Aretha Franklin - Let Me in Your Life (1974)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Side One
"Let Me in Your Life" (Bill Withers) – 3:24
"Every Natural Thing" (Eddie Hinton) – 2:31
"Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:47
"I'm in Love" (Bobby Womack) – 2:48
"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" (Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder, Morris Broadnax) – 3:26
"The Masquerade is Over" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 4:27
Side Two
"With Pen in Hand" (Bobby Goldsboro) – 5:03
"Oh Baby" (Aretha Franklin) – 4:55
"Eight Days On the Road" (Jerry Ragovoy, Mike Gayle) – 2:59
"If You Don't Think" (Aretha Franklin) – 3:50
"A Song for You" (Leon Russell) – 5:33
Aretha Franklin Band Members / Musicians
Aretha Franklin – vocals (1, 6, 8, 10-11, lead on 2-5, 7, 9), acoustic piano (2, 5, 7-9), Fender Rhodes (10-11)
Ken Bichel – synthesizer (5)
Margaret Branch – backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 9)
Ann S. Clark – backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 9)
Stan Clarke – bass guitar (1, 3-4, 6)
Judy Clay – backing vocals (3-4)
Eumir Deodato – Fender Rhodes (1), acoustic piano
Cornell Dupree – guitar (2, 4, 7-11)
Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals (4)
Donny Hathaway – keyboards (3, additional on 7), acoustic piano (4, 6), Fender Rhodes (5, 8)
Cissy Houston – backing vocals (3-4)
Bob James – Hammond organ (1), keyboards (3)
Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1-4, 6-11)
Rick Marotta – drums (1, 3-4, 6)
Hugh McCracken – guitar (5)
Pancho Morales – percussion (2, 5-6, 8-9)
Bernard Purdie – drums (2, 5, 7-11)
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar (2, 5, 7, 9)
Sylvia Shemwell – backing vocals (3)
Myrna Smith – backing vocals (3)
Pat Smith – backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 9)
David Spinozza – guitar (1, 3-4, 6)
Richard Tee – acoustic piano (1, 9), Hammond organ (2, 5, 10-11), Fender Rhodes (2), synthesizer, additional keyboards (10)
Deirdre Tuck – backing vocals (4)
Willie Weeks – bass guitar (8, 10-11)
Arif Mardin's Horn Section
Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone (2), flute (5)
Ernie Royal – trumpet (10)
Arif Mardin's String Section
Gene Orloff – concertmaster (1-2, 5, 7-11)
Let Me in Your Life is the 20th studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on February 25, 1974, by Atlantic Records.
It was one of Aretha's top-selling Atlantic Records albums. The album hit #1 on Billboard's R&B albums chart and reached #14 on Billboard's main album chart. 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.
