I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

This record is a split between bangers and snoozers for me. I appreciate her greatly, though.

not bad but it not my jam so i dont really care for it

No lady soul but still great

This is certainly a 3.5. All the acclaimed elements I read about are there: I especially love the density of musical material in just over half an hour. Aretha had an iconic voice, of course. The sidemen sound fine. But something about the assemblage lacks the punch of other albums I've heard in the same vein. Yet I believe it's there. One to revisit.

Not my thing

im not one much for soul

I wouldn't reach for this, nor listen on purpose again. Not bad at all, but not quite my jam generally.

Enpä ole albumia ennen kuullut mutta toki hitit tuttuja. Loistava laulaja mutta äärimmäisen jonkin joutavaa musiikkia. Ja vielä; soundit albumilla yllättävän huonot, esim rummut kuulostaa lähinnä pahvilaatikoilta. 2/5

reconheço a importância da Aretha Franklin pra música e pro jazz, mas achei esse álbum super mid

it’s boring but ok

Je m’ennuie. Pour le coup ça me paraît totalement désuet même au niveau des paroles « à woman is not a play thing she’s flesh and blood just like her man ». Ok ? 4/10

This starts off so strong with Respect and then it continues into so many ballads of her not getting respect from that man, throw him out

vibe e atmosfera legais, vocais maravilhosos da aretha. os altos do albums estao mais pro final (apesar das 3 musicas repetidas no final q eu fiquei sem entender) principalmente em “a change is gonna come” que eu acho q ja ate ouvi na voz do sam cooke. dito isso, é mais um daqueles albums que se eu revisitar, vai ser mais pela vibe geral q ele passa, e nao por eu gostar das musicas em si notas 5,5

This is my most controversial one yet and I know it. I'd like to stress two things here: first, the older reviews were not rated correctly and many should be lower than they are. Second, I acknowledge that objectively this is a good album. It just isn't the album for me. If this was a Nina Simone or Ella Fitzgerald album it would have ranked much higher. But this album was more R&B than jazz as compared to those earlier artists and that just isn't my cup of tea. Her vocals are amazing and I so understand why this is a classic. It just isn't for me and I have to be true and honest to myself.

Good album. Such soulful and storytelling vocals.

I'm not denying Aretha’s genius, just sayin' the album as a whole doesn’t sustain the brilliance of its best moments. Looking at the consistency, flow, and depth across all tracks, it falls short of the masterpiece status it’s often given. 2/5 here doesn’t mean “bad” it just means there are a few transcendent highs surrounded by a lot of forgettable middles wrapped in a historically important but musically uneven package. I found it fairly repetitive and boring to be honest. Aretha’s greatness is unquestionable, but I Never Loved a Man feels more like a legendary single surrounded by a patchy album. I admire it — I just don’t love it. And sorry but I must join the small "great voice & love the crowd here, and appreciate the experience, but this is not an album I would look to add to my collection.

1. rezpect - 3 2. tearz - 2 3. man - 2 4. zoul - 3 5. dream - 1 6. baby - 1 7. feel - 3 8. good - 1 9. uuoman - 2 10. zave - 1 11. change - 3 12. rezpect - 3

Save Me and Good Times were good, everything else was kinda meh. Not sure I'm a fan.

Me gustaría que me gustara más pero no fui fan :(

Respect as the first track kicks it off at a high. Then it's almost just downwards after that. Found myself bobbing along all through it but not really connect to it in the sense I'm looking for. A bit lacking in diversity between the tracks. And, for me, Sam Cooks' original version of "A change is gonna come" can not be topped as a 10.

Feeling out of it while hacking. Not my usual but she's certainly talented.

🪻honestly just not a big fan of oldies.

La verdad que se me hace difícil poder puntuar este álbum porque no es mi estilo de música. Igual hay un par de canciones que me hacen querer volver el tiempo atrás y poder disfrutar de este tipo de música.

Some magazine ranked "Respect" number 1 on The Best Songs Ever chart. "Respect" is truly funky, and the lyrics are beautifully written, but it is definitely not in the top 10 best songs ever. The other songs are mehhhh.

