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Aretha Franklin - Almighty Fire (1978) | Produced by Curtis Mayfield
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- Опубликовано: 26 дек 2018
- Following the success of Sparkle (1976) Aretha Franklin and Curtis Mayfield reunited to collaborate on this 1978 LP, the fourth of five records by Aretha that have yet to be reissued in the CD era. Eight of the 9 tracks were written by Mayfield. The final track, I'm Your Speed, was credited to Ms. Franklin and actor Glynn Turman, to whom she was married at the time. Shared for historical purposes. I do not own the rights.
Almighty Fire (Woman Of The Future)
Lady, Lady 4:34
More Than Just A Joy 7:17
Keep On Loving You 10:19
I Needed You Baby 13:30
Close To You 18:11
No Matter Who You Love 22:27
This You Can Believe 26:25
I'm Your Speed 31:06
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OH MY GOD!! Can you believe the vocal on that first track. Absolutely brilliant!! Aretha was just unbelievable wasn't she? Won't ever be another like her. Somebody please put this out again. Package it with Sparkle, remastered with new pics and liner notes, as the Mayfield sessions. I seem to remember reading a while back that Aretha didn't really like working with Curtis Mayfield because his arrangements always made her sing in her higher register. Whether that's true or not, you can't argue with the results. Curtis brought out the best in her. I want this album. How did I miss it back in the day?! Didnt have alot of coin back then. Often it came down to choosing one record over another. Let's see, 1978? I must have chosen some disco record instead. Don't pile on me all at once people. I was young and a product of the times. Do the hustle?
I didn't miss this album or her great vocals! Blow!🔥🏆🎤
If she didn't like working with him , she wouldn't have.
Just listened to this song after too many years to mention. I have the album but cds too over for me. When I saw the entire album was on RUclips...well, here I am!
@@tonymckinney1355 she said he likes to work fast, and she said they are two versions of giving him something he can feel. Aretha wanted to sing a certain way and Curtis Mayfield wanted her to sing another so the version that became a big hit is Curtis Mayfield version the way he wanted Aretha to sing it. The other version that Aretha wanted to sing it in her way I guess you can say it got put on the shelf
She mentioned it in her book about Curtis having her singing in a higher key
Aretha went to church on "More Than A Joy". She hit some notes I didn't know existed! WOW!🎤😎🕊️
I'm legit confused more people don't like this album. I've been playing it regularly for over 20 years and it actually gets better with time. I'd personally take this over the Sparkle soundtrack, but that's a matter of personal taste. I dunno. It's two geniuses - albeit past their primes - doing what they do. How can it not at least be worthy? Deeply underrated.
Yeah I enjoyed this better than Sparkle
Music was at A flux. Foxy was in disco and shake it music plus funk was the rage. The kids loved Ree but were not buying.
Hey Dave. It’s me Isis. (Aka LaShawn).
You KNOW how WE grew up. So you know it depended on who was listening at the time. An Aretha fan was always going to support her. But the fickle fans/sometimey fans/fairweather fans on the other hand, were the ones following what was trendy in the discos at the time.
And the things is this, she wasn’t past her prime. She was still IN her prime.
This album and Sweet Passion are SOOOO underrated. Two of my favorite Ree albums. Almighty Fire has so many gems that should have been radio cuts. A shame Atlantic did not market it well.
Totally agree also ‘ with everything i feel ‘ album 🙌🏻
@@angelpajarillo , Yep both of those albums really has some gems .
MsTexas73 , I agree, also I think even `LaDiva` has some gems as well.. Seems like after the fabulous `With Everything I feel In Me`album , Atlantic threw any efforts for marketing out the window with the exception of `Sparkle` ... Just look at the album covers of Hey Now Hey, You and LaDiva, those are some of the worst album covers I`d ever seen for a major singer and `LaDiva is such a awful title.....Aretha looks lovely on the photo but having her laying on a cheap looking red couch wearing cowboy boots with sleazy/cheesy artwork in red and grey on the cover was so beneath her, I think the cover alone hurt record sales.
I don`t think Atlantic even tried to release any singles from those last two or three albums....
I have no words for the `You` album cover other than it looks like the picture was taken by the kodak camera when you would press the button to snap the photo and the picture would slide right out.
But one thing for sure and that is Aretha`s voice is in glorious form on those albums.
@@christhomas5761 The Hey Now Hey album concept was Aretha and Ken Cunningham’s idea along with the artist’s. It actually makes sense. I give that one a pass. The marketing of the music itself is where I take issue. Atlantic should be ashamed. Those were some great albums. And the Hey Now Hey album really should have been marketed as a double album…one an R&B album, and one a jazz album. It is that good and she had enough studio material from those session to pull it off, and then maybe “Master of Eyes” could have actually been ON the album.
Yes, and it was disappointing to see it not doing well at the time. Everybody else was having hits, but Aretha seemed to be regarded as a bit of a "has been" then. I remember a friend saying, "singers get old and their voices give out", but there ws nothing wrong with Aretha's voice. The money was in disco, and Donna Summer reigned at the time. It''s no wonder Aretha went label-shopping after 1979.
