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So Damn Happy

Aretha Franklin

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Genre
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Dance & Soul
Catalogue Number
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82876501742
Number of Discs
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1
Label
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Arista
Release Country
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USA
Original Release Year
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2003
Format
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CD

Product Description

Personnel includes: Aretha Franklin (vocals); Mary J. Blige (background vocals).
Producers include: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Barry Eastmond, Gordon Chambers.
SO DAMN HAPPY was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. "Wonderful" won for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.
Aretha Franklin released only two new albums in the 1990s, but 2003 saw a flurry of activity, with Franklin putting out both the gospel album ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM and this secular R&B disc. Her voice sounds as vibrant as ever, and most of the songs have a joyful feel that's no doubt influenced by the depth of Franklin's faith. The soft-grooving "Wonderful" and the slow-burning soul of the title track bespeak an inner jubilance, but this album isn't emotionally monochromatic. She gracefully plumbs the depths of disillusionment on the Burt Bacharach-produced/penned slow-jam "Falling Out of Love" and the remonstrative "Ain't No Way," where she even references her legendary hit "Respect." Still, it's no accident that things close on a decidedly spiritual note with the celebratory "Good News" and a reprisal of "You Are my Joy," a wedding song that--like Aretha herself--seems to have a direct link to the divine.

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Track List   

  • 01． "Only Thing Missin', The"
  • 02． Wonderful
  • 03． Holdin' On
  • 04． No Matter What
  • 05． Everybody's Somebody's Fool
  • 06． So Damn Happy
  • 07． You Are My Joy
  • 08． Falling Out Of Love
  • 09． Ain't No Way
  • 10． Good News
  • 11． You Are My Joy - (Reprise)

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歓喜極まる歌い声が野の鳥のようにこだます...

投稿日：2006/05/04 (木)

歓喜極まる歌い声が野の鳥のようにこだまする｡白いｼﾞｬｹｯﾄそのままのような明るい日の光が差すｱﾙﾊﾞﾑ｡ｱﾚｻの歌声はｿｳﾙﾌﾙであり､ｺﾞｽﾍﾟﾙの神への祈りである象徴的なものだ｡それに加え良質なR＆B｡､人生や歌への喜びが渦潮のように激しくまいている｡

ざくろ さん | 神奈川県 | 不明

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いや〜、ホントにいい声してますね。ぐっと...

投稿日：2004/01/21 (水)

いや〜、ホントにいい声してますね。ぐっと来る歌いまわしが所々に出てきて、たまりません。ただ、全体的にメリハリにかけて、各楽曲の印象が似てるのがもったいない。

カール さん | 岐阜県 | 不明

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クイーンオブソウル。アレサの久々の新譜。...

投稿日：2003/10/05 (日)

クイーンオブソウル。アレサの久々の新譜。良いです。 出だしの１.〜３.のミデアムナンバーでさらっと、６.〜９．はとにかく熱く、アリサ健在です。グイグイと彼女の世界に誘い込みます。 オススメはメアリーJ参加の３．（ボーカルアレンジが光る。）、 圧巻はタイトルチェーンの６．渋めの７．当りでしょうか。 R＆Bファンはもとより、すべての音楽ファンにオススメできる極上の 出来です。

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