One of the most iconic songs of all time, followed by 13 of the most middling songs of all time

5/10

One of those, “I know this is a classic & Aretha Franklin is beloved by everyone & considered a queen” … & yet… Not to be disR-E-S-P-E-C-Tful, but I don’t listen to soul, am personally not impressed by vocals alone & found this to be not very varied. So while I might “get it,” its still subjectively not for me.

Seems like this album is on the list simply because of Respect, especially since there is another Aretha Franklin album coming. I can’t respect that.

Vraiment pas mon style mais je connaissais la première musique

Aretha has a really nice voice! Also liked the slow tempo. But, it is not for me

I prefer the later material ... just cannot get into this bluesy stuff

I’m sorry to say this but I don’t particularly enjoy this style of singing and in most cases the music wasn’t exciting enough for me to overcome that. In saying that, obviously Respect sounded great, but to me that was also quite an outlier

The opening track is an undeniable classic, but all the “baby,” “man,” “woman,” lyrics in everything make the album start to feel like a word salad with few ingredients. It’s surprising to see how many different writers there are. Another case of a talented singer and uninspiring material. The music sounds too old to be 1967.

half boring

Aretha Franklin, the so-called Queen of Soul? Nah, I didn't cast my vote for her. My pick has always been Tina Turner. Take her album I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, it's mediocre at best. Sure, 'Respect' is a killer cover of Otis Redding's original and stands out as a classic. But everything else? Just decent filler, the kind of stuff that fades into background noise. I actually had to listen to the whole thing twice before I even noticed 'Respect' popping up for the third time.

Great album

Aretha has an incredible voice, obviously, but apart from Respect and A Change is Gonna Come I have a hard time separating the songs. They're all a bit samey to me, might be the arrangements or the production, I'm not sure.

Just not for me

It’s a given that Aretha Franklin is an icon that has a devastatingly gorgeous voice. However, I don’t feel the songs on this album are worthy of her talent. Many of them are traditionally Bluesy with little variation. I’ve listened to different albums by her but I find her to be more of a singles artist for me.

Fell flat and boring.

Didn't get much out of it but Respect was good.

Meh

Ok, didn't excite me.

Honestly, pretty boring

Could not connect with the music. The album feels out of place in this list.

i was busy and this (surprisingly) made no impression on me

what a powerhouse, but only the first song is popular and very good, the rest is ok

норм, но ничего особенного. не поняла зач в конце песни повторяются

Aretha has some pipes. Her stuff isn't something I revisit much though. The best tracks are two famous covers, the rest of the album is fairly bland. Top tracks: "Respect," "A Change is Gonna Come"

This wasn't terrible, but as I noted in my review of "Lady Soul", I prefer singing to screaming, and this has just a bit too much of the latter for my taste. And then there's the matter of covers (which we've since learned was just the way of things in the 60s). Having just heard Otis Redding's original, it's undeniably clear that Aretha's cover is the superior product (screaming aside). However, I definitely do prefer the Sam Cooke originals.

Me aburrio perdon :(

It was ok, we all have to live in a world where Urethra is almost universally adored. I think she is ok. Nice voice, but once the big songs had passed, not a lot to hold my attention.

Obviously well made, soulful. Not my thing.

Respect given where it’s due, but this just isn’t for me. No one can take that talent away from Aretha though. She’s an all time great. ⭐️⭐️

I must give the queen of soul her due RESPECT. The album opens with that track, probably her most famous song. She has an amazing voice but her music is just not my style

Ok

Aretha Franklin is great for about one song in a row.

I guess even Soul isn't safe from the 60s' Curse of Slop 💔 It's good when it sort of deviates into other genres, like the bossa nova-flavored Don't Let Me Lose This Dream. Outside of that, as soulful as it is, I can't say it does much for me. I like her voice though!

Respect was so good it was on here twice

Can’t deny how good of a singer she is but I can’t just get into the songs. Also replaying three of the songs at the end is kind of annoying.

