AMG Review of Love Songs [Rhino]

Richie Unterberger
All Music Guide

Musically, Love Songs is hard to fault -- 16 romantic tunes from Aretha Franklin's 1967-1976 Atlantic years, including such hits as "Baby I Love You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "A Natural Woman," and "Call Me." Whether you want to add this to your collection depends very much on the way you assemble records. If you want to get these tunes, many of them are heard in better contexts on a number of greatest-hits anthologies. Its appeal is principally for the casual Franklin fan who prefers her softer side.