Aretha Franklin - Love Songs [Sony]

As music in the early 21st century grows more complex in theme and instrumentation (albeit, electronically), it's always nice to revisit a classic. No one sings of love's woes and wins any better than Ms. Aretha Franklin. The Queen of Soul and preeminent diva, if there ever was one, lends her one of a kind vocal chords to the Columbia Legacy release Love Songs, an ongoing series of CD collections of the same name. (Other collections in the Love Songs series for 2001 include sets from Frank Sinatra, The Isley Brothers, Patti Labelle, and Duke Ellington.) Smooth, silky, and full of class, Ms. Read More