I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

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{{Album infobox | Name = I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You | Type = Album | Artist = Aretha Franklin | Cover = ArethaFranklinINeverLovedaMantheWayILoveYou.jpg | Background = Orange | Released = March 10, 1967 | Recorded = 1966 – 1967 | Genre = Soul | Length = 32:51 | Label = Atlantic
8139 | Producer = Jerry Wexler | Reviews =

| | Last album = Once in a Lifetime
(1965) | This album = I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
(1967) | Next album = Aretha Arrives
(1967) }} I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is an album by Aretha Franklin, released on March 10, 1967 (see 1967 in music). The album, along with her signature song, "Respect", were top-selling records upon their first release. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is widely regarded as one of the best full-lengths in Franklin's catalogue.

"Respect" was a #1 single on Billboard's Pop singles chart, and the titular song was a #9 single. The album peaked at #1 on the Black Albums chart and #2 on the Pop Albums chart.

Track listing

  1. "Respect" (Otis Redding)
  2. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover)
  3. "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (Ronny Shannon)
  4. "Soul Serenade" (Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon)
  5. "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White)
  6. "Baby, Baby, Baby" (A. Franklin, Carolyn Franklin)
  7. "Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)" (A. Franklin, White)
  8. "Good Times" (Sam Cooke)
  9. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (Dan Penn, Chips Moman)
  10. "Save Me" (Ousley, A. Franklin, C. Franklin)
  11. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Cooke)

Personnel