| Soul '69 | ||||
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| Released | January 17, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | April 17–18 & September 24, 1968 | |||
| Studio | Atlantic Studios, (New York City, New York) | |||
| Genre | Soul, jazz | |||
| Length | 40:49 | |||
| Label | Atlantic (#8212), Rhino | |||
| Producer | Tom Dowd, Jerry Wexler | |||
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Soul '69 is the fourteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin; released in 1969 by Atlantic Records, the album features cover material. The album charted at number 1 on Billboard's R&B albums chart and at number 15 on Billboard's Top Albums, but launched two largely unsuccessful singles, "Tracks of My Tears", which reached number 21 on "Black Singles" and number 71 on "Pop Singles", and "Gentle on My Mind", which charted at number 50 and number 76 respectively. The album was re-released on compact disc through Rhino Records in the 1990s.