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Thread started 01/15/09 3:22pm

Toofunkyinhere

Aretha Franklin - "Who's Zoomin' Who"

This album came out in 1985, and i know that is past Aretha's prime, but this is one hell of a good pop album, and i don't know if all that many people have even heard of it, classic!
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Reply #1 posted 01/15/09 5:58pm

SoulAlive

It's a great album.My favorite songs are "Another Night" and "Until You Say You Love Me" music The album features more 'pop' than she had ever done before,but it's good pop.
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Reply #2 posted 01/15/09 6:36pm

alphastreet

it's a very catchy pop album, but that song sounds exactly like shitney's greatest hits
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Reply #3 posted 01/15/09 7:14pm

DirtyChris

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I recently synced this
I'm almost afraid to listen

but my used to be best friend
rant & fuckin rave about this album
like all the time

I'm almost certain I will listen soon
cool
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Reply #4 posted 01/15/09 7:22pm

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C'mon now..... this is the album with "Freeway of Love"..... an 80's classic!!!

I like the title song too.

Very fat, synthy bass in there.

I also liked the follow up to this album which had another fave... "Jimmy Lee".
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Reply #5 posted 01/15/09 9:39pm

Toofunkyinhere

Yeah "freeway of love" is a bit of a classic, but it's probably my least favourte song on the album. "until you say you love me" is gorgeous as is "sweet bitter love", that's the real knock-out song for me. Yeah this is good Pop alright.
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Reply #6 posted 01/16/09 6:38am

SoulAlive

alphastreet said:

it's a very catchy pop album, but that song sounds exactly like shitney's greatest hits


The song "Who's Zoomin Who" has a chorus that's very similiar to the hook of Whitney's "How Will I Know".Both songs were produced by Narada Michael Walden.
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Reply #7 posted 01/16/09 6:43am

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SoulAlive said:

It's a great album.My favorite songs are "Another Night" and "Until You Say You Love Me" music The album features more 'pop' than she had ever done before,but it's good pop.

I've always thought that the title track was a great Madonna sounding song, but obviously with a better vocal. Maybe a favorite.I've had the vinyl album for a while but haven't played it yet. I'll have to do that soon.
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Reply #8 posted 01/16/09 10:24am

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Weird to see this come up. I was just looking at this 12 inch I have of
different versions of "Who's Zoomin' Who," my favorite being the one listed as "acapella," which is really just one with the music tracks taken out, but I like hearing her voice so clearly. Anybody else get that one?
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Reply #9 posted 01/16/09 12:31pm

Wowugotit

God, I love that song! When I was in 7th grade it was one of my favorites. I love "Another Night", and "Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves" too.
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Reply #10 posted 01/16/09 12:41pm

alphastreet

SoulAlive said:

alphastreet said:

it's a very catchy pop album, but that song sounds exactly like shitney's greatest hits


The song "Who's Zoomin Who" has a chorus that's very similiar to the hook of Whitney's "How Will I Know".Both songs were produced by Narada Michael Walden.


yeah I heard that too and figured it was the same guy
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Reply #11 posted 01/16/09 4:35pm

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"Telephone, don't make a sound...", from "Until You Say You Love Me", a track from the WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO? album. Smoking, Narada made it sound very Prince derivative.
Overall a good effort from Aretha. Certainly brought her back into the popular mainstream with several hit singles from one album:
"Freeway Of Love"
"Who's Zoomin' Who"
"Ain't Nobody Ever Loved You"
"Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves"
with Annie Lennox, The Eurhytmics
Also her first platinum album.
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Reply #12 posted 01/16/09 5:02pm

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RnBAmbassador said:

Also her first platinum album.

REALLY!?!? cool
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Reply #13 posted 01/19/09 4:48am

SoulAlive

RnBAmbassador said:

"Telephone, don't make a sound...", from "Until You Say You Love Me", a track from the WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO? album. Smoking, Narada made it sound very Prince derivative.
Overall a good effort from Aretha. Certainly brought her back into the popular mainstream with several hit singles from one album:
"Freeway Of Love"
"Who's Zoomin' Who"
"Ain't Nobody Ever Loved You"
"Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves"
with Annie Lennox, The Eurhytmics
Also her first platinum album.


nod "Another Night" was also released as a single,giving her a total of 5 singles from this album.
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