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When Aretha Franklin signed with Arista Records, marking the end of the 13-year tenure at Atlantic that saw her transform both her own art and the face of soul music itself, she was at loose ends. Even when she scored hits for the new label, they were often the result of casting about for a commercial foothold in the post-disco marketplace rather than the savvy combination of pure artistry and smart trend-watching of her greatest Atlantic moments. Thus, the tracks collected on
Greatest Hits (1980-1994) are hardly her most essential; "Jump to It" and "Freeway of Love" are fun, but "Jimmy Lee" and the George Michael duet "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" reflect fairly dull accommodations with '80s pop conventions.
--Rickey Wright
Product Description
This edition features a bonus track: 'Jumping Jack Flash'.
Aretha Franklin - Greatest Hits: 1980-1994,Aretha Franklin,Bmg Int'l,Deep Soul,Pop,Quiet Storm,R&B,R&B/Soul,Soul,Soul/R & B,Urban
Average customer rating:
- Her best from 1980-94 plus a few new tracks.
- By 1980 the sparkle was gone
- Excellent collection of her Arista hits!
- NICE!!!!
- Hits from the 1980s and beyond
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Aretha Franklin - Greatest Hits (1980-1994)
Aretha Franklin
Manufacturer: Arista
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
 General
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
General
| R&B
| Styles
| Music
General
| Soul
| R&B
| Styles
| Music
Quiet Storm
| R&B
| Styles
| Music
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ASIN: B000002VN3
Release Date: 1994-02-22 |
Tracks:
- Freeway Of Love
- I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
- Jump To It
- Willing To Forgive
- Doctor's Orders
- United Together
- Who's Zoomin' Who
- A Deeper Love
- Honey
- Get It Right
- Another Night
- Ever Changing Times
- Jimmy Lee
- You Make Me Feel (Like A Natural Woman)
- I Dreamed A Dream
Amazon.com
When Aretha Franklin signed with Arista Records, marking the end of the 13-year tenure at Atlantic that saw her transform both her own art and the face of soul music itself, she was at loose ends. Even when she scored hits for the new label, they were often the result of casting about for a commercial foothold in the post-disco marketplace rather than the savvy combination of pure artistry and smart trend-watching of her greatest Atlantic moments. Thus, the tracks collected on Greatest Hits (1980-1994) are hardly her most essential; "Jump to It" and "Freeway of Love" are fun, but "Jimmy Lee" and the George Michael duet "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" reflect fairly dull accommodations with '80s pop conventions. --Rickey Wright
Album Details
This edition features a bonus track: 'Jumping Jack Flash'.
Customer Reviews:
Her best from 1980-94 plus a few new tracks........2007-01-02
Aretha Franklin's Arista recordings are filled with as many hits as misses. Whereas her Luther Vandross-produced sets ("Get It Right" and "Jump To It") were both excellent most of her other releases were simply too trendy and overproduced. While I won't deny that Aretha experienced a deserved career revival during the mid-'80s I'll also say that there were many embarassing moments on virtually all of her post-1984 Arista albums. This IS a good collection of her post-Atlantic work but most of her Arista LPs simply don't hold a candle to her 1967-74 Atlantic works.
By 1980 the sparkle was gone.......2006-06-30
My attitude towards Aretha Franklin is multi-facetted. Some twenty years ago I started to be intrigued by her voice, but these were always just brief moments of thrill. The problem was that I had picked the wrong times in her career: too early and you're stuck with gospel music (which I happen too enjoy at most in church, but not on records), too late and it's bland disco. In particular, in the present compilation spanning 1980-1994, "Another Night" remains the only OK track, once you've experienced the real Aretha. For me that happened recently when I bought (after listening to many 30 second sound bites) the 4cd collection "Queen of soul" (the Atlantic recordings). These cds capture her at the peak of her power (1967-1974). This is R&B with FIRE. With me and A.F. it works like this: the harder the better. (In her slow songs there always is a kind of Gospel feeling that I dislike; as opposed to e.g. Ashford&Simpson who did gorgeous slow ballads.)
