Aretha FranklinBest Aretha Franklin Albums Ranked
8.2
Avg Score
58
Opinions
47
Albums
14
Reviewers
Summary from 58 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Aretha Franklin’s catalog across 47 albums from 58 opinions, with an overall average of 8.2/10. The top-rated Aretha Franklin album is I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967) with a 8.6/10 average from 10 ratings, followed by Lady Soul and Young, Gifted and Black. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1955 to 2021. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man ranks as the highest-rated Aretha Franklin song on Rate.fm with a 9.2/10 average.
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
1967
Lady Soul
1968
Young, Gifted and Black
1972
Aretha Now
1968
Amazing Grace (Live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, CA, 01/13/72)
1972
Live At Fillmore West
1971
Spirit In the Dark
1970
Who's Zoomin' Who? (Expanded Edition)
1985
Take a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia
2011
Spirit In the Dark
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we explore Aretha Franklin’s immensely personal 1970 album Spirit in the Dark.”
Take a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia
“From the summer of 1960, when 18-year-old Aretha Franklin made her first Columbia recordings, until January 1967, when she cut her torrid Atlantic debut, "I Never Loved a Man (The Way That I Love You)," the Queen of Soul was royalty in waiting. Her many producers at Columbia (including John Hammond, who signed her to […]”
ARETHA
“The very first recordings of Aretha Franklin, captured in Detroit when she was all of 14 years old, are remastered and offer a window into the early sounds of a genius.”