Description
Aretha Franklin – So Damn Happy / Arista Audio CD 2003 / 82876-55279-2
UPC 828765527927
So Damn Happy is the thirty-fifth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Her first studio album in five years, it included the Grammy Award-winning track "Wonderful", the single co-written and produced by G SYIER Hawkins Brown, and Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, his very first project with the Queen of Soul was a grand slam. The album peaked at number 33 on the US Billboard 200 and number 11 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, while reaching the top thirty of the Italian Albums Chart. Shortly after its release, Franklin left Arista after a stay of 23 years. She later announced plans to start her own Detroit-based record label, Aretha Records.
| Label: | Arista – 82876-55279-2 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2003 |
| Genre: | Hip Hop, Funk / Soul |
| Style: | Rhythm & Blues, Soul |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
The Only Thing Missin' |
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3:07
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| 2 | Wonderful |
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4:04
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| 3 | Holdin' On |
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4:36
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| 4 | No Matter What |
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4:32
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| 5 | Everybody's Somebody's Fool |
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4:35
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| 6 | So Damn Happy |
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4:28
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| 7 | You Are My Joy |
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2:33
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| 8 | Falling Out Of Love |
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4:30
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| 9 | Ain't No Way |
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4:36
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| 10 | Good News |
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4:53
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| 11 | You Are My Joy (Reprise) |
| 2:33 |
- A&R [Administrator] – Barbara Wesotski
- A&R [Direction] – Joey Arbagey
- Art Direction, Design – Richard Thomas Jennings
- Creative Director – Joe Mama-Nitzberg
- Engineer [Assistant] – Rob Shelby (tracks: 6, 7, 10, 11)
- Engineer [Pro Tools] – David Chase (7) (tracks: 8), Eric Ferguson (tracks: 8)
- Executive-Producer – Antonio "LA" Reid
- Mastered By – Tom Coyne
- Mixed By – Alan Sides (tracks: 8), Aretha Franklin (tracks: 6, 7, 11), Jean-Marie Horvat (tracks: 1, 3, 4), Michael J. Powell (tracks: 10), Neal H. Pogue (tracks: 5), Norman West (tracks: 10), "Prince Charles" Alexander (tracks: 2, 9)
- Mixed By [Assistant] – Carl Robinson (tracks: 10), Dano (tracks: 10), Jeff Robinett (tracks: 5), Keith Slattery (tracks: 9), Pablo Arraya (tracks: 1)
- Mixed By [Assitant] – Jeff Burns (tracks: 8), Tom Sweeney (tracks: 8), Tom Wilber (tracks: 6, 7, 10, 11)
- Photography By – Kwaku Alston
- Recorded By – Alan Sides (tracks: 8), Barry J. Eastmond (tracks: 9), Carl Robinson (tracks: 6, 7, 11), Jon Nettlesbey (tracks: 5), Louis Alfred (tracks: 9), Michael J. Powell (tracks: 10), Norman West (tracks: 10), Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence (tracks: 2), Rowie Nomeri (tracks: 1, 3, 4), Steve Pageot (tracks: 2)
