie hatte den Rhythm & Blues und Pop neu definiert und in ihren Songs die Grenzen zwischen Jazz, Gospel und Blues aufgehoben. Aretha Franklin verkörperte die Schönheit des schwarzen Amerika, war für den Soundtrack zur Bürgerrechtsbewegung der 1960er Jahre mitverantwortlich und hatte mit den besten Songwritern, Musikern, Produzenten, Arrangeuren und Visionären der Musikindustrie zusammengearbeitet. Ihr musikalisches Vermächtnis ist dementsprechend beeindruckend.

Während ihrer Jahre bei Arista produzierte sie in Kooperation mit der Produzenten-Legende Clive Davis zahlreiche Hits. Darunter mitreißende Balladen wie "United Together" und "It Hurts Like Hell", aber auch funkige Titel wie "Jump To It" und "Get It Right".

Aretha Franklins Zeit bei Arista ist zudem wegen ihrer Zusammenarbeit mit Musikgrößen aller Genres bemerkenswert. Auf "Jumping Jack Flash" begleitete sie der Rolling Stones-Gitarrist Keith Richards, auf "Freeway Of Love" ist es Clarence Clemons, der verstorbene Saxofonist der E-Street Band, der Aretha Franklins rockige Seite zum Vorschein brachte. Die Welt des Jazz betrat die Sängerin an der Seite von George Benson ("Love All The Hurt Away"). Mit Elton John, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart oder George Michael sorgte sie für All-Time-Klassiker wie "Through The Storm", "Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves" oder "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)").

Das neue Album "Knew You Were Waiting" verdeutlicht Aretha Franklins Stellung als dynamische, kreative und energiegeladene Künstlerin. Die als "Lady Soul" bezeichnete Sängerin war immer am Puls der Zeit, gewann neue Fans, während ihr die alten treu blieben.
(Quelle: Liner Notes von Ernest Hardy)

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KNEW YOU WERE WAITING puts the spotlight on Aretha's hitmaking years as an Arista Records artist, working closely with Arista founder and president Clive Davis. Davis served as executive producer of KNEW YOU WERE WAITING, which was compiled and produced by Leo Sacks, known for his work on last year's definitive box set, Take A Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia, as well as scores of historic Soul and R&B projects for Legacy Recordings over the past two decades.

The new chronologically-sequenced, 15-song collection is the first major U. S. release to focus on the nearly two-decades string of hits that marked Aretha's tenure at Arista. These range from her label debut, 1980's #3 comeback R&B smash "United Together" (her first Top 5 hit in over three and a half years), to 1998's iconic #5 R&B entry, "A Rose Is Still A Rose," written, produced and arranged by Lauryn Hill of the Fugees.

"When Aretha Franklin signed to Arista Records in 1980," writes Ernest Hardy in his liner notes to KNEW YOU WERE WAITING, "she had nothing left to prove… She had redefined the terms and reset the boundaries of both R&B and pop. She had sung jazz, gospel and blues, and erased the lines between them. She embodied the beauty that was Blackness while providing a soundtrack to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. She had worked with the very best songwriters, musicians, producers, arrangers and visionaries, and proved herself to be one of the best singers, songwriters, musicians and visionaries the music industry had ever seen." Hardy is an award-winning cultural critic and essayist based in Los Angeles.

Underscoring Hardy's point, Aretha's Arista years were indeed marked by a steady flow of successful collaborations with contemporary music's "very best songwriters, musicians, producers, arrangers and visionaries." Virtually every track on KNEW YOU WERE WAITING supports this, starting with "United Together," which was written and produced by Chuck Jackson (known for his career-making hits with Natalie Cole), and features Aretha's beloved Sweet Inspirations on backing vocals (the 'original' lineup of Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shenwell and Estelle Brown). Likewise, "Love All The Hurt Away," a duet with George Benson, was written by Sam Dees, and produced by the late Arif Mardin, the legendary producer who worked on so many of Aretha's early breakthrough '60s and '70s Atlantic LPs.

Lauryn Hill, Arif Mardin and Chuck Jackson are just three of the important producers with whom Aretha worked at Arista. In addition to tracks produced by Luther Vandross (with arrangements by Marcus Miller), Narada Michael Walden, and Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, KNEW YOU WERE WAITING also includes tracks produced by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones and Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics.

(legacyrecordings. com)

Rezensionen

,,Kompakt, vielseitig, unterhaltsam – schließlich bürgt allein der Name der unnachahmlich singenden Protagonistin für Topqualität." (Good Times, Juni / Juli 2012)

,,Nicht die größten, dafür die späteren und erstaunlich zeitlosen 80er-Hits der Soul-Diva." (stereoplay, Juni 2012)