Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)

Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
Studio album by
Aretha Franklin
ReleasedJune 25, 1973
RecordedApril–August 1972
StudioRecord Plant, Los Angeles, California.
LabelAtlantic (#7265), Rhino
ProducerQuincy Jones, Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin chronology
Amazing Grace
(1972) 		Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
(1973) 		The Best of Aretha Franklin
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling StoneMixed[1]
Ebony (magazine)Mixed[2]
Jazz DigestPositive[3]
AllMusic[4]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[5]

Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin.

Recorded in April,[6] May,[7] and August 1972[8] at the Record Plant in Los Angeles and released in mid-1973 by Atlantic Records, it was the first Atlantic album by Franklin to not be produced by Jerry Wexler. This album was originally planned to be a straight jazz album, as Jerry Wexler told both Mark Bego and David Ritz in their respective accounts of Franklin's life.[9][10] However, as the sessions evolved, Franklin and Jones began embracing and incorporating pop, soul, and funk. More than 20 songs were recorded for the album. 8 previously unreleased recordings were issued on 2007's Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul. 2021's ARETHA compilation included an additional 2 unreleased recordings from the sessions, an alternate take of "Somewhere" and the work tape of "Angel".[11]

The album was reissued on compact disc through Rhino Records in 1994. The song "Master of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)" was included as a bonus track on the 1994 reissue, being the only song from the sessions issued but excluded from the initial release in 1973. [12]

  1. ^ Gersten, Russell (August 2, 1973). "Hey Now Hey The Other Side Of The Sky". Rolling Stone. No. 140. pp. 47–48.
  2. ^ Garland, Phyl (November 1973). "Sounds". Ebony Magazine. No. 29. p. 30.
  3. ^ Wyndham, Tex (September 1, 1973). "Album Briefs". Jazz Digest. pp. 18–19.
  4. ^ Bedard, George. Hey Now Hey at AllMusic
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  6. ^ "Atlantic Records Discography: 1972; Aretha Franklin". Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Atlantic Records Discography: 1972; Aretha Franklin". Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Atlantic Records Discography: 1972; Aretha Franklin". Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  9. ^ Bego, Mark. Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul. Da Capo Press. p. 155.
  10. ^ Ritz, David (2014). Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin. Little, Brown. pp. 261–262.
  11. ^ "Aretha [2021]". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Hey Now Hey". Amazon. Retrieved 5 November 2024.