Who listening 2021, now this is VOCALS~ rip Curtis & Aretha~
Aretha had a voice of the century. Her songs are of the evergreen music - music that never fades nor get out of style.
#1) I'm your speed
#2) No matter who you love
#3) I needed you
These are remarkably solid songs, I'm amazed they didn't get the album more love.
I have 72 Aretha Franklin albums and 'I'm Your Speed' is the song I dislike the most! I hate to dismiss it because she cowrote the song, and I like the songs she has written. But I'm glad somebody likes the song!
I LOVE More Than Just A Joy, especially right after Aretha sings, " Well now let me stretch on out right here and ooh do what I love to do "
I also love the bass on Keep On Loving You
She's the queen. Always was and always will be.
Nobody will ever take her place. The crown is Aretha's, and only for Aretha.
I'm gonna have to find me a copy, I just can't miss these physical albums in my life. It's beyond me why they wouldn't put in the effort to make this available. Thank you so much for uploading ❤
I have a physical copies of...Almighty Fire..You...La Diva and Sweet Passion; for sale!
Aretha owns the Master's to: 'With Everything I Feel In Me,' 'YOU,' 'SWEET PASSION,' 'La Diva' and maybe??? 'ALMIGHTY FIRE'. She felt that Atlantic was not willing to pay the appropriate millions of dollars they are worth! If or when the Franklin family would release the recordings, they're gonna get PAID!!! Especially, if the family releases them independently, without a major record company snatching the bulk of the proceeds!!!
Reelblack continues knocking it OUT THE PARK.👏👏👏 NEVER heard this album. FAVORITES are "I'm your Speed" and "More than just a Joy." "No Matter WHO you LOVE" music is classic Curtis Mayfield. "Close to YOU" has undertones of Spinners "MIGHTY LOVE."
Love this album never heard Aretha discuss this in interviews, not her best decade but still made some great music in 70's
The Queen Of the World, our Divine Sistah, the One & Only. Looooove!
"Almighty Fire" a stunning Aretha Franklin masterpiece, when Aretha went in studio with Curtis they laid down some bad-ass tracks a number of them should have been blockbuster #1 hits, so glad posted for everyone to savor and enjoy a great set still not released on CD in US, find that incredible but found Import and cannot stop enjoying the funky classic...RIP Lady Soul, you did it on this one!!!
My personal favorite among the great 70's Aretha álbums!!!!
This Aretha album and her amazing voice will make you feel so much emotion by just listening and hearing Every note! Amazing and very moving!!!🏆🎉🏆🎊🍾
It's a crime that this and the other four albums have not been released on CD. This was Aretha at her vocal peak!!
RIP, Queen!
Thank you, reel black. :) Bless your heart for this.
Wow, must listen more to this project.
It is insane, Aretha's late 1970s albums are not available on CD. They flopped at the time. Now they sound like classics,ripened by time. In fact, in 2023, the material sounds better and fresher than the Atlantic tracks we have listened to a bit too much.
Come on...Cherry Red or some other reissue label.
The Queen of music have a humongous catalog. From Chess, Columbia, Atlantic, and Arista. Other than Whitney, Aretha is the only only other female singer in music history that can sing ANY genre of music.
Donna Summer catalog is way more diverse than Whitney's. She really could and did sing everything
I respectfully disagree. I wouldn't disagree with you both, if what I state couldn't be proven! No one(man/woman, Black or White) in the history of American recorded music, has been more versatile or sang in as many genres, as Aretha had! Maybe many singers could sing in as many genres as she did, on stage or while in their showers, and that's a BIG maybe??? But it hasn't been proven on record!
She was on chess?
Yessss and I’ve got them ALL!!!!
@@MPardo-cx6jj l agree, but....
Only Etta James comes as close in singing so many genres and soo good!
(I also speak the truth😆)
She was a real nice lady a real live wire full of vocal 🔥. ReelBlack thanks for keeping it real.
a beautiful piece of work, so underrated and underplayed.
She was the show stopper admired by many for her soulful voice like piano sometimes This almighty fire album remains tops delicate music and she sings her heart our and her backing singers.She was too good memories spells fire.
Aretha and Curtis, perfect !!
She’s really singing on this album, I never really like a whole Aretha Franklin album but certain songs. I think I like the “Young Gifted and Black” Album. She’s singing on these songs and what really brought me here was a interview that Shirley Jones from “The Jones Girls” did when she said they sung background vocals on this album. The Jones Girls sound really good and I noticed Curtis Mayfield arranged the his background vocals a distinct way bc the “Sparkle” album sounds similar.
More than just a joy slays my life
8:19, 9:22 G5’s!!! 9:30/9:31 Bb5!!!! She crazy 😂😂😂
Edit: 10:10 - 10:17 wig snatching
I need somebody to help me off the floor after 9:31
The 2nd track, "Lady, Lady," is a little-known gem. It wasn't a single, but it deserved to be a major hit. I'd love to hear a modern-day soul singer cover it, maybe Leela James, Ledisi, Ari Lennox or Jill Scott.
