Sweet Passion

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Sweet Passion
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released	May 19, 1977
Recorded	1976–1977
Genre	R&B soul
Length	45:30
Label	Atlantic (#19102)
Producer	Aretha Franklin, Lamont Dozier, Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager
Aretha Franklin chronology
Sparkle (1976) Sweet Passion (1977) Almighty Fire (1978)
Singles from Sweet Passion
"Break It To Me Gently" Released: April 1977

Sweet Passion is the twenty-third studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released on May 19, 1977, by Atlantic Records. Following Franklin's Gold-certified 1976 soundtrack album, Sparkle, she paired up with Motown producer Lamont Dozier to produce Sweet Passion. It was, however, a commercial and critical failure.

The album's lead single, "Break It To Me Gently", topped the Billboard R&B chart but peaked at No. 85 on the Hot 100 and dropped off the chart after two weeks.