Aretha Sings the Blues

Aretha Sings the Blues
Compilation album by Aretha Franklin
Released	1980
Genre	Blues
Length	47:24
Label	Columbia Records
Producer	Clyde Otis
Aretha Franklin chronology
Aretha (1980)Aretha1980 Aretha Sings the Blues (1980) Love All the Hurt Away (1981)Love All the Hurt Away1981

Aretha Sings the Blues is a 1980 compilation of previously released Aretha Franklin recordings from Aretha's early 1960s tenure with Columbia Records.

Track listing

1. "Drinking Again" (Doris Tauber, Johnny Mercer) - 3:29
2. "Today I Sing the Blues" (Curtis Lewis) - 2:48
3. "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" (María Méndez Grever, Stanley Adams) - 3:31
4. "Without the One You Love" (Aretha Franklin) - 3:36
5. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) - 2:55
6. "Muddy Water" (Peter DeRose, Harry Richman, Jo Trent) - 2:32
7. "Only the Lonely" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:54
8. "I Wonder Where Are You Tonight" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) - 3:15
9. "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)" (Ben Raleigh, Bernie Wayne) - 3:12
10. "Take a Look" (Clyde Otis) - 2:41
11. "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning" (Tom Delaney, Pearl Delaney) - 5:12
12. "Evil Gal Blues" (Leonard Feather) - 2:43
13. "This Bitter Earth" (Clyde Otis) - 3:37
14. "Maybe I'm a Fool" (J. Leslie McFarland) - 3:14

From the albums:
1,3,11-13 - Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
2,14 - Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo (1960)
4-6 - Yeah!!! (1965)
7 - Soft and Beautiful (1964)
8,9 - Laughing on the Outside (1963)
10 - Soul Sister (1966)