Very underwhelming

So not my thing but liked some of the slow wistful ones.

I reviewed Aretha Franklin's Lady Soul a little over a year ago, and I thought it was fine. I think she's an incredibly talented singer, but that album just wasn't up my alley. However, I'm excited to give her another one of her albums a listen today, and I'm hoping that I'll enjoy this earlier effort more than I did Lady Soul. Unfortunately, I enjoyed this album less than I did Lady Soul. Aretha Franklin is an incredibly talented singer, but I think I just don’t enjoy her approach to soul music. I don’t know if it was the selection of songs she decided to record, or something else, but this album just didn’t pack a lot of punch for me. Musically, I didn’t find anything remarkable or enticing about this album, and I really didn’t care for the way it was mixed. I felt like the backing vocals took away from Aretha’s performance, and I wonder what the thought process was in having backing vocals when you have one the most talented signers of all-time leading the charge. However, there were a couple of positives on this album, aside from Aretha’s vocals. Her version of “Respect” is one of the best songs of the sixties, and she completely rips this song away from Otis Redding, and makes it her own anthem of black female empowerment. The same can almost be said about her rendition of “A Change Is Gonna Come.” Aretha doesn’t snatch this one away from Sam Cooke, but her version does a great job of merging past pain and present pain with muted optimism for a better future. Other than that, this album just didn’t do it for me, and it pains me to have so much criticism for an album from a legend. Aretha Franklin is a great artist, but I’d just rather hear her belt out her hits.

Aretha’s voice is flawless, but it leans too hard on gospel. For me, the churchy vibe drags it down and makes it uninteresting.

So that's where thatr Respect song comes from. Otherwise pretty unremarkable. Not my type of music.

Somehow I dislike this more than some of the others? I like the songs, but it’s just not something I could listen to on repeat. I find the instrumental aspect gets quite annoying after a while, her voice is great.

Other than the well known hit, this album falls flat for me. Aretha got pipes but the songs are too slow. Surprised this was her 10th release. I can "Respect" Franklin's talent but this album was not as strong as Lady Soul...1.58 stars.

Can't deny that Aretha sounds great throughout the whole album. Unfortunately its mostly a relic of a bygone era and genre. Outside of Respect it's primarily a handful of slowed down soul songs. In a vacuum they aren't bad, and might be perfect for a late night lounge act, but from a modern listen on a streaming service it just doesn't have the same impact. I understand the appeal at the time, but I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is just another outdated album to listen to and then move on from. Respect to the artist and her work, but it's not something I will need to revisit. 1.74 stars

Vocals are great, but there isn't much else here besides it's historical significance.

what a queen. this isn’t really the kinda music i like to listen to but she hit that so hard

While I can appreciate the songs and lyrics and meaning, and the album as a whole, I just am not largely a fan of this type of music. The album was good and worth listening too, but I probably won't find myself revisiting it, or many of the songs.

She is a good singer, that's for sure. I've never really liked R&B stuff that much though

only really liked “Respect”

Meh, just some R and B Album.

good but not really my taste, 2-3/5 prob

Nothing really stood out honestly. Aside from the last song I suppose. Low 2/5.

Early albums that are all cuts, no sides, no throughline, make it hard to get to know an artist. It's easy to grasp that Arethra Franklin is a great singer of songs. It is maybe possible to understand that she is a great interpreter of songs – when she's not making big mistakes: A Change Is Gonna Come. But it is difficult to get any further, when each song stands staunchly by itself. What sets apart Sam Cooke's Live at the Harlem Square among early 60s soul album is that a live album has narrative – they're all part of the same performance and the performance of each song relates to every other performance. Even if the songs don't relate thematically, they connect temporally – all played in the same place, played by the same musicians, rather than jammed together from one studio session here and another studio day there. The problem doesn't go away. The Britney Spears album we already reviewed was a collection of stand-alones jostling for prominence on a single record. Arethra Franklin isn't like that, of course. I know she's an artist, rather than a studio and executive confection, but I don't know what kind of artist from this collection of songs. She sounds like a queen – how could anyone treat her like the subject of the title track does? She sounds so dignified – how does she not command unspoken RESPECT? Who is she? I need a fuller picture. 2 The opening three tracks of this album are so good that the album could never have been anything but lopsided. If the rest is too classy in execution (and production - love the horn sounds on Dr Feelgood) to deserve the tag ‘procedural’ - it is still mostly forgettable. Then the cover version of A Change is Gonna Come is bizarre and ill-judged. The minor lyrical changes aren’t half as damaging as the musical sanitising of the harmony; goofy dominant sevenths helping take the bitter edge off the verses and turning tragedy into Sunday brunch. The outro is needless showboating. A rotten way to close a record. 2/5

