Through the Storm (Aretha Franklin album)

Through The Storm
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released May, 1989
Recorded 1988
Genre Pop, rock, R&B
Length 35:16
Label Arista
Producer Narada Michael Walden
Arif Mardin
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin chronology
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
(1987)		 Through The Storm
(1989)		 What You See Is What You Sweat
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+ [2]
Msn Music[3]
Artist direct[4]

Through the Storm is an album by Aretha Franklin, released on Arista Records in the spring of 1989.

Despite the #16 US Pop hit title track (a duet with Elton John), the album was not a commercial success; it reached #55 on the Top 200 Albums chart. Selling approximately 225,000 copies in the United States, it was taken swiftly out of print shortly. The follow-up single, "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be," a duet with Whitney Houston, failed to make the pop Top 40, peaking at #41. Other guest artists included James Brown, The Four Tops and Kenny G.

The album was remastered and re-released as an "Expanded Edition" in December 2014 by Funky Town Grooves, with bonus tracks and a second CD of material.[5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gimme Your Love" (Duet With James Brown)Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen5:19
2."Mercy"  Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard4:09
3."He's The Boy"  Aretha Franklin4:06
4."It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (Duet With Whitney Houston)Albert Hammond, Diane Warren5:39
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Through The Storm" (Duet With Elton John)Albert Hammond, Diane Warren4:23
2."Think (1989)[6]"  Aretha Franklin, Ted White3:39
3."Come To Me[7]"  Willard Eugene Price3:43
4."If Ever A Love There Was[8]" (with the Four Tops and Kenny G)Pamela Phillips Oland, Tedd Cerney4:47

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Through the Storm review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  3. ↑ Msn Music review
  4. ↑ Artist direct review
  5. ↑ "Through The Storm (2 CD Deluxe Edition)". FunkyTownGrooves.com. FunkyTownGrooves.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ The fourth recorded version of the song by Aretha Franklin, which was originally included on Aretha Now and released as a single in 1968. Two different versions of the song were recorded for the Blues Brothers movie. Franklin lip-synched to one version in the movie, with a different version appearing on the soundtrack.
  7. ↑ Remixed edition of song first released on Franklin's 1980 Arista debut, Aretha.
  8. ↑ Originally recorded on the 1988 Four Tops album Indestructible, their sole release for Arista Records, which was also Franklin's label at the time.
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