This album is great don’t know why it was a hit but I saw a performance she did of almighty fire and the interviewer said “ do u like mayfield “ and Aretha said “ well he makes sing high” and it shows
Reel Black, I just love you.
THANK YOU SIR FOR THIS TREASURE ❤❤
Why I Never heard this album??
Because it is horrible that's why!
Arethas 70s music is so underrated and some of her best imo, can’t believe this never got re released on cd and streaming
Agree. I think I read a comment on here that stated the 70s works as “not her best decade”. And I had to side eye that comment. Like she literally has gems on every album in the 70s. Forget what the charts say.
Heard this.have natalie cole sophisticated lady vibe.funky
❤ this album.
I love this album 🤩 💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️
this is actually rated as Aretha's worst album
🙏🏾🔥🙏🏾🔥 🥰Fe real🥰🔥🙏🏾🔥🙏🏾
This angel was born to sing owh reverend daughter may your soul rest in ✌
Saxophonic voice a musical instrument on its own.🎉
Shalom, MAMA of ZION. HalleluYAH Amen.
❤ The best!
. Two musical greats Curtis Mayfield and Aretha Franklin collaborated on this album but it fell flat. I love Aretha on piano on the song "I'm Your Speed." The title of the song is strange because it's about the soulful love of two beings and Aretha croons and moans about that kiss that's like "hun-nee pooh hun-nee" and you feel the sensuality of this song. I woul have called it Honey Kisses because the lyrics layered with Re-Re's sultry velvet vocals make you feel that kiss and love of that significant one in the song.
💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💜💜💜
This is fye
Curtis lost some of his edge by the time he worked with Aretha on this album just didn’t have the consistency or punch of Sparkle. This was the last all out singing we got from the Queen. Aretha started gaining the weight back and you can hear the difference in her voice compared to the last album Sweet Passion but she sang her but off here. My fav’s This You Can Believe, No Matter Who You Love & I Needed You. Her music lives forever!!!!!!
You are right. After "Almighty Fire" Aretha's vocals on subsequent albums, were not so gut-bucket or raw. That wasn't due in any way to vocal decline, when she signed with Arista in 1980, Clive Davis' aim, was to change her brand of Soul. He wanted to make her more Pop oriented. Her albums on Arista demonstrated that her "chops" were still intact, especially, the first two albums. I thought her voice mostly declined during the 1990s. Especially, when she recorded "Honey," in 1994! During this period, many, including myself, thought Aretha's voice was finished. However, when she replaced Pavarotti, singing Nessun Dorma, at the Grammys(1998), her voice was CLEAR, POWERFUL and OUTSTANDING!!! The same when she recorded "In The Morning," in 1998, her voice, especially, the high notes, were regained...LOUD AND PROUD!!! Who would've ever "THUNK" it???!!! Aretha is my absolute, all time favorite singer!
@@MPardo-cx6jj , During the early 80`s when Aretha worked with Luther Vandross for the Jump to It and Get it Right albums , there were really some gems on there like Just My Daydream , This is for Real, Every Girl Wants My Guy and When You Love Me Like That . She wasn`t singing the gutsy super high notes but it didn`t matter because Aretha is the total singer and has such beautiful vocal tones. She can just do it all...I actually didn`t start getting concerned about the effects of smoking on her voice until her `Through the Storm` album ...but then her voice came back so powerful by the time she recorded Pride, A Deeper Love, Willing to Forgive and It Hurts like Hell. I agree with you about her Nessun Dorma performance and In the Morning though I think How Many Times was a standout vocal from that CD as well.
Sing Baby
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Two Greats!!!! Aretha before the cigarettes affected her voice.
She did good until mid 2000s evem after the cigarettes she made it work like a Queen
@@chrissangit I agree, and I think it was her choice of music and producers. "So Damn Happy" and her final joint "Diva Classics" were my two least albums.
@@kentallen3857 I like "So Damn Happy." But it wasn't like most of her other albums that I LOVE! However, she did rip to pieces "Wonderful" and "You Are My Joy!" Her voice and delivery was SPLENDID on "You Are My Joy!" "Diva Classics" is my least favorite of all her albums!
@@MPardo-cx6jj I can't listen to the Diva Classics album. She sounds shrill on it, and her vocals seems buried at times by the instrumentation.
@@sashineb.2114 she sound incredible on diva classics idk what's wrong with yall....those notes she was hitting were insane
This You Can Believe is TOO sexy😘
Fuckin quality baby 🔥
Wish they put these songs in the biopic with JHud
❤🇱🇨!!!
Isnotmee....mistakee...
What was she doing all night
Great album but that cover art - yikes!
Yeah I think thats what kept me from discoving the album lol
Apparently, the cover art was Aretha's idea. I wish I knew what the sheet music in the photo sounds like. I've been told it isn't the song Almighty Fire.
I didn't like the front cover so much. I did like the back cover shot!