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Love All the Hurt Away is the twenty-seventh studio albumbyAmerican 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.

Studio albumby

Aretha Franklin

Released

August 20, 1981^[1]

Studio

Cherokee, Hollywood
Wally Heider, Hollywood
Sunset Sound, Hollywood
Atlantic, New York City

Genre

R&B, pop, funk

Length

45:14

Aretha Franklin chronology

Aretha Sings the Blues
(1980)

Love All the Hurt Away
(1981)

Jump to It
(1982)

Singles from Love All the Hurt Away

"Love All the Hurt Away"
Released: August 1981
"Hold On, I'm Comin'"
Released: October, 1981 (Not in U. S.)

Background

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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.^[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Robert Christgau	A−^[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]

The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed the album "a funky pop near-triumph."^[5]

Track listing

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love All The Hurt Away.^[6]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love All the Hurt Away" (duet with George Benson)	Sam Dees	4:09
2.	"Hold On, I'm Comin'"	David Porter, Isaac Hayes	5:14
3.	"Living in the Streets"	Rod Temperton	3:53
4.	"There's a Star for Everyone"	Allee Willis, Don Yowell, David Lasley	4:26
5.	"You Can't Always Get What You Want"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	5:18
6.	"It's My Turn"	Carole Bayer Sager, Michael Masser	5:30
7.	"Truth and Honesty*"	Burt Bacharach, Bayer Sager, Peter Allen	4:15
8.	"Search On"	Chuck Jackson	4:47
9.	"Whole Lot of Me*"	Aretha Franklin	3:23
10.	"Kind of Man*"	Franklin	4:19

2012 Reissue Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Hold On, I'm Comin'" (12" version)	Porter, Hayes	6:44
12.	"Livin' in the Streets" (12" version)	Temperton	6:17
13.	"It's My Turn" (single version)	Bayer Sager, Masser	4:03

Personnel

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Musicians

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Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, piano, BGV arrangements (2, 4, 6, 7), rhythm arrangements (7–9)

David Foster – keyboards (1, 3)

Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (2, 4)

Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (2–7, 10)

David Paich – piano, Fender Rhodes (5, 7–9)

Buzz Feiten – guitar (1, 7)

David Williams – guitar (2–9, 10)

Steve Lukather – guitar (5–9)

Louis Johnson – bass guitar (1, 3)

Marcus Miller – bass guitar (2, 4, 5, 7–10)

Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (6)

Jeff Porcaro – drums (1-10)

Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 5)

Steve Ferrone – percussion (7)

Eddie Daniels – alto saxophone (1)

Ronnie Cuber – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10)

Jim Horn – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10)

Gary Herbig – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10)

Seldon Powell – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10)

William Slapin – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10)

Larry Williams – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10), horn arrangements (2, 8, 9), string arrangements (8, 9)

Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (2, 3, 8–10)

Urbie Green – trombone (2, 3, 8–10)

Gary Grant – trumpet (2, 3, 8–10)

Jon Faddis – trumpet (2, 3, 8–10)

Jerry Hey – trumpet (2, 3, 8–10), horn arrangements (2, 3), string arrangements (3, 6)

Joe Shepley – trumpet (2, 3, 8–10)

Arif Mardin – arrangements (1, 4), rhythm arrangements (2, 7–9), string arrangements (6, 10), horn arrangements (8, 9, 10)

Rod Temperton – BGV arrangements (3), horn arrangements (3), rhythm arrangements (3), string arrangements (3)

Gene Orloff – concertmaster (3, 6, 8–10)

Harry Bluestone – concertmaster (3, 6, 8–10)

George Benson – lead vocals (1)

Marci Levy – backing vocals (1, 3–5, 7, 8)

Mark Stevens – backing vocals (1, 3–5)

Margaret Branch – backing vocals (2, 4–6)

Estelle Brown – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7)

Cissy Houston – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7)

Darlene Love – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7)

David Lasley – backing vocals (4, 5)

Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (4, 5)

Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals (5, 7, 8)

Myrna Smith – backing vocals (6, 7)

Lynda Laurence – backing vocals (7, 8)

Production

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Producers – Arif Mardin (Tracks 1–10); Aretha Franklin (Tracks 7, 9 &10).
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 (Los Angeles, CA); Atlantic Studios (New York, NY).
Cover Concept – Aretha Franklin
Art Direction and Design – Ria Lewerke-Shapiro
Photography – George Hurrell

References

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^ The Global and Mail - In Photos: Aretha Franklin "The Queen of Soul"

^ "Cherry Red Records - aretha franklin, love all the hurt away, expanded edition, soul, funk, BBR". Archived from the original on 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2013-04-25.

^ link

^ Christgau, Robert. "Love All the Hurt Away review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2015-04-28.

^ ^a ^b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 263, 264.

^ Love All The Hurt Away (record sleeve). Aretha Franklin. New York City, NY: Arista Records. 1981.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

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Aretha Franklin – Love All The Hurt AwayatDiscogs (list of releases)

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