Love All the Hurt Away
Love All the Hurt Away is the twenty-seventh studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released on August 20, 1981. This album is the singer's second release under the Arista Records label. The Arif Mardin-produced disc reached fourth place on Billboard's R&B albums chart and number 36 on the main Billboard album chart, selling roughly 250,000 copies in the US.
Background
Franklin's cover version of Sam & Dave's classic hit "Hold On, I'm Comin'" won Franklin her 11th Grammy Award in the Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female category. The award was her first Grammy win since 1975. After its original release, the album was re-issued on CD in 2012 by Cherry Red Records and it also included three bonus tracks.Critical reception
The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed the album "a funky pop near-triumph."Track listing
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love All the Hurt Away.Personnel
Musicians
- Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, piano, BGV arrangements, rhythm arrangements
- David Foster – keyboards
- Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
- Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
- David Paich – piano, Fender Rhodes
- Buzz Feiten – guitar
- David Williams – guitar
- Steve Lukather – guitar
- Louis Johnson – bass guitar
- Marcus Miller – bass guitar
- Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Steve Ferrone – percussion
- Eddie Daniels – alto saxophone
- Ronnie Cuber – saxophone
- Jim Horn – saxophone
- Gary Herbig – saxophone
- Seldon Powell – saxophone
- William Slapin – saxophone
- Larry Williams – saxophone, horn arrangements, string arrangements
- Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
- Urbie Green – trombone
- Gary Grant – trumpet
- Jon Faddis – trumpet
- Jerry Hey – trumpet, horn arrangements, string arrangements
- Joe Shepley – trumpet
- Arif Mardin – arrangements, rhythm arrangements, string arrangements, horn arrangements
- Rod Temperton – BGV arrangements, horn arrangements, rhythm arrangements, string arrangements
- Gene Orloff – concertmaster
- Harry Bluestone – concertmaster
- George Benson – lead vocals
- Marci Levy – backing vocals
- Mark Stevens – backing vocals
- Margaret Branch – backing vocals
- Estelle Brown – backing vocals
- Cissy Houston – backing vocals
- Darlene Love – backing vocals
- David Lasley – backing vocals
- Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
- Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals
- Myrna Smith – backing vocals
- Lynda Laurence – backing vocals
Production
- Producers – Arif Mardin ; Aretha Franklin.
- Production Coordination – Frank DeCaro
- Production Assistant – Chrissy Allerdings
- Engineer – Jeremy Smith
- Assistant Engineers – Terry Christian, Steve McManus, Michael O'Reilly and Jim Simon.
- Mixing on Tracks 2 & 5 – Lew Hahn, Arif Mardin and Michael O'Reilly.
- Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Wally Heider Studios and Sunset Sound ; Atlantic Studios.
- Cover Concept – Aretha Franklin
- Art Direction and Design – Ria Lewerke-Shapiro
- Photography – George Hurrell