Sweet Passion

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A1	Break It To Me Gently Written-By – Carole Bayer Sager, Marvin Hamlisch	3:21
A2	When I Think About You Written-By – Aretha Franklin	4:46
A3	What I Did For Love Written-By – Edward Kleban*, Marvin Hamlisch	5:17
A4	No One Could Ever Love You More Written-By – Lamont Dozier	3:36
A5	A Tender Touch Written-By – Aretha Franklin	3:58
B1	Touch Me Up Written-By – Lamont Dozier	4:38
B2	Sunshine Will Never Be The Same Written-By – Lamont Dozier	3:36
B3	Meadows Of Springtime Written-By – Aretha Franklin	5:26
B4	Mumbles / I've Got The Music In Me Written-By [I've Got The Music In Me] – Bias BoshellWritten-By [Mumbles] – Aretha Franklin, Clark Terry	3:40
B5	Sweet Passion Written-By – Aretha Franklin	7:12

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Pressed By – Presswell

Credits

• Arranged By [Rhythm & Horns] – H.B. Barnum (tracks: B4), McKinley Jackson (tracks: B1)
• Arranged By [Rhythm, Strings, Horns] – H.B. Barnum (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B3, B5)
• Arranged By [Rhythm] – Lamont Dozier (tracks: A4, B2), McKinley Jackson (tracks: A4, B2)
• Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Gene Page (tracks: A4, B2)
• Art Direction – Bob Defrin
• Bass – Chuck Rainey (tracks: A1, A5), Ray Brown (tracks: A3, B3, B4), Scott Edwards (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2, B5)
• Co-producer – David Paich (tracks: A1), Marty Paich (tracks: A1)
• Congas – Joe Clayton (tracks: A1)
• Drums – Harold Mason (tracks: A1, A3, A5, B3, B4), James Gadson (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2, B5)
• Engineer [Mixing] – Barney Perkins (tracks: B1), Reginald Dozier (tracks: A3, A5, B4, B5)
• Engineer [Recording, Mixing] – Reginald Dozier (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2, B3)
• Engineer [Recording] – Barney Perkins (tracks: A3, B1, B4), Frank Kejmar (tracks: A1, A5, B5)
• Guitar – Craig McMillian (tracks: A3, B3, B4), Lee Ritenour (tracks: A1, A4 to B1, B5), Mike Morgan (tracks: A3, B3, B4), Ray Parker, Jr.* (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B2, B5)
• Keyboards – Aretha Franklin (tracks: A5, B4, B5), David Paich (tracks: A1), H.B. Barnum (tracks: A5), Ronnie Coleman* (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2), Sonny Burke (tracks: A2 to A4, B1, B2), Sylvester Rivers (tracks: A1, A3, B3, B4)
• Mastered By – Dennis King
• Percussion – Bob Zermitti* (tracks: A3, B3, B4), Gary Coleman (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B2, B5), Joe Clayton (tracks: A5)
• Photography By – David Alexander
• Producer – Aretha Franklin (tracks: A2 to B5), Carole Bayer Sager (tracks: A1), Lamont Dozier (tracks: A2 to B5), Marvin Hamlisch (tracks: A1)

Notes

Recorded & Mixed at ABC Recording Studios and Whitney Recording Studios
A1 mixed at Studio 55.
Mastered at Atlantic Recording Studios, New York
℗ © 1977 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Printed in U.S.A.

"PR" suffix on labels

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side One Label): ST-A-773857-PR
• Matrix / Runout (Side Two Label): ST-A-773858-PR

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ATL 50 368	Aretha Franklin	Sweet Passion ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	ATL 50 368	Netherlands	1977
HATS 421-249	Aretha Franklin	Sweet Passion ‎(LP, Album, PR)	Atlantic	HATS 421-249	Spain	1977
SD 19102	Aretha Franklin	Sweet Passion ‎(LP, Album, RI)	Atlantic	SD 19102	US	1977
30.034	Aretha Franklin	Sweet Passion ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	30.034	Brazil	1977
CD 19102-2	Aretha Franklin	Sweet Passion ‎(CD, Album, RE, Unofficial)	Atlantic	CD 19102-2	Europe	2008

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