Aretha Franklin I Say a Little Prayer

Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized soul at its most gospel-charged. Her astonishing run of late-&hits with Atlantic Records -- "Respect," "I Never Loved a Man," "Chain of Fools," "Baby I Love You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Think," "The House That Jack Built," and several others -- earned her the title "Lady Soul," which she has worn uncontested ever since. Yet as much of an international institution as she&become, much of her work -- outside of her recordings for Atlantic in the late &and early &-- is erratic and only fitfully inspired, making discretion a necessity when collecting her records.