Listened to before: No Before this album I only knew the song respect. And while I knew it is considered a classic I never really enjoyed it. Not that I didn't like it, it just did not click with me. I could never say why that was. Guess what, for the album: It has the smae effect for me. Obviously Aretha Franklin is a fantastic singer, but somehow her music does not reach my feelings. Probably my fault, not hers. I enjoy some parts here, like the beginning of Drowning in my tears or the brass in Soul Serenade. But as a whole I get nothing out of this album. Things I can point out: The singing is a bit much for me, I like a more toned down approach. Also the recording could be more polished and clear. But still, it is probably just the style of music that is preventing me from liking this album. As sorry as I am: Rating 2.5

Not my cuppatea

Lots of screaming, the songs were boring

when you know the you couldnt get more than 3 interesting songs on the album so you just replay your singles again

:/ Demasiado largo, se me ha hecho un poco pesado

I feel like maybe my mood when listening to an album affects everything - or maybe this album is one I've heard too many times before and it just becomes background noises of the kind I would hear in a shop on high street or on american idol. So sorry to Aretha I just felt today when listening to it that it was all background noise.

Good music but this kinda vibe just appears rarely to me 2,5/5 💜

What can I say, I think its really boring Instrumentals are bland and interchangeable, yeah the singing and vocal work is good but it's not enough to carry a whole album (imo)

I can see the appeal but not for me

Obv respect is a classic and a hell of a leadoff song. I recognized a few others. Good album, wouldn’t be in my regular rotation

Good but sounds old

Just ok. Never liked her voice.

Não é mau, mas não é o meu estilo.

Kinda groovy, powerful vocals. But the music does not speak to me. Perhaps it's the age or genre but the musicality is not that interesting for me.

Obviously respect is a stone cold classic and i also like the title track but this just feels so old fashioned to me. and the backing vocals on most tracks are distracting, not adding much. doesn’t do much for me as an album 2/5

41 minute and 26 seconds of yelling! The only plus is the Chubbchubbs beginning, that's why there's second star.

She's good, but I don't find it interesting 2/5

I rate my albums based on many things, but mostly being its replayability. The album itself is highly replayable for those who are truly invested into soul (especially early soul) music. For me, personally, it is not my taste. Not to say it's bad. I went into this album without any knowledge of soul music, but came out with a new appreciation for it. "Respect" is one of the strongest starts to an album I've heard, following with the emotionally packed "Drown in my own tears". But, the following songs after "Drown in my own tears", without any good breaks, sound extremely same-y. If "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" were put in the early middle of the album, rather than the near end, it'd benefit the album a lot. Aretha pioneered the soul genre with this smash hit, and I'm glad to have been blessed with the opportunity to listen to it. Overall though, I think as the genre has evolved past what Aretha pioneered, there are many better choices for when you need a soul session. I do not rate solely on the importance an album had, which is why I'm giving it a 2/5. It's just not what I look for in music, and I would never replay it.

strong! but also quite a bit of schmaltzy...

Respect +2

Not my type of music at all. But that woman can sing. So it gets a couple starts for that

No argument that Aretha can sing and sing well. But with the exception of “Respect” I found these songs mostly bland. And they all kind of feel the same. It’s not awful but I was pretty bored while listening. 2.5/5

Just a little bit! Just a little bit! Even just a litle bit was a bit too much...

