Get It Right is the twenty-ninth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released in mid 1983 by Arista Records. It was produced by Luther Vandross, following his successful teaming with the singer for the Gold-certified album, Jump to It, in 1982. Get It Right was not commercially successful, and Franklin did not have Vandross produce any further albums.Shewey, Don, Get It Right - Aretha Franklin, Rolling Stone, September 15, 1983.
The disc's title song became a number 1 hit on Billboards R&B singles chart, but it stalled at only number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was a critical and commercial failure, selling about 200,000 copies in the US. It was re-issued on compact disc in the late 1990s.
Track listing
All tracks written by Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller; except where noted.
"Get It Right" – 6:22 "Pretender" – 4:17 "Every Girl (Wants My Guy)" – 6:29 "When You Love Me Like That" – 3:47 "I Wish It Would Rain" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene) – 4:40 "Better Friends Than Lovers" (Michael Lovesmith) – 4:10 "I Got Your Love" (Luther Vandross) – 5:30 "Giving In" (Clarence Franklin) – 4:38
Personnel
Performers
Musicians Aretha Franklin – lead vocals Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards Marcus Miller – synthesizers (1–4), bass Doc Powell – guitars Georg Wadenius – guitars (1–7) Teddy F. White – guitars (8) Yogi Horton – drums Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1–5, 8), congas (5), bongos (8) Steve Kroon – congas (1–3, 7), triangle (1) Dave Friedman – vibraphone (1, 3) Dave Carey – timpani (5) George Young – soprano sax solo (8)
Music arrangements Marcus Miller – rhythm arrangements (1–4) Luther Vandross – vocal arrangements (1–4, 7, 8) Rob Mounsey – string arrangements (2, 4), horn arrangements (4) Aretha Franklin – vocal arrangements (3, 6) Nat Adderley Jr. – rhythm arrangements (5–8) Paul Riser – string and horn arrangements (5–8) Michael Love Smith – vocal arrangements (6)
Background vocalists Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1, 2) Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (1, 2) Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals (1, 2) Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals (1, 2) Luther Vandross – backing vocals (1, 2, 4, 7, 8) Brenda White – backing vocals (1) Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals (1, 2) Aretha Franklin – backing vocals (3) Cissy Houston – backing vocals (4, 7, 8) Darlene Love – backing vocals (4, 7) Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (4, 7, 8) Margaret Branch – backing vocals (5) Brenda Corbett – backing vocals (5) Sandra Richardson – backing vocals (5) Danny Dedusual Smith – backing vocals (6) Michael Love Smith – backing vocals (6) Aaron T. Smith – backing vocals (6) Myrna Smith – backing vocals (7, 8)
Horns and Strings Ronnie Cuber, Lou Marini, George Young, Tom Malone, Jim Pugh, Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff, John Clark, Peter Gordon and Gregory Williams – horns (4–8) Jonathan Abramowitz, Sanford Allen, Lamar Alsop, Julien Barber, Elena Barere, John Beal, Alfred Brown, Jean R. Dane, Lewis Eley, Barry Finclair, Winterton Garvey, Judy Geist, Regis Iandiorio, Kathryn Kienke, Harold Kohon, Jesse Levy, Guy Lumia, Homer Mensch, Kermit Moore, Jan Mullen, John Pintavalle, Sue Pray, Joseph Rabushka, Margaret Ross, Richard Sortomme, Emanuel Vardi, Marilyn Wright, Richard Young and Harry Zaratzian – strings (2–8)
Production Luther Vandross – producer Michael H. Brauer – recording, mixing Don Cuminale – maintenance engineer Michael Christopher – additional engineer, assistant engineer Mark Cobrin – assistant engineer Paul Brocek – additional assistant engineer Sephra Herman – production coordinator, music contractor Donn Davenport – art direction Howard Fritzson – design Francisco Scavullo – photography Andre Douglas – hair stylist Carlton B. Northern – hair stylist Way Bandy – make-up Rachel Crespin – wardrobe
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