I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You
by Aretha Franklin
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I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You is ranked as the best album by Aretha Franklin.
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I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/18/2026 18:16 | xhitmanx | 1,572 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/13/2026 20:51 | NickD89 | 946 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/05/2026 09:21 |  Tamthebam | 23,225 | 69/100 |
| ! | 06/24/2026 07:37 | ASOARE | 2,325 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/06/2026 15:53 | Jakor | 5,467 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 79.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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HoldenM 08/12/2024 15:53 | #304731
Lovely album buoyed by the indomitable and inimitable presence of Aretha Franklin. (Edited)
Excellent songs, with fantastic vocals and a solid backup band. This is such a kick ass album.
A thoroughly enjoyable soul album with some outstanding vocal delivery being the main driving force of the music. She commands this album with her voice and makes even the not as engaging songs pretty good as you can just admire her voice. The big songs do carry this release with Respect and the title track being so powerful that you can't help but love them. Overall, a record with one of the greatest singers of all time on it which makes it a must listen.
Beautiful voice, very enjoyable soul.
As unique a voice as we have ever been graced with.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T spells superstardom
planetneutral 11/07/2020 03:06 | #260296
They aren't all the greatest songs, but the expert delivery can make you forget all about that.
mdbaxter 09/02/2020 16:43 | #257686
Some of the best vocals that I've ever heard. The album is consistent in that Aretha sings her ass off on every song. Her voice is so powerful that you can hear the microphone losing it on the title track.
Awesome album. Aretha is such an amazing singer.
Favorites: Respect, I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You), Do Right Woman - Do Right Man.
A super album by a super lady. The very best of the genre.
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