Aretha Franklin - Sweet Passion

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A1	Break It To Me Gently Written-By – Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch	3:21
A2	When I Think About You Written-By – Aretha Franklin	4:46
A3	What I Did For Love Written-By – Edward Kleban*, Marvin Hamlisch	5:17
A4	No One Could Ever Love You More Written-By – Lamont Dozier	3:36
A5	A Tender Touch Written-By – Aretha Franklin	3:58
B1	Touch Me Up Written-By – Lamont Dozier	4:38
B2	Sunshine Will Never Be The Same Written-By – Lamont Dozier	3:36
B3	Meadows Of Springtime Written-By – Aretha Franklin	5:26
B4	Mumbles / I've Got The Music In Me Written-By [I've Got The Music In Me] – Bias BoshellWritten-By [Mumbles] – Aretha Franklin, Clark Terry	3:40
B5	Sweet Passion Written-By – Aretha Franklin	7:12

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Recorded At – ABC Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Whitney Recording Studios
• Mixed At – ABC Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Whitney Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Studio 55, Los Angeles
• Mastered At – Atlantic Studios
• Made By – Warner-Pioneer Corporation – P-10389

Credits

• Arranged By [Rhythm & Horns] – H.B. Barnum (tracks: B4), McKinley Jackson (tracks: B1)
• Arranged By [Rhythm, Strings, Horns] – H.B. Barnum (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B3, B5)
• Arranged By [Rhythm] – Lamont Dozier (tracks: A4, B2), McKinley Jackson (tracks: A4, B2)
• Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Gene Page (tracks: A4, B2)
• Art Direction – Bob Defrin
• Bass – Chuck Rainey (tracks: A1, A5), Ray Brown (tracks: A3, B3, B4), Scott Edwards (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2, B5)
• Co-producer – David Paich (tracks: A1), Marty Paich (tracks: A1)
• Congas – Joe Clayton (tracks: A1)
• Drums – Harold Mason (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4), James Gadson (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2, B5)
• Engineer [Mixing] – Barney Perkins (tracks: B1), Reginald Dozier (tracks: A3, A5, B4, B5)
• Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – Reginald Dozier (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2, B3)
• Engineer [Recording] – Barney Perkins (tracks: A3, B1, B4), Frank Kejmar (tracks: A1, A5, B5)
• Guitar – Craig McMillian (tracks: A3, B3, B4), Lee Ritenour (tracks: A1, A4 to B1, B5), Mike Morgan (tracks: A3, B3, B4), Ray Parker, Jr.* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B2, B5)
• Keyboards – Aretha Franklin (tracks: A5, B4, B5), David Paich (tracks: A1), H.B. Barnum (tracks: A5), Ronnie Coleman* (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2), Sonny Burke (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B2), Sylvester Rivers (tracks: A1, A3, B3, B4)
• Mastered By – Dennis King
• Percussion – Bob Zermitti* (tracks: A3, B3, B4), Gary Coleman (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2, B5), Joe Clayton (tracks: A5)
• Photography By – David Alexander
• Producer – Aretha Franklin (tracks: A2 to B5), Carole Bayer Sager (tracks: A1), Lamont Dozier (tracks: A2 to B5), Marvin Hamlisch (tracks: A1)

Notes

Recorded & Mixed at ABC Recording Studios and Whitney Recording Studios
A1 mixed at Studio 55.
Mastered at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York
℗ © 1977 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Printed in Japan

Japanese release, 1977. Comes with an insert with lyrics. White label, Sample.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SD 19102	Aretha Franklin	Sweet Passion ‎(LP, Album, PR)	Atlantic	SD 19102	US	1977
ATL 50 368	Aretha Franklin	Sweet Passion ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	ATL 50 368	Netherlands	1977
HATS 421-249	Aretha Franklin	Sweet Passion ‎(LP, Album, PR)	Atlantic	HATS 421-249	Spain	1977
SD 19102	Aretha Franklin	Sweet Passion ‎(LP, Album, RI)	Atlantic	SD 19102	US	1977
30.034	Aretha Franklin	Sweet Passion ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	30.034	Brazil	1977