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Almighty Fire

1978 studio album by Aretha Franklin

Almighty Fire
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released	April 13, 1978
Recorded	January–March 1978
Studio	Curtom Studios (Chicago, IL); ABC Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Whitney Recording Studios (Glendale, CA).
Genre	Soul, R&B
Length	34:42
Label	Atlantic (#19161)
Producer	Curtis Mayfield
Aretha Franklin chronology
Sweet Passion (1977) Almighty Fire (1978) La Diva (1979)
Singles from Almighty Fire
"Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future)" Released: April 1978 "More Than a Joy" Released: July 1978

Almighty Fire is the twenty-fourth studio albumbyAmerican singer Aretha Franklin, released on April 13, 1978, by Atlantic Records. By the time of the album's release, Franklin was going through a commercial slump.

Franklin was reunited with Curtis Mayfield – who produced the album and composed all the tracks –after their earlier success together with the Sparkle soundtrack.

The title single reached at No. 12 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart and the follow-up single, "More Than Just a Joy", peaked at No. 51. The album earned a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female at the 1979 Grammy Awards.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	[5]

The New York Times panned the "tuneless, fussily arranged songs".^[6]

All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield, except where noted.

1. "Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future)" – 4:36
2. "Lady, Lady" – 2:45
3. "More Than Just a Joy" – 3:03
4. "Keep On Loving You" – 3:12
5. "I Needed You Baby" – 4:38

1. "Close to You" – 4:22
2. "No Matter Who You Love" – 4:01
3. "This You Can Believe" – 4:46
4. "I'm Your Speed" (Aretha Franklin, Glynn Turman) – 3:40

• Aretha Franklin – vocals
• Curtis Mayfield – guitar
• Gary Thompson – guitar
• Joseph "Lucky" Scott – bass guitar
• Donnell Hagan – drums
• Henry Gibson – congas
• Rich Tufo – keyboards, arrangements
• Lenard Druss – horns contractor
• Sol Bobrov – strings contractor
• Alfonzo Surrett – background vocals
• Mattie Butler – background vocals
• Ricki Linton – background vocals
• Denese Heard and the Jones Girls – background vocals

• Producer – Curtis Mayfield
• Engineers – Roger Anfinsen and Fred Breitberg
• Remix – Roger Anfinsen
• Mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic Studios (New York City).
• Album cover concept – Aretha Franklin

• Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future)

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