Sweet Passion is a 1977 album by Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...

, released on Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

.

Following a resurgence in Aretha's sales with the Gold-certified success of her 1976 soundtrack album, Sparkle

Sparkle (Aretha Franklin album)

Sparkle is an Aretha Franklin album, written and produced by Curtis Mayfield. The disc is the soundtrack album for the 1976 Warner Bros. motion picture Sparkle, starring Irene Cara...

, Aretha paired up with famed Motown producer Lamont Dozier

Lamont Dozier

Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...

, to produce Sweet Passion. It was, however, a commercial failure. The album's one single, "Break It To Me Gently

Break It to Me Gently

"Break It to Me Gently" is a pop song written by blues musician Joe Seneca with lyrics by Diane Lampert. Both Brenda Lee and Juice Newton met with considerable success with their versions of the song....

", peaked at #85 and dropped off the Hot 100 after two weeks, although it topped the Billboard R&B Singles Chart. This recording has been out of print since the early 1980s and has never been issued on compact disc.

Side one

1. "Break It To Me Gently
   Break It to Me Gently (Aretha Franklin song)
   "Break It to Me Gently" is a song written by Carole Bayer Sager and Marvin Hamlisch which was an R&B hit for Aretha Franklin in 1977. Released from the Sweet Passion album, it reached #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart in June, 1977. The song's success was only faintly reflected on on the Billboard...
   
   " (Marvin Hamlisch
   Marvin Hamlisch
   Marvin Frederick Hamlisch is an American composer. He is one of only thirteen people to have been awarded Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and a Tony . He is also one of only two people to EGOT and also win a Pulitzer Prize...
   
   , Carole Bayer Sager
   Carole Bayer Sager
   Carole Bayer Sager is an American lyricist, songwriter, singer, and painter.-Introduction:Born in New York City, Sager graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, dramatic arts and speech...
   
   ) 3:21(#1 R&B/85 Pop)
2. "When I Think About You" (Aretha Franklin) 4:46
3. "What I Did for Love
   A Chorus Line
   A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Hamlisch....
   
   " (Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban
   Edward Kleban
   Edward “Ed” Kleban was an American musical theatre composer and lyricist.Kleban was born in the Bronx, New York in 1939 and graduated from New York's High School of Music & Art and Columbia University, where he attended with future playwright Terrance McNally. Kleban is best known as lyricist of...
   
   ) 5:17
4. "No One Could Ever Love You More" (Lamont Dozier
   Lamont Dozier
   Lamont Herbert Dozier is an American songwriter and record producer, born in Detroit, Michigan. Dozier has either co-written or produced several US Billboard #1 hits.-Career:...
   
   ) 3:36
5. "A Tender Touch" (Aretha Franklin) 3:58

Side two

1. "Touch Me Up" (Lamont Dozier) 4:38
2. "Sunshine Will Never Be The Same" (Lamont Dozier) 3:36
3. "Meadows of Springtime" (Aretha Franklin) 5:26
4. "Mumbles / I've Got the Music in Me
   I've Got the Music in Me
   "I've Got the Music in Me" is a song by The Kiki Dee Band, released in 1974. It was written in 1973 by Bias Boshell, Kiki Dee Band's keyboardist....
   
   " (Clark Terry
   Clark Terry
   Clark Terry is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, NEA Jazz Masters inductee, and recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award...
   
   , Aretha Franklin, Bias Boshell
   Bias Boshell
   Tobias "Bias" Boshell is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the founder of folk rock band Trees.He was born in Wye, Kent, was educated at Bedales and the Royal College of Music...
   
   ) 3:40
5. "Sweet Passion" (Aretha Franklin) 7:12