I purchased this cd for a family member for Christmas. He is a huge fan of Aretha Franklin just like myself and he is very much enjoying this remastered copy of Jump To It by Aretha Franklin. Thank you so much to the seller who sold it to me.
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It's Your Thing: No Aretha, It's Luther's Thing
Review created: 12/04/06
by: nlawr54761 -- a member of Epinions
Pros: great production; some worthy tracks; some good vocals
Cons: transitional voice; aretha has little control; retread of luther's own songs
Jump To It is known as Aretha's first comeback of the 80s. It went to the top 30 of the Billboard charts and became her first gold album in 6 years. And the title track became her first top 40 hit in 6 years also. Basically she was back on top with a lot of commercial and critical acclaim coming at her. By 1982, Aretha was in real need of a hit song and a hit album. Since she couldn't get it with her longtime producer Arif Mardin for her previous album "Love All The Hurt Away", she turned to the new singer and hitmaster at the time, the all-time crooner Luther Vandross. The great thing about..
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Jump To It! Get This Album
Review created: 04/24/05
by: guy922 -- a member of Epinions
Pros: Quality work makes this album a stunning one.
Cons: Only eight tracks.
Aretha Franklin, we know her well. She is truly one of the great soul icons of our time. She had a string of hits throughout the late 1960's and early 1970's with albums such as Aretha Now , which included her 1968 hit Respect and her hit 1972 gospel contribution Amazing Grace . But regardless of these solid and admirable accomplishments, her late 1970's period was less than memorable. After another hit with a soundtrack to 1976's Sparkle , she released three albums including 1978's Almighty Fire and 1979's La Diva ,both flopped. By 1980 the queen of soul severed ties with her Atlantic...