Mother of soul. Enough said.

I feel like I don’t really get this album. Aretha Franklin is undoubtedly a top vocalist, her talent is impressive and non-negociable. The songs, however, seem bland at best. Apart from Respect, of course. But then again I am not really a fan of soul, so who am I to judge? 2.4/5 just because of Aretha’s vocals.

i could listen to her sing all day but i actually couldn’t because the songs were lame

great voice, but not my music

BOOOOOOORING. Voice may be the main appeal but I don't like the phrasing and the melodies are boring. Mostly rhythmically and harmonically the same in every song. I have little to say about this really- just very boring. When you're doing loop music like this it helps a lot to have arrangements that contrast with the leading voice because of the lack of variation, which this doesn't do at all. Likw the backing vocals and guitars for example dont really counterpoint the rest of the instrumentation even if they have different rhythms. Blah. The Flamingos are better.

Il y a des albums, dans cette liste interminable, qui se présentent avec le poids de l'Histoire sur leurs sillons. Des disques qui, avant même que le diamant ne touche le vinyle, vous murmurent à l'oreille : "Attention, gamin, tu pénètres en terre sacrée." Et "I Never Loved A Man the Way I Love You" d'Aretha Franklin est de cette trempe, c'est plus qu'un album, c'est un putain de jalon culturel. Un acte de naissance, la pierre angulaire sur laquelle une partie de la musique populaire du 20ème siècle s'est construite. Le contexte, on le connaît. Aretha, jeune prodige à la voix d'or, se morfond chez Columbia qui essaie de la transformer en chanteuse de jazz proprette pour cocktails mondains. Et en 1966, le couperet tombe, la maison de disques la lâche. C'est alors que le flair de Jerry Wexler, ponte d'Atlantic, entre en jeu, il la signe et l'envoie direct à la source, au studio FAME de Muscle Shoals, en Alabama, pour l'entourer de la crème des musiciens du coin. La suite, c'est la légende, une alchimie se crée. La session donne naissance au titre éponyme, et même si une embrouille entre le mari d'Aretha et un des musiciens fout le bordel et force le rapatriement des sessions à New York, la fusée est lancée. Le résultat ? Cet album fut un tournant majeur dans sa carrière. Mené par deux titres devenus des hymnes planétaires, l'album s'est carapaté dans le Top 10 américain à la vitesse de la lumière. "Respect", cette reprise d'Otis Redding qu'elle s'est appropriée avec une telle force qu'elle en a fait un manifeste féministe et un cri de ralliement pour les droits civiques. Et bien sûr, la chanson-titre, complainte bluesy d'une puissance émotionnelle terrassante. D'un coup, la "Lady Soul" n'était plus une promesse, elle était LA reine. Elle a, sans conteste, révolutionné la soul et est devenue l'une des artistes les plus importantes de son temps. La messe est dite, l'analyse historique est faite, tout le monde est d'accord... C'est un chef-d'oeuvre. Alors pourquoi, mais POURQUOI, je me retrouve à devoir justifier un médiocre 2/5 ? Eh bien, asseyez-vous, parce que c'est là qu'on va arrêter de parler d'Histoire avec un grand H et qu'on va commencer à parler de musique avec mes oreilles de mec né en 1970. J'ai grandi avec le brouillard de Manchester, pas avec la chaleur de l'Alabama. Ma trinité à moi, c'était plutôt The Cure, The Smiths et The The. C'est le son qui a forgé mon ADN. Alors, quand je mets ce disque d'Aretha, j'entends la perfection, j'entends des musiciens au sommet de leur art, un groove implacable, une production chaude et enveloppante. Et puis j'entends la Voix, cette putain de voix. Une force de la nature, un miracle, un instrument capable de passer de la caresse la plus douce à la colère la plus rugissante en une fraction de seconde. Objectivement, c'est inattaquable, c'est un 5/5 technique, un 10/10 historique. Mais subjectivement, mes amis, qu'est-ce que je me fais chier. Pardonnez mon langage, mais il faut que ça sorte. Passés les deux-trois titres phares qui sont de toute façon gravés dans l'inconscient collectif, l'album s'installe dans un confort qui me laisse totalement de marbre. C'est de la soul de manuel, exécutée à la perfection, certes, mais sans la moindre aspérité, sans le moindre dérapage qui pourrait retenir mon attention. C'est un album qui semble avoir été conçu pour plaire au plus grand nombre, et il y est parvenu admirablement. Mais moi, le "plus grand nombre", ça a toujours eu tendance à me faire fuir. J'écoute "Drown in My Own Tears" ou "A Change Is Gonna Come" et je respecte la performance, je comprends l'émotion, mais je ne la ressens pas. Ça glisse sur moi. C'est comme regarder un film en noir et blanc acclamé par la critique : tu vois bien que c'est un chef-d'oeuvre, mais tu n'arrives pas à te sentir concerné. L'émotion est codifiée, les arrangements de cuivres sont attendus, le piano est élégant. C'est trop propre c'est trop américain, dans un sens qui m'est complètement étranger. La soul d'Aretha, même dans la douleur, porte en elle une sorte de foi, de résilience, une connexion au gospel qui me passe à dix mille pieds au-dessus de la tête. Moi, j'ai besoin de la crasse, j'ai besoin du doute, j'ai besoin de sentir que l'artiste est au bord du gouffre, pas qu'il va s'en sortir en chantant plus fort. C'est une question de culture, de sensibilité. Je suis un européen cynique, que voulez-vous. Alors voilà. I Never Loved A Man the Way I Love You est un album que je suis content d'avoir dans ma discothèque, au même titre qu'un livre d'histoire. Je le sortirai pour expliquer à quelqu'un ce qu'était la soul en 1967. Je lui dirai "écoute ça, c'est le sommet, la référence". Mais est-ce que je le mettrai un soir, seul, pour me laisser transporter ? Jamais de la vie. Je préfère encore me fader un bon vieux disque de Godflesh pour me rappeler que la vie, c'est avant tout du bruit et de la fureur. Un 2/5, pour le monument, pour la reine, pour le cours d'histoire. Mais pour l'émotion, je repasserai. Pardon, Majesté, ce n'est pas vous, c'est moi.

