Let Me in Your Life

Let Me in Your Life is the twentieth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on February 26, 1974, by Atlantic Records.

Let Me in Your Life
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 26, 1974
RecordedMarch 24[1] – September 7, 1973[2]
Studio
GenreR&B
LabelAtlantic, Rhino
ProducerArif Mardin, Jerry Wexler, Aretha Franklin, Tom Dowd.
Aretha Franklin chronology
The Best of Aretha Franklin
(1973)
Let Me in Your Life
(1974)
With Everything I Feel in Me
(1974)
Singles from Let Me in Your Life
  1. "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)"
    Released: November 1973
  2. "I'm in Love"
    Released: April 1974
  3. "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
    Released: August 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]

It was one of Franklin's top-selling Atlantic Records albums. The album hit number 1 on Billboard's R&B albums chart and just missed the Top 10 of Billboard's main album chart, narrowly missing Gold certification.[10] Featuring three hit singles, it is regarded as one of Franklin's best Atlantic recordings. It was issued on compact disc through Rhino Records in 1994.[11]

Track listing

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes[11][12]
Side One

  1. "Let Me in Your Life" (Bill Withers) – 3:24
  2. "Every Natural Thing" (Eddie Hinton) – 2:31
  3. "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:47
  4. "I'm in Love" (Bobby Womack) – 2:48
  5. "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" (Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder, Morris Broadnax) – 3:26
  6. "The Masquerade is Over" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 4:27

Side Two

  1. "With Pen in Hand" (Bobby Goldsboro) – 5:03
  2. "Oh Baby" (Aretha Franklin) – 4:55
  3. "Eight Days On the Road" (Jerry Ragovoy, Mike Gayle) – 2:59
  4. "If You Don't Think" (Aretha Franklin) – 3:50
  5. "A Song for You" (Leon Russell) – 5:33

Personnel

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes[11][12]

Main
Arif Mardin's Horn Section[1][2][3][4]
Arif Mardin's String Section[1][2][3][4]

Technical personnel

  • Producers – Aretha Franklin (all tracks); Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler (1-6, 9); Tom Dowd (7-8, 10–11)
  • Arrangers – Eumir Deodato (rhythm & strings on 1), William Eaton (music on 3–4, 6), Arif Mardin (percussion on 1, horns 1–2, 4–5, 7–11, strings on 1–2, 4–5, 7–11)
  • Engineers – Phil Ramone (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6); Gene Paul (tracks 2 & 8–11); Lew Hahn (Track 5); Howard Albert and Ron Albert (track 7)
  • Recorded at Atlantic Studios and A&R Studios (New York City); Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)
  • Remixed by Arif Mardin at Atlantic Studios
  • Mastered by Gene Paul at Atlantic Studios
  • Photography – Joel Brodsky

See also

References