Get It Right
Studio album by
Aretha Franklin
ReleasedJuly 14, 1983 (1983-07-14)
GenreR&B
Length39:53
LabelArista
ProducerLuther Vandross
Aretha Franklin chronology
Jump to It
(1982) 		Get It Right
(1983) 		Who's Zoomin' Who?
(1985)
Singles from Get It Right
  1. "Get It Right"
    Released: 1983
  2. "Every Girl (Wants My Guy)"
    Released: 1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Get It Right is the twenty-ninth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on July 14, 1983, by Arista Records. It was produced by Luther Vandross, following his successful teaming with the singer for the Gold-certified album, Jump to It, in 1982. Get It Right was not as commercially successful, and Franklin did not have Vandross produce any further albums.[4][5]

The disc's title song became a number 1 hit on Billboard's R&B singles chart, but it stalled at only number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was a critical and commercial failure, selling about 200,000 copies in the US. It was re-issued on compact disc in the late 1990s.[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller; except where noted.

  1. "Get It Right" – 6:22
  2. "Pretender" – 4:17
  3. "Every Girl (Wants My Guy)" – 6:29
  4. "When You Love Me Like That" – 3:47
  5. "I Wish It Would Rain" (Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene) – 4:40
  6. "Better Friends Than Lovers" (Michael Lovesmith) – 4:10
  7. "I Got Your Love" (Luther Vandross) – 5:30
  8. "Giving In" (Clarence Franklin) – 4:38

Personnel

Performers

Production

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. Get It Right review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Get It Right review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  3. ^ Rolling Stone review
  4. ^ "Get It Right - Aretha Franklin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Get It Right - Aretha Franklin - Rolling Stone - September 15, 1983
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 216.
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