I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin

we're going for the 1967 release, not the 1995 reissue which has three "bonus" tracks (stereo versions of three other songs on the album) track 1, Respect: absolute classic of a song 10/10 no notes track 2, Drown in My Own Tears: extremely solid blues track. on the slow side for my liking but everything is done right, 7/10 track 3: I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You): titular song, excellent loud saxophone. 7/10 track 4, Soul Serenade: compared to the prior track, sounds somewhat samey to me, but that doesn't make either track any worse. 7/10 track 5, Don't Let Me Lose This Dream: jazzy smooth elevator music but also entirely listenable on its own, 8/10 track 6, Baby, Baby, Baby: i'm usually not a big fan of songs this close to a waltz (6/8 instead of 3/4, but slow enough to nearly be there) but this is really solid! 7.5/10 SIDE 2 track 7, Dr. Feelgood: oh the HORNS. OH these horns. once again i am finding myself jamming to a slow song. have all the slow songs i've heard before just not been my style? 7.5/10 track 8, Good Times: nothing particularly jumped out at me on this one, solid 6.5/10 track 9, Do Right Woman, Do Right Man: same as above to be honest 6.5/10 track 10, Save Me: oh i immediately feel more energy in this one. might be the backing guitar. 8/10 track 11, A Change Is Gonna Come: another slower song, still good. 6.5/10 overall: 7.4/10 -> 4/5. nothing in particular to talk about, just good ol' music here.

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