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Album: So Damn Happy
# Song Title   Time
1)    Only Thing Missin', The
2)    Wonderful
3)    Holdin' On
4)    No Matter What
5)    Everybody's Somebody's Fool
6)    So Damn Happy
7)    You Are My Joy
8)    Falling Out of Love
9)    Ain't No Way
10)    Good News
11)    You Are My Joy (Reprise) - (Reprise)
 

Album: So Damn Happy
# Song Title   Time
1)    Only Thing Missin', The
2)    Wonderful
3)    Holdin' On
4)    No Matter What
5)    Everybody's Somebody's Fool
6)    So Damn Happy
7)    You Are My Joy
8)    Falling Out of Love
9)    Ain't No Way
10)    Good News
11)    You Are My Joy (Reprise) - (Reprise)
 
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Performer Notes
  • Personnel includes: Aretha Franklin (vocals); Mary J. Blige (background vocals).
  • Producers include: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Barry Eastmond, Gordon Chambers.
  • SO DAMN HAPPY was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. "Wonderful" won for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.
  • Personnel: Aretha Franklin (piano, background vocals); Bobby Ross Avila (guitar, keyboards); Michael Hart Thompson , Perry Hughes, Rick Williams (guitar); Gloria Agostini (harp); Olivia Koppell (violin, viola); Karen Karlsrud, Winterton Garvey, Anthony Posk, Gerald Tarack, Isreal Chorberg, Susan Heerema, Byung-Kook Kwak, Sheila Reinhold, Alexander Vselensky, Andy Stein, Robert Chausow, Cenovia Cummins , Joyce Hammann, Regis Iandiorio, Belinda Whitney (violin); Kenneth Burward-Hoy, Margeret Th. Hjaltested, Alfred Brown (viola); Leo Grinhauz, Jesse Levy, Eugene J. Moye, Kermit Moore (cello); Adi Yeshaya (strings, horns, keyboards); Michael Baker (strings, horns); Tommy Morgan (harmonica); Lew Soloff, Randy Brecker, Tony Kadleck (trumpet); Sharon Moe, Roger Wendt (French horn); George Flynn , Keith O'Quinn, Birch Johnson (trombone); Norman West (piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Vernon D. Fails (Fender Rhodes piano); Darryl Houston (organ); Troy Taylor (keyboards, drums, programming, background vocals); William Bush, Ron Lawrence (keyboards, drum programming); Barry J. Eastmond, James "Big Jim" Wright (keyboards); David Foster (string synthesizer); Nate Neblett, Ricky Lawson (drums); Kenya Lucas, Regine Lambert, Delant "Butta" Murphy, B.J., Melodie (hand claps); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Iz (drum programming); Cindy Mizelle, Sara Divine, Shelly Ponder, Myiia "Sunny" Davis, Sandra Dance, Gordon Chambers, Mildred Scott, Brenda Corbett, Mary J. Blige (background vocals).
  • Audio Mixers: Norman West; Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander ; Jean-Marie Horvat; Allen Sides ; Michael J. Powell; Aretha Franklin.
  • Recording information: East Bay Music Studios, Tarrytown, NY; Marvin's Room Studios, LA, CA; Mystery Lab, West Orange, NJ; Record One, Sherman Oaks, CA; Soup Can Studios, Detroit, MI; the Aretha Studio, Detroit, MI; The Hit Factory, New York, NY.
  • Photographer: Kwaku Alston.
  • Arrangers: Adi Yeshaya; William Bush; Barry J. Eastmond.
  • Aretha Franklin released only two new albums in the 1990s, but 2003 saw a flurry of activity, with Franklin putting out both the gospel album ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM and this secular R&B disc. Her voice sounds as vibrant as ever, and most of the songs have a joyful feel that's no doubt influenced by the depth of Franklin's faith. The soft-grooving "Wonderful" and the slow-burning soul of the title track bespeak an inner jubilance, but this album isn't emotionally monochromatic. She gracefully plumbs the depths of disillusionment on the Burt Bacharach-produced/penned slow-jam "Falling Out of Love" and the remonstrative "Ain't No Way," where she even references her legendary hit "Respect." Still, it's no accident that things close on a decidedly spiritual note with the celebratory "Good News" and a reprisal of "You Are my Joy," a wedding song that--like Aretha herself--seems to have a direct link to the divine.
Professional Reviews
Uncut (11/03, p.118) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...This is a competent set of drivetime love songs..."

Mojo (Publisher) (11/03, pp.124-5) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The songs are full of good cheer...all delivered with a sure touch....Lyrically, it feels like her most personal record in ages..."
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