![]() They also covered (less memorably) ‘Hooked On Your Love’ from this album. The first track that really jumps out at you from this album is “Giving Him Something He Can Feel,” which – if I am completely honest with my readers, and when am I not? – I almost definitely first heard as the cool remake by En Vogue in 1992. These two titans both managed to be pioneers in their field, voices for civil rights and black liberation, and tremendously successful commercially, so they are on the short list of artists who can tick all those boxes. ![]() But I’ve been happily busy “in the real world” and am well overdue for a blog post, and rather than add my own verbosity to the amen corner praising Aretha, I thought I’d just share one of her under-appreciated gems, a collaboration with the luminous Curtis Mayfield. Some well-done, some shallow and superficial. There have been no shortage of eulogies and retrospectives on the life and career of the great Aretha Franklin in the last few weeks.
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