Let Me in Your Life
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 Billboards R&B albums chart and stopped just short of the Top 10 of Billboards main album chart, narrowly missing Gold certification.
It featured three hit singles and is regarded as one of Franklin's best Atlantic recordings. After many years out of print, it was issued on compact disc through Rhino Records in 1994.
Track listing
Information is based on the album's Liner NotesSide One
- "Let Me in Your Life" – 3:24
- "Every Natural Thing" – 2:31
- "Ain't [Nothing Like the Real Thing]" – 3:47
- "I'm [in Love (Bobby Womack song)|I'm in Love]" – 2:48
- "Until You [Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)]" – 3:26
- "The Masquerade is Over" – 4:27
- "With Pen in Hand" – 5:03
- "Oh Baby" – 4:55
- "Eight Days On the Road" – 2:59
- "If You Don't Think" – 3:50
- "A Song for You" – 5:33
Personnel
Information is based on the album's Liner Notes;Main
- Aretha Franklin – vocals, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes
- Ken Bichel – synthesizer
- Margaret Branch – backing vocals
- Ann S. Clark – backing vocals
- Stan Clarke – bass guitar
- Judy Clay – backing vocals
- Eumir Deodato – Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano
- Cornell Dupree – guitar
- Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals
- Donny Hathaway – keyboards, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes
- Cissy Houston – backing vocals
- Bob James – Hammond organ, keyboards
- Ralph MacDonald – percussion
- Rick Marotta – drums
- Hugh McCracken – guitar
- Pancho Morales – percussion
- Bernard Purdie – drums
- Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
- Sylvia Shemwell – backing vocals
- Myrna Smith – backing vocals
- Pat Smith – backing vocals
- David Spinozza – guitar
- Richard Tee – acoustic piano, Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer, additional keyboards
- Deirdre Tuck – backing vocals
- Willie Weeks – bass guitar
- Joe Farrell – tenor saxophone, flute
- Ernie Royal – trumpet
Technical personnel
- Producers – Aretha Franklin ; Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler ; Tom Dowd
- Arrangers – Eumir Deodato, William Eaton, Arif Mardin
- Engineers – Phil Ramone ; Gene Paul ; Lew Hahn ; Howard Albert and Ron Albert
- Recorded at Atlantic Studios and A&R Studios ; Criteria Studios
- Remixed by Arif Mardin at Atlantic Studios
- Mastered by Gene Paul at Atlantic Studios
- Photography – Joel Brodsky