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Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998
Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998 in Bloomington, MN
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Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998
is the first serious attempt at chronicling
Aretha
RCA
and
Arista
recordings since her stint at the label wrapped up. In between 1994's
Greatest Hits (1980-1994)
and this 2012 collection, there was 2003's
Platinum & Gold
, released as part of
BMG
's ongoing new millennium midline series, which hit the high points but also shoehorned in "Respect" and "Think," two classics that don't fit in this context even when placed at the beginning of the collection.
Knew You Were Waiting
never attempts to disguise itself as something other than a retrospective of the Queen's last act and, by doing so, it makes a convincing case that
's '80s work was pretty strong on its own merits. Most of the record is devoted to her work with
Narada Michael Walden
-- the producer behind her smash 1985 LP
Who's Zoomin' Who
, he has credits on seven of the 16 cuts here, including the hits "Freeway of Love," "Who's Zoomin' Who," the
George Michael
duet "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," the
Elton John
duet "Through the Storm," and the
Whitney Houston
duet "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" -- and this crisp, synth-heavy soul-pop remains bright and cheery, having aged particularly well. So have the early-'80s quiet storm "United Together," "Love All the Hurt Away," and the two
Luther Vandross
productions "Jump to It" and "Get It Right," all four sleekly appealing in their smooth surfaces, leaving the '90s coda as the only cuts that don't quite convince, but even so,
is a more than worthwhile chronicle of the Queen of Soul's late-career peak. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
's
Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998
is the first serious attempt at chronicling
Aretha
RCA
and
Arista
recordings since her stint at the label wrapped up. In between 1994's
Greatest Hits (1980-1994)
and this 2012 collection, there was 2003's
Platinum & Gold
, released as part of
BMG
's ongoing new millennium midline series, which hit the high points but also shoehorned in "Respect" and "Think," two classics that don't fit in this context even when placed at the beginning of the collection.
Knew You Were Waiting
never attempts to disguise itself as something other than a retrospective of the Queen's last act and, by doing so, it makes a convincing case that
's '80s work was pretty strong on its own merits. Most of the record is devoted to her work with
Narada Michael Walden
-- the producer behind her smash 1985 LP
Who's Zoomin' Who
, he has credits on seven of the 16 cuts here, including the hits "Freeway of Love," "Who's Zoomin' Who," the
George Michael
duet "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," the
Elton John
duet "Through the Storm," and the
Whitney Houston
duet "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" -- and this crisp, synth-heavy soul-pop remains bright and cheery, having aged particularly well. So have the early-'80s quiet storm "United Together," "Love All the Hurt Away," and the two
Luther Vandross
productions "Jump to It" and "Get It Right," all four sleekly appealing in their smooth surfaces, leaving the '90s coda as the only cuts that don't quite convince, but even so,
is a more than worthwhile chronicle of the Queen of Soul's late-career peak. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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