Excellent collection of her Arista hits!.......2005-10-28
Most people know Aretha Franklin for classic hits like Respect, Think, Natural Woman, The House that Jack Built and others. Some think that she's still on Atlantic Records since she had many hits there. But they should know that she moved forward in her music career. Which brings to this Greatest Hits album for her Arista era. This has her finest efforts such as Freeway of Love, Who's Zoomin Who, Love All The Hurt Away, Jump To It and many others from the 80s/90s period. But I love Honey, the new song that Babyface did for this album. I play that more than Willing to Forgive, the song that was a hit. Pride (A Deeper Love) proves that Aretha could tear it up on a high energy dance song with the Clivilles and Cole team! Aretha's efforts with Narada Michael Walden, Peter Wolf and others here were just superb efforts that I still listen to today. That she continues to amaze and excite listeners today is quite something. She is a true Queen of Soul!
NICE!!!!.......2004-09-02
I enjoy this album this is a nice album I really do like this album itcontains some of Aretha's hit from the 80's thru 1994.
I think that it is a very nice album and it contains some nice songs. It contains Jump to it, Jimmy Lee, Get it Right, I Knew You Were Waiting For Me, Who's Zooming Who, Freeway of Love, Everchanging Times, and manymore great songs I would reccomend this album to any Aretha Franklin fan you would definitely enjoy this album...
Hits from the 1980s and beyond.......2004-07-28
Aretha's star seemed to fade during the disco era of the middle to late 1970s, but then she made a comeback. This collection covers her time on Arista from 1980 to 1994 and distils the best work from five albums. It includes the huge hits Freeway Of Love and the duet I Knew You Were Waiting For Me (with George Michael). Other impressive songs include Jump To It, Doctor's Orders (with Luther Vandross) and Get It Right. I also like Willing To Forgive, Ever Changing Times, A Deeper Love and this version of Natural Woman featuring Bonnie Raitt and Gloria Estefan. Her version of Jumpin' Jack Flash is quite a tour de force with Keith Richards doing his thing on electric guitar. Although I prefer her classic work from the 1960s and 1970s like Spanish Harlem, Respect and her exquisite rendition of Bridge Over Troubled Water, this collection demonstrates that she found lots of new spark in the 1980s and contributed a memorable body of work in that and the following decade.
Average customer rating:
- Her best from 1980-94 plus a few new tracks.
- By 1980 the sparkle was gone
- Excellent collection of her Arista hits!
- NICE!!!!
- Hits from the 1980s and beyond
|
Aretha Franklin - Greatest Hits: 1980-1994
Aretha Franklin
Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Pop
| Styles
| Music
General
| R&B
| Styles
| Music
General
| Soul
| R&B
| Styles
| Music
Quiet Storm
| R&B
| Styles
| Music
R&B
| Imports
| Stores
| Music
Pop
| Imports
| Stores
| Music
Similar Items:
- A Rose Is Still a Rose
- The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The 70's
- So Damn Happy
- The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The 60's
- Aretha Franklin - 30 Greatest Hits
ASIN: B000024BWH
Release Date: 2001-04-09 |
Tracks:
- Freeway Of Love
- I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
- Jump To It
- Willing To Forgive
- Doctor's Orders
- United Together
- Who's Zoomin' Who
- A Deeper Love
- Honey
- Get It Right
- Another Night
- Ever Changing Times
- Jimmy Lee
- You Make Me Feel (Like A Natural Woman)
- I Dreamed A Dream
- Jumpin' Jack Flash
Amazon.com
When Aretha Franklin signed with Arista Records, marking the end of the 13-year tenure at Atlantic that saw her transform both her own art and the face of soul music itself, she was at loose ends. Even when she scored hits for the new label, they were often the result of casting about for a commercial foothold in the post-disco marketplace rather than the savvy combination of pure artistry and smart trend-watching of her greatest Atlantic moments. Thus, the tracks collected on Greatest Hits (1980-1994) are hardly her most essential; "Jump to It" and "Freeway of Love" are fun, but "Jimmy Lee" and the George Michael duet "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" reflect fairly dull accommodations with '80s pop conventions. --Rickey Wright
Album Details
This edition features a bonus track: 'Jumping Jack Flash'.
