#106 Aretha Franklin – Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is way too long of a title. Aretha Franklin really likes to drag things out. Her tenth album is when she demands respect, but will she get it? I have never liked her version of “Respect“. I think I hate when she spells it. Is she […]

1001 Albums #51

I could safely say that I do not have any good memories of my mother except one. She listened to a lot of music. She would listen to songs over and over. If the lyrics were not included on the album, then she would try to write them out. I am not sure why she […]

1001 Albums #38

Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 was released 22 years after Sam Cooke was murdered. The record company felt it was too gritty and raw for his pop image so they kept it hidden. It could have remained hidden as far as I am concerned. I cannot believe that this is what 1001 Albums… considers Cooke’s best of his short career. […]