Spirit in the Dark
1970 studio album by Aretha Franklin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Spirit in the Dark is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on August 24, 1970, by Atlantic Records. It received critical acclaim, but was met with middling sales, despite having two hit singles, "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)", which peaked at #1 R&B, #11 on the Hot 100, and "Spirit in the Dark", peaking at #3 R&B and #23 Hot 100, in Billboard magazine. It was Aretha's first Atlantic album to fall short of Billboard's Top 20, but it is now seen as one of Aretha's classic Atlantic LPs.
Spirit in the Dark | ||||
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Released | August 24, 1970[1] | |||
Recorded | May 26–27, 1969[2] October 3, 1969[3]-March 10, 1970[4] | |||
Genre | Soul, R&B | |||
Length | 40:28 | |||
Label | Atlantic (#8265), Rhino (1993 Re-release) | |||
Producer | Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler | |||
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Singles from Spirit in the Dark | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Christgau's Record Guide | A[6] |
Pitchfork | 9.0/10[7] |
Rolling Stone | (favorable)[8] |
In 1993, Rhino Records re-issued the album on compact disc.[1] "Try Matty's" is used as the jingle for radio host Matt Siegel's Boston Kiss 108 show.[9]