''With Everything I Feel in Me'' is the twenty-first studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on November 25, 1974, by Atlantic Records.

Background

This recording did not do as well commercially as previous Franklin albums. The LP reached #57 on Billboard's Top Album charts and peaked at #6 on the R&B album charts. None of its singles reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The lead single, "Without Love", written by Aretha's sister

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and former Motown producer Ivy Jo Hunter, charted at #45 Pop, but fared far better on the R&B charts reaching #6. The title cut also charted at #20 on the R&B charts in early 1975. '' Cash Box'' said that the title song " uildsslow and steady, it gets into a gorgeous groove with back-up singers, guitar, horns and slinky organ cooking full force under ranklin'sdynamic vocal."

Track listing

# "Without Love" (

, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 3:47 # "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" ( Burt Bacharach,

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) – 4:17 # "When You Get Right Down to It" ( Barry Mann) – 3:55 # "You'll Never Get to Heaven" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 5:40 # "With Everything I Feel in Me" (Aretha Franklin) – 3:53 # "I Love Every Little Thing About You" ( Stevie Wonder) – 3:42 # "Sing It Again – Say It Again" (Carolyn Franklin) – 3:51 # "All of These Things" ( James Cleveland) – 3:54 # "You Move Me" ( Glen Murdock, Mike Keck) – 6:22

Personnel

* Aretha Franklin – piano, vocals *

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– synthesizer (3, 6, 7), piano, Fender Rhodes (4) * Margaret Branch – background vocals * Brenda Bryant – background vocals *

Cornell Dupree Cornell Luther Dupree (December 19, 1942 – May 8, 2011) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Aretha Franklin, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis and Steve Gadd, appeared on David Letterman,

– guitar (1-9) *

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– bass guitar (1, 2) *

Steve Gadd Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the '' Modern ...

– drums (7) *

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– synthesizer (3) *

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– percussion (7) *

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for o ...

– string arrangements (1-4), horn arrangements (2, 4, 6, 7), synthesizer arrangements (3) *

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– guitar (1-6, 8, 9) *

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– percussion (7) *

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– horns (5, 9) ** Andrew Love – tenor saxophone (5, 9), tenor sax solo (9) ** Ed Logan – tenor saxophone (5, 9) ** Wayne Jackson – trumpet (5, 9) ** James Mitchell – baritone saxophone (5, 9) ** Jack Hale – trombone (5, 9) *

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– concertmaster *

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– Hammond organ (7) * Bernard Purdie – drums (1-4, 6) * Chuck Rainey – bass guitar (3-5, 7-9) *

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– Mellotron (3) * Pat Smith – background vocals *

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– percussion (7) *

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– drums (5, 9) *

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– piano, Fender Rhodes (1-4, 6, 9), Hammond organ (5, 8)

Production

* Producers – Tom Dowd, Aretha Franklin, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler. * Recorded by Gene Paul (Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7 & 9); Karl Richardson (Tracks 3, 4, 6 & 8). * Additional Recording – Lew Hahn * Mixed by Arif Mardin and Gene Paul * Recorded at

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(New York, NY) and

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(Miami, FL). * Art Direction – Bob Defrin * Photography –

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References

Aretha Franklin albums 1974 albums Albums produced by Arif Mardin Albums produced by Jerry Wexler Albums produced by Tom Dowd Atlantic Records albums {{1970s-R&B-album-stub