Aretha Franklin – So Damn Happy / Arista Audio CD 2003 / 82876-55279-2

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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
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	Europe
Released:	2003
Genre:	Hip Hop, Funk / Soul
Style:	Rhythm & Blues, Soul

Tracklist:

The Only Thing Missin'

Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Vocal] – Gordon Chambers, Myii "Sunny" Davis

Guitar – Rick Williams

Handclaps – Delanté "Butta" Murphy, Kenya Lucas, Regine Lambert

Producer, Programmed By, Keyboards, Drums, Bass, Arranged By [Vocal] – Troy Taylor

Written-By – Gordon Chambers, Myiia Davis, Rick Williams, Troy Taylor

3:07

Wonderful

Backing Vocals – Aretha Franklin, Sara Divine

Edited By [Vocal, Additional] – Troy Taylor

Producer, Keyboards [All], Instruments, Drum Programming – Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence

Written-By – Aleese Simmons, Katrina Willis, Philip "Silky" White, Ron Lawrence

4:04

Holdin' On

Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Vocal] – Mary J. Blige

Producer, Instruments [All], Programmed By – Troy Taylor

Written-By – Bruce Miller (4), Earl Klugh, Mary J. Blige, Troy Taylor

4:36

No Matter What

Backing Vocals, Arranged By [Vocal] – Mary J. Blige

Producer, Instruments [All], Programmed By – Troy Taylor

Written-By – Bruce Miller (4), Mary J. Blige, Troy Taylor

4:32

Everybody's Somebody's Fool

Backing Vocals – Brenda Corbett, Sandra Feva Dance, Shelly Ponder

Drum Programming – IZ (2)

Keyboards – James Wright

Keyboards, Guitar – Bobby Ross Avila

Producer – James Wright, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Written-By – James Wright, James Harris III, Terry Lewis

4:35

So Damn Happy

Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Adi Yeshaya, Michael Baker (2)

Backing Vocals – Brenda Corbett, Mildred Scott, Sandra Feva Dance, Shelly Ponder

Bass – Ralphe Armstrong

Cello – Eugene Moye, Jesse Levy, Kermit Moore, Leo Grinhauz

Contractor [Orchestra] – Jesse Levy

Drums – Nate Nebett

Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Vernon D. Fails

French Horn – Roger Wendt, Sharon Moe

Guitar – Perry Hughes

Harp – Gloria Agostini

Keyboards, Conductor, Composed By [Strings, Horns] – Adi Yeshaya

Organ – Daryl Houston

Producer, Piano – Aretha Franklin

Trombone – Birch Johnson, George Flynn (2), Keith O'Quinn

Trumpet – Lewis Soloff, Randy Brecker, Anthony Kadleck

Viola – Alfred Brown, Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Margaret Hjaltested, Olivia Koppell

Violin – Alexander Vselensky, Andrew Stein, Belinda Whitney, Byung-Kook Kwak, Cenovia Cummins, Gerald Tarack, Israel Chorberg, Pamela Posk, Robert Chausow, Sheila Reinhold, Anthony Posk

Written-By – Aretha Franklin

4:28

You Are My Joy

Backing Vocals – Brenda Corbett, Mildred Scott, Sandra Feva Dance, Shelly Ponder

Bass – Ralphe Armstrong

Cello – Jesse Levy

Contractor [Orchestra] – Jesse Levy

Drums – Nate Nebett

Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Vernon D. Fails

Guitar – Perry Hughes

Keyboards [Additional], Composed By [Strings], Arranged By [Strings], Conductor – Adi Yeshaya

Organ – Daryl Houston

Producer, Piano – Aretha Franklin

Viola – Olivia Koppell

Violin – Gerald Tarack, Regis Iandiorio, Anthony Posk, Winterton Garvey

Written-By – Aretha Franklin

2:33

Falling Out Of Love

Bass – Neil Stubenhaus

Coordinator [Production] – JoAnn Tominaga

Copyist – Steve Juliani

Drums – Ricky Lawson

Guitar – Michael Thompson

Harmonica – Tommy Morgan

Keyboards – Greg Phillinganes

Musical Assistance [To Mr. Bacharach] – Sue Main

Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa

Producer, Arranged By [Rhythm, String] – Burt Bacharach

Sound Designer [Synth] – Rob Shrock

Synth [Strings] – David Foster

Written-By – Burt Bacharach, Jed Leiber, Jerry Leiber

4:30

Ain't No Way

Backing Vocals – Cindy Mizelle, Gordon Chambers

Handclaps – B.J., Dolly, Melodie

Keyboards, Drum Programming, Arranged By – William "Prez" Bush

Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa

Producer, Arranged By [Background Vocal] – Gordon Chambers

Producer, Arranged By, Keyboards – Barry J.Eastmond

Written-By – Barry J. Eastmond, Gordon Chambers

4:36

Good News

Backing Vocals – Brenda Corbett, Mildred Scott, Sandra Feva Dance, Shelly Ponder

Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Synth, Bass – Norman West

Written-By – Norman West

4:53

You Are My Joy (Reprise)

Producer – Aretha Franklin

Written-By – Aretha Franklin

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)