A quintuple dose of work from Aretha Franklin's post-Atlantic years – a few key albums for Arista, plus some other nice bits too – all served up in mini LP-styled sleeves that are much nicer than the usual CD covers! The set starts with Aretha from 1980 – a really great record that picks up some of the best sophisticated soul modes of the late Atlantic years – some nice jazzy touches, and a really warm feel overall! Other albums include Who's Zoomin Who, What You See Is What You Sweat, A Rose Is Still A Rose, and So Damn Happy – all records that aren't without their pop moments, but which almost always make up for those with some great deeper soul elements too. 50 tracks in all.
CD 1 - Who's Zoomin' Who? [1985] :
01. Freeway Of Love
02. Another Night
03. Sweet Bitter Love
04. Who's Zoomin' Who?
05. Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
06. Until You Say You Love Me
07. Ain't Nobody Ever Loved You
08. Push
09. Integrity
CD 2 - Aretha [1980] :
01. Come To Me
02. Can't Turn You Loose
03. United Together
04. Take Me With You
05. Whatever It Is
06. What A Fool Believes
07. Together Again
08. Love Me Forever
09. School Days
CD 3 - What You See Is What You Sweat [1991] :
01. Everyday People
02. Ever Changing Times
03. What You See Is What You Sweat
04. Mary Goes Round
05. I Dreamed A Dream (From Les Mis'erables)
06. Someone Else's Eyes
07. Doctor's Orders
08. You Can't Take Me For Granted
09. What Did You Give
10. Everyday People
CD 4 - A Rose Is Still A Rose [1998] :
01. A Rose Is Still A Rose
02. Never Leave You Again
03. In Case You Forgot
04. Here We Go Again
05. Every Lil' Bit Hurts
06. In The Morning
07. I'll Dip
08. How Many Times
09. Watch My Back
10. Love Pang
11. The Woman
CD 5 - So Damn Happy [2003] :
01. The Only Thing Missin'
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)