This Girl's in Love with You

This article is about the album by Aretha Franklin. For the song by Burt Bacharach and Hal David sometimes covered with this title, see This Girl's in Love with You (song).

This Girl's in Love with You is the sixteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on January 15, 1970^[1] by Atlantic Records. It reached Billboard's Top 20 and was reissued on compact disc through Rhino Records in 1993.^[1] Her version of The Beatles' "Let It Be" was the first recording of the song to be commercially issued (The Beatles did not release "Let It Be" as a single until March 1970). Songwriter Paul McCartney sent Franklin and Atlantic Records a demo of the song as a guide.^[4]

This Girl's in Love with You
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released	January 15, 1970[1]
Recorded	January 8–9, 1969[2] October 3, 1969[3] December 1969[4]
Genre	Soul, R&B
Length	35:45
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd & Arif Mardin
Aretha Franklin chronology
Aretha's Gold (1969) This Girl's in Love with You (1970) Spirit in the Dark (1970)
Singles from This Girl's in Love with You
"Share Your Love with Me" Released: July 1969 "Eleanor Rigby" Released: 1969 "Call Me"/"Son of a Preacher Man" Released: January 21, 1970

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+[6]

Track listing

Information is based on the album's liner notes^[1][7]

1. "Son of a Preacher Man" (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) – 3:19
2. "Share Your Love with Me" (Al Braggs, Deadric Malone) – 3:21
3. "The Dark End of the Street" (Chips Moman, Dan Penn) – 4:42
4. "Let It Be" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:33
5. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:38
6. "This Girl's in Love with You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:00
7. "It Ain't Fair " (Ronnie Miller) – 3:22
8. "The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) – 2:59
9. "Call Me" (Aretha Franklin) – 3:57
10. "Sit Down and Cry" (Clyde Otis, Lou Stallman) – 3:52

Personnel

Information is based on the album's liner notes.^[1][7]

Main Performance

• Aretha Franklin – vocals, acoustic piano, additional keyboards
• Duane Allman – slide guitar, steel guitar (7–8)
• Brenda Bryant – background vocals (9)
• Cissy Houston – background vocals (8–10)
• King Curtis – tenor saxophone (2, 4, 7–8)
• Pat Lewis – background vocals (9)
• Sylvia Shemwell – background vocals (8, 10)
• The Sweet Inspirations – background vocals (1–3, 5, 7)
• Dee Dee Warwick – background vocals (8, 10)
• Jerry Weaver – guitar (4, 10)

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section^[8][9]

• Barry Beckett – electric piano (All tracks), Hammond organ (All tracks)
• Roger Hawkins – drums (All tracks)
• Eddie Hinton^[10] – guitar (1, 3–6, 9)
• David Hood – bass guitar (All tracks) Except for (8) "The Weight" which is Jerry Jemmott^[11]
• Jimmy Johnson – guitar (1–9);

Production

• Ron Albert – recording engineer (3, 5–6, 9)
• Adrian Barber – recording engineer (4)^[12]
• Tom Dowd – recording engineer (1–2, 4, 7–8, 10), record producer
• Jerome Gasper – recording engineer (1–2, 4, 7–8, 10)
• Chuck Kirkpatrick – recording engineer (3, 5–6, 9)
• Arif Mardin – record producer, musical arrangement, string arrangement
• Jerry Wexler – record producer