The Delta Meets Detroit: Aretha's Blues

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ALBUM INFORMATION
  • Artist: Aretha Franklin (See All Albums by Aretha Franklin)

  • Date Released: Jan 21, 2008

  • Genre: Rock/Pop, Style: Pop

  • Label: Rhino Atlantic

  • Copyright: 1998 Atlantic Recording Corp., manufactured and marketed by Rhino Entertainment company, a Warner Music Group company

Total Tracks: 16   Total Length: 61:59

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So good it hurts.

danielp1019

The quality and sound of this album crosses all genres. It's what Adam and Eve listened to in the Garden

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The Delta Meets Detroit: Aretha’s Blues is one of the few non-hits compilations that makes sense. Selecting 16 tracks from her Atlantic recordings, the disc spotlights Franklin at her bluesiest — there are no hits here, but there’s also no shortage of remarkable songs, either, as “Today I Sing the Blues,” “Night Life,” “Night Time Is the Right Time,” “Good to Me As I Am to You,” “Going Down Slow,” “Drown in My Own Tears,” and “Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)” rank among her grittiest performances. If you’re only familiar with the hits, this is an excellent way to dig deeper into her catalog, and if you already have this material on their original albums, The Delta Meets Detroit actually offers some revelations you may not have expected. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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