Aretha Franklin - La Diva (1979)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
"Ladies Only" (Aretha Franklin) – 5:15
"It's Gonna Get a Bit Better" (Lalome Washburn) – 5:20
"What If I Should Ever Need You" (Charles H. Kipps) – 3:32
"Honey I Need Your Love" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:45
"I Was Made for You" (Clarence Franklin) – 4:03
Side two
"Only Star" (Aretha Franklin) – 5:04
"Reasons Why" (Skip Scarborough, Wanda Hutchinson, Wayne Vaughan) – 3:55
"You Brought Me Back to Life" (Van McCoy) – 4:24
"Half a Love" (Zulema Cusseaux) – 5:25
"The Feeling" (Van McCoy) – 4:45
Aretha Franklin Band Members / Musicians
Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, rhythm arrangements (4)
Van McCoy – keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm arrangements (1, 3-5, 8, 10)
Kenneth Ascher, Richard Tee, Paul Griffin – keyboards
Ken Bichel – synthesizer, orchestra bells
Jack Cavari, Cornell Dupree, Tom Hanlon – guitar
Brian Aslop, Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
Chris Parker – drums
Errol "Crusher" Bennett, George Devens – percussion
Richard Gibbs – rhythm arrangements (2)
Arthur Jenkins – rhythm arrangements (6)
Skip Scarborough – rhythm arrangements (7)
Gene Orloff – conductor
Albert Bailey – backing vocals
Sharon Brown – backing vocals
Zulema Cusseaux – backing vocals, rhythm arrangements (9)
Diane Destry – backing vocals
Carolyn Franklin – backing vocals
Richard Harris – background vocals
Brenda Hilliard – backing vocals
Jerome Jackson – backing vocals
Pete Marshall – backing vocals
Pat Williamson – backing vocals
Producers – Charles Kipps and Van McCoy (Tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 8-10); Aretha Franklin (Track 4); Skip Scarborough (Track 7)
Engineers – Lee Decarlo and Alan Varner
Assistant engineers – Rick Delana, Brian Marine and John Terrell
Mastered by George Piros at Atlantic Studios (New York, NY)
La Diva is the 25th studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on September 6, 1979, by Atlantic Records. The album marked the end of her 12-year tenure with Atlantic and a run of 19 original albums. The album was a commercial flop as the singer attempted to make a comeback by recording a disco-oriented project with producer Van McCoy. It was McCoy's final work as he died in June of that year; the record was released as disco was running its course
