Let Me in Your Life

Let Me in Your Life
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released	February 26, 1974
Recorded	March 24[1] – September 7, 1973[2]
Studio	Atlantic, New York City[3] A&R, New York City[4][5] Criteria, Miami, Florida
Genre	R&B
Label	Atlantic, Rhino
Producer	Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler, Aretha Franklin, Tom Dowd.
Aretha Franklin chronology
The Best of Aretha Franklin (1973) Let Me in Your Life (1974) With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
Singles from Let Me in Your Life
"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" Released: November 1973 "I'm in Love" Released: April 1974 "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" Released: August 1974

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]

Let Me in Your Life is the twentieth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on February 26, 1974, by Atlantic Records.

It was one of Franklin's top-selling Atlantic Records albums. The album hit number 1 on Billboard's R&B albums chart and just missed the Top 10 of Billboard's main album chart, narrowly missing Gold certification.^[10] Featuring three hit singles, it is regarded as one of Franklin's best Atlantic recordings. It was issued on compact disc through Rhino Records in 1994.^[11]

Track listing

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes^[11][12]
Side One

1. "Let Me in Your Life" (Bill Withers) – 3:24
2. "Every Natural Thing" (Eddie Hinton) – 2:31
3. "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:47
4. "I'm in Love" (Bobby Womack) – 2:48
5. "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" (Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder, Morris Broadnax) – 3:26
6. "The Masquerade is Over" (Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 4:27

Side Two

1. "With Pen in Hand" (Bobby Goldsboro) – 5:03
2. "Oh Baby" (Aretha Franklin) – 4:55
3. "Eight Days On the Road" (Jerry Ragovoy, Mike Gayle) – 2:59
4. "If You Don't Think" (Aretha Franklin) – 3:50
5. "A Song for You" (Leon Russell) – 5:33

Personnel

Information is based on the album's Liner Notes^[11][12]

Main

• Aretha Franklin – vocals (1, 6, 8, 10–11, lead on 2–5, 7, 9), acoustic piano (2, 5, 7–9), Fender Rhodes (10-11)
• Ken Bichel – synthesizer (5)
• Margaret Branch – backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 9)
• Ann S. Clark – backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 9)
• Stan Clarke – bass guitar (1, 3–4, 6)
• Judy Clay – backing vocals (3-4)
• Eumir Deodato – Fender Rhodes (1), acoustic piano
• Cornell Dupree – guitar (2, 4, 7–11)
• Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals (4)
• Donny Hathaway – keyboards (3, additional on 7), acoustic piano (4, 6), Fender Rhodes (5, 8)
• Cissy Houston – backing vocals (3-4)
• Bob James – Hammond organ (1), keyboards (3)
• Ralph MacDonald – percussion (1-4, 6–11)
• Rick Marotta – drums (1, 3–4, 6)
• Hugh McCracken – guitar (5)
• Pancho Morales – percussion (2, 5–6, 8–9)
• Bernard Purdie – drums (2, 5, 7–11)
• Chuck Rainey – bass guitar (2, 5, 7, 9)
• Sylvia Shemwell – backing vocals (3)
• Myrna Smith – backing vocals (3)
• Pat Smith – backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 9)
• David Spinozza – guitar (1, 3–4, 6)
• Richard Tee – acoustic piano (1, 9), Hammond organ (2, 5, 10–11), Fender Rhodes (2), synthesizer, additional keyboards (10)
• Deirdre Tuck – backing vocals (4)
• Willie Weeks – bass guitar (8, 10–11)

Arif Mardin's Horn Section^[1][2][3][4]

• Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone (2), flute (5)
• Ernie Royal – trumpet (10)

Arif Mardin's String Section^[1][2][3][4]

• Gene Orloff – concertmaster (1-2, 5, 7–11)

Production

• Producers – Aretha Franklin (all tracks); Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler (1-6, 9); Tom Dowd (7-8, 10–11)
• Arrangers – Eumir Deodato (rhythm & strings on 1), William Eaton (music on 3–4, 6), Arif Mardin (percussion on 1, horns 1–2, 4–5, 7–11, strings on 1–2, 4–5, 7–11)
• Engineers – Phil Ramone (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 6); Gene Paul (tracks 2 & 8–11); Lew Hahn (Track 5); Howard Albert and Ron Albert (track 7)
• Recorded at Atlantic Studios and A&R Studios (New York City); Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)
• Remixed by Arif Mardin at Atlantic Studios
• Mastered by Gene Paul at Atlantic Studios
• Photography – Joel Brodsky

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1974 (U.S.)

References

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