Aretha Franklin - Jewels In The Crown (2007)

Artist - Aretha Franklin
Album - Jewels in the Crown: All Star Duets with the Queen
Genre - Pop/Rock, Smooth Soul, Adult Contemporary, Contemporary R&B
Release Date: Nov 13, 2007
Label - Arista
Quality - mp3, 320
Size: 99 Mb
Total time: 69:00

Вашему вниманию предлагается свежий выпущенный сборник: дуэты Aretha Frankin с разными музыкантами, среди которых Keith Richards, Frank Sinatra, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston. В него вошли вещи записанные с середины 80-х годов до настоящего времени.

Track Listings:
1. Jumpin' Jack Flash - (with Keith Richards)
2. Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves - (with Eurythmics)
3. I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - (with George Michael)
4. What Now My Love - (with Frank Sinatra)
5. Put You Up On Game - (with Fantasia)
6. What Y'all Came To Do - (with John Legend)
7. Never Gonna Break My Faith - (with Mary J. Blige)
8. Through the Storm - (with Elton John)
9. It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be - (with Whitney Houston)
10. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - (with Gloria Estefan/Bonnie Raitt)
11. Doctor's Orders - (with Luther Vandross)
12. Ever Changing Times - (with Michael McDonald)
13. Chain Of Fools - (with Mariah Carey)
14. Don't Waste Your Time - (with Mary J. Blige)
15. Love All the Hurt Away - (with George Benson)
16. Nessun Dorma - (with The New York Recording Orchestra)

Additional personnel: The New York Recording Orchestra, Elton John, Eurythmics, Fantasia, Frank Sinatra, George Benson , George Michael, Gloria Estefan, Harlem Boys Choir, John Legend, Keith Richards, Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Michael McDonald, Whitney Houston, Bonnie Raitt.

Продолжение текста / More text
JEWELS IN THE CROWN: ALL-STAR DUETS WITH THE QUEEN is a hybrid release of material old and new, with many of its 16 tracks dating back to Aretha Franklin's mid-1980s career resurgence. A number of these have never appeared on any of Franklin's proper albums prior to this release: her sassy take on "Jumpin' Jack Flash" with Keith Richards on lead guitar is from a film soundtrack and her duet with Annie Lennox, "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves," first appeared on Eurythmics' BE YOURSELF TONIGHT, while "What Now My Love" was a highlight of Frank Sinatra's DUETS. The three new songs pair Franklin with neo-soul star John Legend, hip-hop goddess Mary J. Blige and, most impressively, Franklin's spiritual granddaughter Fantasia, who holds her own against her biggest inspiration on "Put You Up On Game."

Rolling Stone (p.196) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[S]ome of it is lively....And there are three 'newly recordeds'..."

Review John Bush, AMG:
There are duet records, and then there is recording "Jumpin' Jack Flash" with Keith Richards. A 16-track compilation of Aretha Franklin's duets from the '80s and '90s, Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen benefits from the high-profile partners that the Queen of Soul has been able to hook over the years (plus a trio of new tracks featuring sympathetic partners: John Legend, Mary J. Blige, and Fantasia). Spanning her Arista years, the collection runs the gamut of studio techniques from the '80s to the 2000s. Six songs come from the '80s, including the Keith Richards feature, which is a little too pristine to suit a version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash." Others from the same era sound better, such as "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" with Eurythmics (which benefits from David Stewart's digital studio knowledge), and Franklin's hit duet with George Michael on "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)." The '90s duets are also mixed, including a lackluster pairing with Frank Sinatra on "What Now My Love" (from the original Duets album), but also an energetic live performance of "Chain of Fools" with Mariah Carey that works much better than could be expected. Of the new tracks, John Legend's "What Y'All Came to Do" is the best, an upfront and testifying jam with deft vocal freestyles from Legend and Franklin.

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