Album · 2010
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Nobody Like You
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:23
2
Once in a While
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:31
3
Maybe I’m a Fool
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:15
4
Muddy Water
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:25
5
Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home (alternate version)
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:15
6
Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:10
7
Today I Sing the Blues
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:44
8
Won’t Be Long
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:19
9
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
5:10
10
Evil Gal Blues
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:41
11
Lee Cross
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:22
12
Walk On By
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:50
13
I Wonder (Where You Are Tonight)
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:22
14
God Bless the Child
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:04
15
Blue Holiday
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:54
16
Looking Through a Tear
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:04
17
Tiny Sparrow
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:50
18
Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:29
19
Little Brown Book
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:19
20
Without the One You Love
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:47
Disc 2
1
This Bitter Earth
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
4:35
2
Just for a Thrill
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:55
3
Skylark
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:52
4
Skylark (alternate version)
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
4:04
5
Trouble in Mind
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:57
6
Runnin’ Out of Fools
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:43
7
Drinking Again
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:29
8
Laughing on the Outside
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:17
9
What a Diff’rence a Day Makes
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:32
10
Soulville
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:27
11
You’ll Lose a Good Thing
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:40
12
Take a Look
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:42
13
Cry Like a Baby
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:14
14
I Wish I Didn’t Love You So
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:56
15
Only the Lonely
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
4:55
16
People (from Funny Girl)
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
4:19
17
Mockingbird
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:48
18
Until You Were Gone
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:17
19
My Coloring Book
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
4:08
20
Try a Little Tenderness
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:14
Disc 3
1
In My Solitude
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:50
2
Love for Sale
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:31
3
Ac‐Cent‐Tchu‐Ate the Positive
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:18
4
Unforgettable
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:40
5
All Night Long
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:07
6
Every Little Bit Hurts
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
2:51
7
Sweet Bitter Love
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
3:01
8
If Ever I Would Leave You
The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years
4:07
In print
First pressed 2002, still pressed 2023 — 14 pressings across 9 countries.
Credits
Howard Fritzson
Art Direction
Darren Salmieri
Artists And Repertoire
Steve Berkowitz
Artists And Repertoire
Michael Boland
Design
Seth Foster
Editor
Frank Laico
Engineer
Fred Plaut
Engineer
Stanley Tonkell
Engineer
Stanley Weiss
Engineer
Warren Vincent
Engineer
David Ritz
Liner Notes
Nikki Giovanni
Liner Notes
佐藤英輔
Liner Notes
Mark Wilder
Mix
Don Hunstein
Photography
Henry Parker
Photography
Vernon "Geechie" Smith
Photography
Bobby Scott
Producer
Bob Johnston
Producer
Clyde Otis
Producer
John Hammond
Producer
Leo Sacks
Producer · compilation producer
Robert Mersey
Producer
Aretha Franklin
Vocal · vocals