Many thanks to everyone who recently voted for their favorite Aretha Franklin album as part of Albumism’s readers’ poll series! Check out the consensus results & rankings below, and stay tuned for our next readers’ poll coming soon.
Albumism Readers’ Poll Results (2,276 Total Votes):
#1 | Young, Gifted and Black | 1972 | 256 votes (11% of total) | Read More
#2 | I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You | 1967 | 233 votes (10% of total) | Read More
#3 | Amazing Grace (Live) | 1972 | 217 votes (10% of total)
#4 | Sparkle | 1976 | 204 votes (9% of total) | Read More
#5 | Lady Soul | 1968 | 181 votes (8% of total) | Read More
#6 | Who’s Zoomin’ Who | 1985 | 164 votes (7% of total)
#7 | Aretha Live at Fillmore West (Live) | 1971 | 155 votes (7% of total) | Read More
#8 | Aretha | 1986 | 146 votes (6% of total)
#9 | Aretha Now | 1968 | 131 votes (6% of total)
#10 | Spirit in the Dark | 1970 | 114 votes (5% of total)
Other Albums Receiving Votes:
#11 | Soul ‘69 (1969) (98 votes)
#12 | This Girl’s in Love with You (1970) (75)
#13 | Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973) (52) | Read More
#14 | A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998) (40)
#15 | One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism (Live) (1987) (31)
#16 | Let Me in Your Life (1974) (28)
#17 | Aretha Arrives (1967) (27)
#18 | Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964) (22)
#19 | Love All the Hurt Away (1981) (19)
#20 | Songs of Faith (Live) (1965; recorded in 1956) (17)
#21 | Aretha in Paris (Live) (1968) (13)
#22 | Soul Sister (1966) (11)
#23 | The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha (1962) (9)
#24 | Get It Right (1983) (7)
#25(T) | Aretha (1980) (6)
#25(T) | Jump to It (1982) (6)
#26 | Almighty Fire (1978) (4)
#27(T) | The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962) (3)
#27(T) | Soft and Beautiful (1969) (3)
#28 | Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo (1961) (2)
#29(T) | Yeah!!! (1965) (1)
#29(T) | Through the Storm (1989) (1)
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