Lady Soul - Blender

Review

Lady Soul

(Rhino/Atlantic)
Release Date: 01/22/1968 12:00

With ace soul musicians on board, she’s in her element: “Chain of Fools” is tailor-made for her vocal acrobatics, and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” was the most overt song about female sexuality that had ever been on the radio. (Amazingly, both are outtakes from her previous two albums.) And the slow-burning “Ain’t No Way” came from a songwriter who knew Aretha’s heart well: her sister and backup singer Carolyn.

Download: “A Natural Woman,” “Ain’t No Way,” “Chain of Fools”

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