Almighty Fire
Almighty Fire is the twenty-fourth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on April 13, 1978, by Atlantic Records.Franklin was reunited with Curtis Mayfield – who produced the album and composed all the tracks –after their earlier success together with the Sparkle soundtrack.The New York Times panned Mayfield's work as "tuneless, fussily arranged songs", but praised Franklin and Turman's "I'm Your Speed" for the space it creates for her to "breathe real fire into the music."[6] Rolling Stone praised "I'm Your Speed" at length, calling it the album's "one moment of pop music transcendence."It called "No Matter Who You Love" as a standout, but considered the album's arrangements "unglamorous and cheesy," and chastised the music Mayfield brought to the table as "stifling," while comparing it to the excitement of the previous Franklin-Mayfield pairing, 1976's Sparkle.
Studio albumAretha FranklinCurtom StudiosChicago, ILLos Angeles, CAGlendale, CAAtlanticProducerCurtis MayfieldSweet PassionLa DivaSinglesAmericanAtlantic RecordsSparkle soundtrackBillboardGrammyAllMusicMusicHound Rock: The Essential Album GuideThe Rolling Stone Album GuideThe Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and SoulThe New York TimesRolling StoneGlynn TurmanJoseph "Lucky" ScottHenry Gibsoncongasthe Jones GirlsAtlantic StudiosChristgau, RobertTicknor & FieldsArethaThe Electrifying Aretha FranklinThe Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha FranklinLaughing on the OutsideRunnin' Out of FoolsYeah!!!Songs of FaithSoul SisterTake It Like You Give ItI Never Loved a Man the Way I Love YouAretha ArrivesLady SoulAretha NowSoul '69Soft and BeautifulThis Girl's in Love with YouSpirit in the DarkYoung, Gifted and BlackHey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)Let Me in Your LifeWith Everything I Feel in MeSparkleLove All the Hurt AwayJump to ItGet It RightWho's Zoomin' Who?Through the StormWhat You See Is What You SweatA Rose Is Still a RoseSo Damn HappyThis Christmas, ArethaA Woman Falling Out of LoveAretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva ClassicsAretha in ParisAretha Live at Fillmore WestAmazing GraceOne Lord, One Faith, One BaptismTake a LookAretha's GoldAretha's Greatest HitsThe Best of Aretha FranklinAretha Sings the Blues30 Greatest HitsThe Very Best of Aretha Franklin, Vol. 1Greatest HitsAretha's BestRare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of SoulA Brand New MeThe Atlantic Singles Collection 1967–1970Precious Lord (Part 1)Today I Sing the BluesWon't Be LongRock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie MelodyOperation HeartbreakI Surrender, DearTry a Little TendernessSay It Isn't SoSkylarkThe Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)One Step AheadYou Made Me Love YouMockingbirdI Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)RespectBaby I Love You(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural WomanDo Right Woman, Do Right ManChain of Fools(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been GoneYou Send MeThe House That Jack BuiltI Say a Little PrayerSee SawMy SongThe WeightTracks of My TearsI Can't See Myself Leaving YouGentle on My MindShare Your Love with MeEleanor RigbyCall MeSon of a Preacher ManThe Thrill Is GoneDon't Play That SongBorder Song (Holy Moses)You're All I Need to Get ByBridge over Troubled WaterSpanish HarlemRock SteadyDay DreamingUntil You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)I'm in LoveAin't Nothing Like the Real Thing