Jump to It
Jump to It | ||||
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Studio album by Aretha Franklin | ||||
Released | July, 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1981-1982 Mediasound Studios, N.Y., Record Plant, L.A., Village Recorders, L.A., Soundsuite, Detroit | |||
Genre | R&B, smooth soul, quiet storm | |||
Length | 42:40 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Producer | Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | B+ [2] |
Rolling Stone | link |
Jump To It is an album by Aretha Franklin, produced by Luther Vandross and originally released in the summer of 1982.
This disc gave Aretha her tenth #1 R&B album - at the time it was the all-time record. It enjoyed a seven-week run at #1 on Billboard's R&B albums chart and also reached #23 on Billboard's main album chart. It was hailed as a comeback album, given that it provided Aretha with her first Gold-certified disc and Top 40 song since Sparkle in 1976.
The title track, "Jump To It", was Aretha's first Pop Top 40 hit since 1976 and her first #1 R&B hit since 1977's "Break It To Me Gently". The infectious song was nominated for a Grammy Award. The album itself received an American Music Award for Best Soul Album.
(*Over 500,000 copies sold in the United States)
In 2005, Patrick Alavi released "Come To Me" which used a Sample of "Jump To It".
Track listing
- "Jump To It" (Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller)
- "Love Me Right" (Vandross)
- "If She Don't Want Your Lovin'" (Sam Dees)
- "This Is for Real" (Vandross)
- "(It's Just) Your Love" (Vandross, Miller)
- "I Wanna Make It Up to You" (Franklin)
- "It's Your Thing" (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley)
- "Just My Daydream" (Smokey Robinson)
Personnel
- Aretha Franklin - vocals
- Doc Powell, Steve Love - guitar
- Marcus Miller, Francisco Centeno, Louis Johnson - bass
- Nat Adderley, Jr., Sonny Burke - keyboards
- Yogi Horton, Buddy Williams - drums
- Errol "Crusher" Bennett, Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
- Brenda White, Cissy Houston, Fonzi Thornton, Luther Vandross, Michelle Cobbs, Phillip Ballou, Tawatha Agee, Norma Jean Wright, Alexandra Brown, Darlene Love, Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill, Brenda Corbett, Erma Franklin, Pam Vincent, Sandra Dance - background vocals
- George Young - saxophone
- George Duke - piano
- Karat Faye - Engineer @ Record Plant L.A.
See also
References
- ↑ Wynn, Ron. Jump to It review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Jump to It review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2015-04-28.