Correcto

It's fine, and Respect is a classic, and there is no doubting the voice ... but it's not my thing. I don't dislike it, but I don't like it either.

- der Hördurchgang war in Ordnung, nochmal würde ich es aber wohl nicht hören

I don't get it.

Respect is a timeless classic for a reason. But honestly, I didn't much enjoy the rest of the album.

2nd Aretha album for me so far. Similar feeling for this one as with 'Lady Soul'. I much prefer the upbeat songs to the slower ones. I Also much prefer the cover songs to the original ones. A solid 2 stars.

Nothing standing out to me

Belle voix, mais les morceaux n'accrochent pas.

A couple classics not a big fan of soul

Aretha is a great performer and Respect is an all time cover, but nearly nothing else in this entire album even interested me slightly compared to the first song. But, this isn't a 1, because Respect and Aretha had a singer is just that good

Vet inte om jag någonsin lyssnat på Aretha Franklin. Men vet ju definitivt vem det är. 2 / 5

Well composed but not my style

Het is ontzettend goed, maar ik hou er totaal niet van. Veel herhalingen en steeds luidere uithalen. De opname (met name van de stemmen) is ook wel aardig schel en dan word ik altijd een beetje boos zoals jullie inmiddels misschien weten. Daarnaast krijg je ook een handvol covers, wat ook niet per se heel knap is, ook al zingt ze ze technisch goed. Qua cijfer ontzettend lastig. Het zit qua irritatie niet op het niveau dat ik de afgelopen dagen vaker heb gehad en het is ook niet Mariah-niveau irritant, dus voor een 1 hoeft Aretha niet te vrezen. Ik denk dat het ergens tussen de 2 en 3 zit. Een 2 voor het album in z'n geheel en een 3 voor het hitje.

its alright not for me tho Significant 38/120 Liked 17/120 Added 4/120 NNN

Kinda boring honestly

It’s fine. Some songs I inow

Aretha is no doubt talented. Fantastic voice, just not my music of choice.

