Aretha Franklin - Jewels In The Crown: All-Star Duets With the Queen
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Music CD Cover Artist: Aretha Franklin Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown) CD Release Date: 2007-11-13 Music Label: Arista Product features:
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Free Music Notes for Jewels In The Crown: All-Star Duets With the Queen Album
Free Music Review: Duets, Old & New
Hit: 3 Stars
When it comes to the music industry, and especially in R&B, we've often forgotten about older artists like Patti LaBelle, and Whitney Houston and how much of a influence they've brought to the music industry. Instead, we are often interested in acts like Beyonce' and Jennifer Lopez as the divas of this time. Nevertheless, it is sad we don't hear the unique melodies of greats. that also is why so much of us do overlook Aretha Franklin as a huge influence as well. For her 5 decades of influence as one of the great divas of all, her voice has still been proven past and present that it still shines on like a definite diamond. Although her previous albums haven't scored well, she still can maintain a huge ovation, even with others on this duets collection.
Aretha Franklin's 2007 duets album Jewels In The Crown: Duets With the Queen Of Soul, is a collection of some of Aretha's duets old and new. Some of the tracks are well worth listening too like the classics, and simply because some of them have been out of print for a longtime, as very rare gems which are real treats for die hard Aretha Franklin fans, while other duets could've fit the bill a bit better, especially the new tracks. Nevertheless, the collection does include some great gems like I Knew You Were Waiting For Me with George Michael, Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves with the Eurythmics, and a live recording of Chain Of Fools with Mariah Carey from VH1's 1998 Divas Live benefit concert. Surprisingly though, it is the rare gems that've finally came back to life that actually steal the show on the album like her overlooked collaborations with Elton John on 1989's Through the Storm and with Whitney Houston on It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Ever Gonna Be. Although the classics and the rare cuts work good, the new duets like the one with Fantasia Burrino from American Idol on Put You Up On Game, and John Legend on What Y'All Came To Do don't seem to measure the hype of a great set of new duets, and doesn't add-on well for anyone who is new to Aretha's sound. Instead, the new duets feel like they just are lackluster, and miss out to Aretha's classic sound and soulful, unique voice.
While Jewels In the Crown doesn't do enough to get those who are new to Aretha Franklin's distinctive voice, especially those who'd rather listen to Beyonce' and the disgraced Britney Spears, it is a great buy for die hard fans young and old. It is a good addition to your R&B music library, but doesn't clean itself up as a must buy for anyone who has definitely missed out on Aretha at her best, and seem more into who has to be hot now, and not the merit of the artist within.
Album Cover: B
Songs: C+
Price: B-
Remastering: B 1/2-
Overall: C+