Aretha Franklin - Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "Love All the Hurt Away" (duet with George Benson) 4:09
2. "Hold On, I'm Comin'" 5:14
3. "Living in the Streets" 3:53
4. "There's a Star for Everyone" 4:26
5. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" 5:18
6. "It's My Turn" 5:30
7. "Truth and Honesty" 4:15
8. "Search On" 4:47
9. "Whole Lot of Me" 3:23
10. "Kind of Man" 4:19
2012 Reissue Bonus Tracks
11. "Hold On, I'm Comin'" (12" version) 6:44
12. "Livin' in the Streets" (12" version) 6:17
13. "It's My Turn" (single version) 4:03
Aretha Franklin Band Members / Musicians
Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, piano, BGV arrangements (2, 4, 6, 7), rhythm arrangements (7-9)
David Foster – keyboards (1, 3)
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (2, 4)
Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (2-7, 10)
David Paich – piano, Fender Rhodes (5, 7-9)
Buzz Feiten – guitar (1, 7)
David Williams – guitar (2-9, 10)
Steve Lukather – guitar (5-9)
Louis Johnson – bass guitar (1, 3)
Marcus Miller – bass guitar (2, 4, 5, 7-10)
Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (6)
Jeff Porcaro – drums (1-10)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 5)
Steve Ferrone – percussion (7)
Eddie Daniels – alto saxophone (1)
Ronnie Cuber – saxophone (2, 3, 8-10)
Jim Horn – saxophone (2, 3, 8-10)
Gary Herbig – saxophone (2, 3, 8-10)
Seldon Powell – saxophone (2, 3, 8-10)
William Slapin – saxophone (2, 3, 8-10)
Larry Williams – saxophone (2, 3, 8-10), horn arrangements (2, 8, 9), string arrangements (8, 9)
Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (2, 3, 8-10)
Urbie Green – trombone (2, 3, 8-10)
Gary Grant – trumpet (2, 3, 8-10)
Jon Faddis – trumpet (2, 3, 8-10)
Jerry Hey – trumpet (2, 3, 8-10), horn arrangements (2, 3), string arrangements (3, 6)
Joe Shepley – trumpet (2, 3, 8-10)
Arif Mardin – arrangements (1, 4), rhythm arrangements (2, 7-9), string arrangements (6, 10), horn arrangements (8, 9, 10)
Rod Temperton – BGV arrangements (3), horn arrangements (3), rhythm arrangements (3), string arrangements (3)
Gene Orloff – concertmaster (3, 6, 8-10)
Harry Bluestone – concertmaster (3, 6, 8-10)
George Benson – lead vocals (1)
Marci Levy – backing vocals (1, 3-5, 7, 8)
Mark Stevens – backing vocals (1, 3-5)
Margaret Branch – backing vocals (2, 4-6)
Estelle Brown – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7)
Cissy Houston – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7)
Darlene Love – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7)
David Lasley – backing vocals (4, 5)
Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (4, 5)
Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals (5, 7, 8)
Myrna Smith – backing vocals (6, 7)
Lynda Laurence – backing vocals (7, 8)
Producers – Arif Mardin (Tracks 1-10); Aretha Franklin (Tracks 7, 9 & 10).
Production Coordination – Frank DeCaro
Production Assistant – Chrissy Allerdings
Engineer – Jeremy Smith
Assistant Engineers – Terry Christian, Steve McManus, Michael O'Reilly and Jim Simon
Mixing on Tracks 2 & 5 – Lew Hahn, Arif Mardin and Michael O'Reilly
Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Wally Heider Studios and Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA); Atlantic Studios (New York, NY)
Cover Concept – Aretha Franklin
Art Direction and Design – Ria Lewerke-Shapiro
Photography – George Hurrell
Love All the Hurt Away is the 27th studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Released in mid-1981, this album is the singer's second release under the Arista Records label. The Arif Mardin-produced disc reached fourth place on Billboard's R&B albums chart and #36 on the main Billboard album chart, selling roughly 250,000 copies in the US.