2.3

It's good but just not for me

Not my type of music, but some good songs

Aretha I love you girl but this album needs a remaster bad

Respect. Other than that pretty mid cap

Jazzy album Vibrato type voice Catchy piano melodies Impressive vocal range Kind of repetitive and boring after a while Still got some bangers tho for sure tho at the start

not my kind of music

Greit detta og

2.5

5/10.The R-E-S-P-E-C-T album. Aretha has a great voice, but it's not enough to overcome the samey sound of this album for me. If you like the style and genre you will enjoy this, similar to The Strokes album Is This It, where you either love it or it's not for you. This wasn't for me.

Beautiful voice (I mean obviously) and overall a nice project to listen to. Not really something I'd willingly purchase for myself, but still pleasant to listen to her raw talent and this classic style

lol @ the absolutely gushing reviews here. Suuuuure guys, suuuuure. Realistically? She can sing but it's a covers album, painfully dated, and only has one song anyone recognises. It's a 2/5.

Dit is een heel goede zangers. Ik ga me wel storen aan de adlibs, maar desondanks goed te luisteren als je van heel rustige soul houdt. De paar uptempo nummers vind ik geweldig. **

She can sing. But it’s not a great album

mmmmmmmmmm

Klassikko

Another very classic album that I don’t really get. This is more a genre that I don’t like much (soul) than some of the others that I have rated, however. There’s just not really anything there that I feel strongly about.

I can’t pick any song out because it fell on a Friday and I’ve not been able to review for two days. There is a new album today, so I’m not listening again. No pun intended, respect what she does, but I was a bit bored listening to this one.

Listened to it on Friday. Can’t remember the songs really so I’m not doing the format. No Respect

Sept 19/20

Aretha has an amazing voice, hands down. But I'm not that into this album. I find it a bit boring.

Still a bit slow for me. If I'm longing for this feeling or this era, I would grab something else

a little old for my taste

Respect is a jam but otherwise there's not much else here that appeals to me. :(

average

I appreciate the musicality but it didn't really interest me.

Das gab mir mal so gar nichts, ich kannte den ersten Song aber boah, das war mir soo egal ich glaub das ist dem Genre geschuldet

not my thing

Das hat irgendwie so weichgespült nebenher geplätscher, no hate. Aber war auch mehr so ein nebenbei listen.

Eu fui meio apático com ele, não me foi muito marcante, lembro de trechos de uma música apenas.

Wow! Started off really strong. It does slow down pretty significantly in the middle.

OK

музика із заставок серіалів 70-90их

she had nice voice but no thank you

Rip Aretha

Not for me. 1/5

not my thing. sorry

Soul and Southern R&B built from gospel-tinged piano, tight rhythm sections, warm horns, and powerful vocals feels like sitting in an early evening bar lounge where the music is perfectly pleasant but slowly dissolves into background ambience—tasteful, smooth, and for me ultimately too distant to truly engage. The album’s emotional power is undeniable in theory, but in practice I experienced it more as atmosphere than presence.

awful.

Not my shit

Did not like at all

Was not a fan of this album. It was too slow and did not go well with my style.

Expired shite

Not great

My least favourite music genre.

Vey influential.

Beetje schreeuwerig. Wel swingende muziek. Zang vind ik iets te schel

Just not a personal preference. Only knew 1 song, Respect. Didn't like any others.

I can definitely appreciate her talent and contribution to music. Respect will always be a great song. However, I am rating on personal enjoyment and this album is just simply not aligned with my taste. I will probably not listen again.

Oh, ich find das stimmlich gekonnt aber sowas von weit weg davon, warum ich Musik gerne höre. Mit-ach-und-Krach 1.4