Love All the Hurt Away

Love All the Hurt Away is the twenty-seventh studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released in mid 1981. This album is the singer's second release under the Arista Records label. The Arif Mardin-produced disc reached fourth place on Billboard's R&B albums chart and number 36 on the main Billboard album chart, selling roughly 250,000 copies in the US.

Background

Franklin's cover version of Sam & Dave's classic hit "Hold On, I'm Comin'" won Franklin her 11th Grammy Award in the Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female category. The award was her first Grammy win since 1975. After its original release, the album was re-issued on CD in 2012 by Cherry Red Records and it also included three bonus tracks.

Critical reception

The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed the album "a funky pop near-triumph."

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love All the Hurt Away.

Personnel

Musicians

• Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, piano, BGV arrangements (2, 4, 6, 7), rhythm arrangements (7–9)
• David Foster – keyboards (1, 3)
• Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (2, 4)
• Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (2–7, 10)
• David Paich – piano, Fender Rhodes (5, 7–9)
• Buzz Feiten – guitar (1, 7)
• David Williams – guitar (2–9, 10)
• Steve Lukather – guitar (5–9)
• Louis Johnson – bass guitar (1, 3)
• Marcus Miller – bass guitar (2, 4, 5, 7–10)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar (6)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums (1–10)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 5)
• Steve Ferrone – percussion (7)
• Eddie Daniels – alto saxophone (1)
• Ronnie Cuber – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10)
• Jim Horn – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10)
• Gary Herbig – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10)
• Seldon Powell – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10)
• William Slapin – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10)
• Larry Williams – saxophone (2, 3, 8–10), horn arrangements (2, 8, 9), string arrangements (8, 9)
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone (2, 3, 8–10)
• Urbie Green – trombone (2, 3, 8–10)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (2, 3, 8–10)
• Jon Faddis – trumpet (2, 3, 8–10)
• Jerry Hey – trumpet (2, 3, 8–10), horn arrangements (2, 3), string arrangements (3, 6)
• Joe Shepley – trumpet (2, 3, 8–10)
• Arif Mardin – arrangements (1, 4), rhythm arrangements (2, 7–9), string arrangements (6, 10), horn arrangements (8, 9, 10)
• Rod Temperton – BGV arrangements (3), horn arrangements (3), rhythm arrangements (3), string arrangements (3)
• Gene Orloff – concertmaster (3, 6, 8–10)
• Harry Bluestone – concertmaster (3, 6, 8–10)
• George Benson – lead vocals (1)
• Marci Levy – backing vocals (1, 3–5, 7, 8)
• Mark Stevens – backing vocals (1, 3–5)
• Margaret Branch – backing vocals (2, 4–6)
• Estelle Brown – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7)
• Cissy Houston – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7)
• Darlene Love – backing vocals (2, 4, 6, 7)
• David Lasley – backing vocals (4, 5)
• Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (4, 5)
• Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals (5, 7, 8)
• Myrna Smith – backing vocals (6, 7)
• Lynda Laurence – backing vocals (7, 8)

Production

• Producers – Arif Mardin (Tracks 1–10); Aretha Franklin (Tracks 7, 9 & 10).
• Production Coordination – Frank DeCaro
• Production Assistant – Chrissy Allerdings
• Engineer – Jeremy Smith
• Assistant Engineers – Terry Christian, Steve McManus, Michael O'Reilly and Jim Simon.
• Mixing on Tracks 2 & 5 – Lew Hahn, Arif Mardin and Michael O'Reilly.
• Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Wally Heider Studios and Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA); Atlantic Studios (New York, NY).
• Cover Concept – Aretha Franklin
• Art Direction and Design – Ria Lewerke-Shapiro
• Photography – George Hurrell

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