Through The Storm:Aretha Franklin

Through the Storm is an album by Aretha Franklin, released on Arista Records in the spring of 1989.

Despite the hit title track - a duet with superstar Elton John - the album was a sales disappointment, peaking at #55. It sold about 225,000 copies in the United States and was taken out of print shortly afterwards. The follow-up single, "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be," a duet with Whitney Houston, failed to make the pop Top 40. Other guest artists were James Brown, The Four Tops and Kenny G.

Contents

 [hide] *1 Track listing

• • 1.1 Side one
  • 1.2 Side two
• 2 Personnel
• 3 References

Track listing

Side one

1. "Gimme Your Love" (Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen) - 5:18 (duet with James Brown)
2. "Mercy" (Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard) - 4:05
3. "He's the Boy" (Aretha Franklin) - 4:05
4. "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (duet with Whitney Houston) (Albert Hammond, Diane Warren) - 5:37

Side two

1. "Through the Storm" (duet with Elton John) (Albert Hammond, Diane Warren) - 4:20
2. "Think (1989)" - (Aretha Franklin, Ted White)- 3:39
3. "Come to Me" (Willard Eugene Price)- 3:42
4. "If Ever a Love There Was" (Pamela Phillips Oland, Tedd Cerney) - 4:30 with The Four Tops and Kenny G.

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin - Vocals, Producer
• Narada Michael Walden - Producer
• Arif Mardin - Producer
• James Brown - Vocals
• Whitney Houston - Vocals
• Elton John - Vocals
• The Four Tops - Vocals
• Kenny G - Instrumental