Spirit In The Dark

對於年輕一輩的歌迷們而言，提起歌壇比較資深的「天后」，好象總不外乎Madonna、Janet Jackson、Mariah Carey和Whitney Houston等人。事實上，這幾位「天后」站在Aretha Franklin面前的時候，只能算是後生小輩。進入歌壇至今已經超過四十個年頭的Aretha Franklin，被尊為「靈魂音樂女王」，她曾經獲得總數多達十七座的葛萊美獎，其中包括了「終身成就獎」，這個紀錄到現在還沒有任何一位女性藝人可以超越。她擁有二十首R&B冠軍曲，她是第一個獲選進入「搖滾音樂名人殿堂」的女性歌手，也是有史以來第一個登上「時代」雜誌封面的黑人女性。根據「告示牌」的統計，她仍然是到目前為止，排行紀錄最突出的十大藝人之一，在女性的歌手中，只有麥當娜的排名超過她，其它所有「天后」都望塵莫及。她的生涯有過多次起起落落，本身也曾經犯下好些過錯，但是在世人心目中，她仍然是永遠的巨星，受到的推崇也從來沒有動搖過。1992年，為了向這位偉大的女歌手錶示敬意，老東家Atlantic發行了這套四碟裝的精選集。包含了Aretha各個時期的作品。

I'm gettin the spirit in the dark

I'm gettin the spirit in the dark

People movin, aw, ain't we groovin?

Just gettin the spirit in the dark.

Tell me sister, how do you feel?

Tell me my brother, brother, brother, how do you feel?

Do you feel like dancin? Then get up and let's start dancin

Start gettin the spirit, spirit in the dark

It's like Sally Walker sittin in a saucer

That's how ya do it, it ain't nothin to it

Rise, Sally, rise, put your hand on your hips

and cover your eyes, and move on with the spirit,

move with the spirit, hey now move, move with the spirit

in the dark

(The remainder of the song is basically refrains of the chorus.)

Disc: 1

1. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)

2. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man L

3. Save Me

4. Respect

5. Baby, Baby, Baby

6. Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)

7. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman

8. Soul Serenade

9. Drown in My Own Tears

10. Chain of Fools

11. Baby I Love You

12. Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)

13. Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)

14. You Are My Sunshine

15. Going Down Slow

16. Never Let Me Go

17. I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)

18. Prove It

19. Good Times

20. Come Back Baby

21. Change

22. You're a Sweet Sweet Man

23. Good to Me as I Am to You

24. People Get Ready

25. Ain't No Way

Disc: 2

1. Think

2. See Saw

3. House That Jack Built

4. Night Time Is the Right Time

5. I Say a Little Prayer

6. You Send Me

7. My Song

8. I Take What I Want

9. I Can't See Myself Leaving You

10. Night Life [Live]

11. Today I Sing the Blues

12. Pitiful

13. Tracks of My Tears

14. River's Invitation

15. Share Your Love With Me

16. It Ain't Fair

17. Sit Down and Cry

18. Honest I Do

19. Weight

20. When the Battle Is Over

21. Eleanor Rigby

22. One Way Ticket

23. Call Me

24. Pullin'

Disc: 3

1. Son of a Preacher Man

2. Try Matty's

3. Thrill Is Gone {From Yesterday's Kiss}

4. Dark End of the Street

5. You and Me

6. Let It Be

7. Spirit in the Dark

8. Why I Sing the Blues

9. Don't Play That Song

10. Young Gifted and Black

11. Border Song (Holy Moses)

12. Brand New Me

13. You're All I Need to Get By

14. Spanish Harlem

15. Rock Steady

16. Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)

17. Day Dreaming

18. All the King's Horses

19. Bridge over Troubled Water

20. Angel

Disc: 4

1. Spirit in the Dark (Reprise) - Ray Charles

2. How I Got Over

3. So Swell When You're Well

4. Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)

5. Somewhere

6. I'm in Love

7. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing

8. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

9. Every Natural Thing

10. Without Love (There Is Nothing) - Ray Charles

11. With Everything I Feel in Me

12. Mr. D.J. (5 for the D.J.)

13. Look into Your Heart

14. Sparkle

15. Rock With Me

16. Break It to Me Gently

17. Something He Can Feel

Aretha Franklin，美國流行歌手。出版歌曲跨越靈魂與流行音樂，有着“靈魂歌后”或“靈魂樂第一夫人”（Lady Soul/The Queen Of Soul）的稱號，1967年-1973年是她的演唱巔峯。 ^[2]