Customer Reviews:
Her best from 1980-94 plus a few new tracks........2007-01-02
Aretha Franklin's Arista recordings are filled with as many hits as misses. Whereas her Luther Vandross-produced sets ("Get It Right" and "Jump To It") were both excellent most of her other releases were simply too trendy and overproduced. While I won't deny that Aretha experienced a deserved career revival during the mid-'80s I'll also say that there were many embarassing moments on virtually all of her post-1984 Arista albums. This IS a good collection of her post-Atlantic work but most of her Arista LPs simply don't hold a candle to her 1967-74 Atlantic works.
By 1980 the sparkle was gone.......2006-06-30
My attitude towards Aretha Franklin is multi-facetted. Some twenty years ago I started to be intrigued by her voice, but these were always just brief moments of thrill. The problem was that I had picked the wrong times in her career: too early and you're stuck with gospel music (which I happen too enjoy at most in church, but not on records), too late and it's bland disco. In particular, in the present compilation spanning 1980-1994, "Another Night" remains the only OK track, once you've experienced the real Aretha. For me that happened recently when I bought (after listening to many 30 second sound bites) the 4cd collection "Queen of soul" (the Atlantic recordings). These cds capture her at the peak of her power (1967-1974). This is R&B with FIRE. With me and A.F. it works like this: the harder the better. (In her slow songs there always is a kind of Gospel feeling that I dislike; as opposed to e.g. Ashford&Simpson who did gorgeous slow ballads.)
Excellent collection of her Arista hits!.......2005-10-28
Most people know Aretha Franklin for classic hits like Respect, Think, Natural Woman, The House that Jack Built and others. Some think that she's still on Atlantic Records since she had many hits there. But they should know that she moved forward in her music career. Which brings to this Greatest Hits album for her Arista era. This has her finest efforts such as Freeway of Love, Who's Zoomin Who, Love All The Hurt Away, Jump To It and many others from the 80s/90s period. But I love Honey, the new song that Babyface did for this album. I play that more than Willing to Forgive, the song that was a hit. Pride (A Deeper Love) proves that Aretha could tear it up on a high energy dance song with the Clivilles and Cole team! Aretha's efforts with Narada Michael Walden, Peter Wolf and others here were just superb efforts that I still listen to today. That she continues to amaze and excite listeners today is quite something. She is a true Queen of Soul!
NICE!!!!.......2004-09-02
I enjoy this album this is a nice album I really do like this album itcontains some of Aretha's hit from the 80's thru 1994.
I think that it is a very nice album and it contains some nice songs. It contains Jump to it, Jimmy Lee, Get it Right, I Knew You Were Waiting For Me, Who's Zooming Who, Freeway of Love, Everchanging Times, and manymore great songs I would reccomend this album to any Aretha Franklin fan you would definitely enjoy this album...
Hits from the 1980s and beyond.......2004-07-28
Aretha's star seemed to fade during the disco era of the middle to late 1970s, but then she made a comeback. This collection covers her time on Arista from 1980 to 1994 and distils the best work from five albums. It includes the huge hits Freeway Of Love and the duet I Knew You Were Waiting For Me (with George Michael). Other impressive songs include Jump To It, Doctor's Orders (with Luther Vandross) and Get It Right. I also like Willing To Forgive, Ever Changing Times, A Deeper Love and this version of Natural Woman featuring Bonnie Raitt and Gloria Estefan. Her version of Jumpin' Jack Flash is quite a tour de force with Keith Richards doing his thing on electric guitar. Although I prefer her classic work from the 1960s and 1970s like Spanish Harlem, Respect and her exquisite rendition of Bridge Over Troubled Water, this collection demonstrates that she found lots of new spark in the 1980s and contributed a memorable body of work in that and the following decade.
Average customer rating:
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Greatest Hits 1980-1994 (Gold Disc)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
General
| Soul
| R&B
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B000I6BKMI
Release Date: 2006-10-17 |
Album Description
European only Best Of The Best Gold-Disc pressing is housed in a die-cut slip case, exposing the gold disc. This 16 track compilation features Aretha's '80s biggest hits including 'Freeway Of Love', 'Who's Zommin' Who', 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)' (with George Michael) and more. Sony/BMG. 2006.
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