Aretha Franklin, You Grow Closer - 35m 21s

Tracks & Durations

1. Precious Lord, pt 1	3:26
2. Precious Lord, pt 2	2:53
3. Never Grow Old	2:56
4. You Grow Closer	2:44
5. The Day Is Past And Gone	4:56
6. He Will Wash You Whiter Than Snow	4:18
7. While The Blood Runs Warm	3:05
8. Yield Not To Temptation	2:57
9. There Is A Fountain Filed With Blood	4:27
10. Your Mother Loves Her Children	3:34

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Review

Long out of print or unavailable except in dodgy releases, this important document of soul queen Aretha Franklin's earliest gospel recordings clearly shows where she got all her chops: in church. The recording quality isn't the best fidelity even in this official release, but the tunes show the young singer truly wrapped inside a devotional ecstasy. The infamous "Precious Lord" single is included in its entirety, as are several recordings made with her father, the great preacher Reverend C.L. Franklin. "You Grow Closer" is a fairly essential recording for fans of gospel soul everywhere. But for Aretha acolytes, the disc is a must; Franklin's pipes open up with full-bore intensity on "Precious Lord," in anticipation of greatness to come. It's difficult to believe she was just a teenager when she sang these hymns. --Mike McGonigal

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