Take a Look (Aretha Franklin album)

Take a Look
Compilation album by
Aretha Franklin
ReleasedSeptember 5, 1967
GenreRhythm and blues
LabelColumbia
ProducerRobert Mersey
Aretha Franklin chronology
Aretha Arrives
(1967) 		Take a Look
(1967) 		Lady Soul
(1968)

Take a Look is a compilation album by Aretha Franklin. It was released on September 5, 1967, by Columbia Records. In Europe this album was released by CBS Records, and was titled Soul, Soul, Soul.

JazzTimes noted, "Despite the label’s frequent and obvious lapses in judgment, Take a Look provides ample evidence that Columbia did indeed sign an artist who was destined for greatness."[1]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lee Cross"Ted White 
2."Operation Heartbreak"Al Kasha, Alan Thomas, Curtis Williams 
3."Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?"Hughie Cannon 
4."I'll Keep on Smiling"Aretha Franklin 
5."I Won't Cry Anymore"Al Frisch, Fred Wise 
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take a Look"Aretha Franklin 
2."Won't Be Long"J. Leslie McFarland 
3."Until You Were Gone"Joy Byers 
4."Blue Holiday"Willie Denson, Luther Dixon 
5."Follow Your Heart"Van McCoy 

References

  1. ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (August 9, 2024). "Aretha Franklin: Take a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia". JazzTimes. Retrieved June 30, 2025.
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