Aretha's Greatest Hits

{{Short description|1971 greatest hits album by Aretha Franklin}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{More citations needed|date=January 2010}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Aretha's Greatest Hits

| type = greatest

| artist = Aretha Franklin

| cover = Aretha's Greatest Hits.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1971|9|9}}

| recorded = 1967–1971

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length =

| label = Atlantic

| producer =

| prev_title = Aretha Live at Fillmore West

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Young, Gifted and Black

| next_year = 1972

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Aretha's Greatest Hits

| type = compilation

| single1 = Bridge Over Troubled Water

| single1date = March 19, 1971

| single2 = Spanish Harlem

| single2date = July 1971

| single3 = You're All I Need to Get By

| single3date = September 20, 1971

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7735/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: F|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=F&bk=70|access-date=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Record Guide

| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}Marsh, Dave, in: Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, pp. 137, 598.

| noprose = yes

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Aretha's Greatest Hits is the third compilation album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Released on September 9, 1971, on Atlantic Records, the compilation contains three new recordings: "Spanish Harlem", "You're All I Need to Get By" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

Track listing

=Side 1=

=Side 2=

Credits

Ron Albert - Recording Engineer: Side 1 tracks 1, 3. Side 2 track 7

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (1971)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Hungary|40|artist=Aretha Franklin|year=2018|week=38|rowheader=true|access-date=March 6, 2022}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|19|artist=Aretha Franklin|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 6, 2022}}
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|3|artist=Aretha Franklin|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 6, 2022}}

References