Grade List: Aretha Franklin

  1. Aretha Franklin: Aretha Gospel (1956 [1991], Chess)
  2. Aretha Franklin: You Grow Closer (Peacock Gospel Classics) (1956 [2003], MCA) B
  3. Aretha Franklin: Aretha: With the Ray Bryant Combo (1960-1961 [1961], Columbia) A-
  4. Aretha Franklin: The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962, Columbia) B+(**)
  5. Aretha Franklin: The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962, Columbia) B-
  6. Aretha Franklin: Laughing on the Outside (1963, Columbia) B
  7. Aretha Franklin: Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964 [1995], Columbia) B-
  8. Aretha Franklin: Runnin' Out of Fools (1964, Columbia) B+(**)
  9. Aretha Franklin: Yeah!!! (1965, Columbia) B+(*)
  10. Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (1967, Rhino) A
  11. Aretha Franklin: Aretha Arrives (1967, Atlantic) B+(***)
  12. Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul (1968, Atlantic) A
  13. Aretha Franklin: Aretha Now (1968, Atlantic) A
  14. Aretha Franklin: Aretha in Paris (1968, Atlantic) B+(**)
  15. Aretha Franklin: Aretha's Gold (1967-1968 [1969], Atlantic) A+
  16. Aretha Franklin: Soul '69 (1969, Rhino) A-
  17. Aretha Franklin: Jazz Moods: 'Round Midnight (1961-1969 [2005], Columbia/Legacy) B
  18. Aretha Franklin: This Girl's in Love With You (1970, Atlantic) B+(***)
  19. Aretha Franklin: Spirit in the Dark (1970, Rhino) A-
  20. Aretha Franklin: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The '60s (1967-1970 [1994], Rhino) A
  21. Aretha Franklin: Aretha Live at the Fillmore West (1971, Atlantic) B+(*)
  22. Aretha Franklin [King Curtis]: Don't Fight the Feeling: Aretha Franklin and King Curtis Live at Fillmore West (1971 [2005], Rhino Handmade)
  23. Aretha Franklin: Young, Gifted and Black (1972, Rhino) A-
  24. Aretha Franklin: Amazing Grace (1972, Atlantic)
  25. Aretha Franklin: Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings (1972 [1999], Rhino)
  26. Aretha Franklin: Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Live in Philly, 1972 (1972 [2007], Rhino Handmade) B+(***)
  27. Aretha Franklin: Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973, Atlantic) B-
  28. Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits (1967-1973 [1985], Atlantic) A
  29. Aretha Franklin: Let Me in Your Life (1974, Atlantic) B
  30. Aretha Franklin: With Everything I Feel in Me (1974, Atlantic)
  31. Aretha Franklin: You (1975, Atlantic)
  32. Aretha Franklin: Sparkle (1976, Atlantic) B+(*)
  33. Aretha Franklin: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The '70s (1970-1976 [1994], Rhino) A-
  34. Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings (1967-1976 [1993], Rhino)
  35. Aretha Franklin: Sweet Passion (1977, Atlantic)
  36. Aretha Franklin: Almighty Fire (1978, Atlantic)
  37. Aretha Franklin: La Diva (1979, Atlantic)
  38. Aretha Franklin: Aretha (1980, Arista) B
  39. Aretha Franklin: Love All the Hurt Away (1981, Arista) B+(**)
  40. Aretha Franklin: Jump to It (1982, Arista) B+(**)
  41. Aretha Franklin: Get It Right (1983, Arista) A-
  42. Aretha Franklin: Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985, Arista) A
  43. Aretha Franklin: Aretha (1986, Arista) B
  44. Aretha Franklin: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism (1987, Arista) B+(*)
  45. Aretha Franklin: Through the Storm (1989, Arista)
  46. Aretha Franklin: What You See Is What You Sweat (1991, Arista) B
  47. Aretha Franklin: Greatest Hits (1980-1994 [1994], Arista) A-
  48. Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin (1995, Eastwest)
  49. Aretha Franklin: Love Songs (1997, Rhino)
  50. Aretha Franklin: A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998, Arista) A-
  51. Aretha Franklin: Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998 (1980-1998 [2012], Arista/Legacy) A-
  52. Aretha Franklin: So Damn Happy (2003, Arista) B+(**)
  53. Aretha Franklin: Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014, RCA) B+(***)

Number of A-listed albums: 16 (of 40 rated).

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