Lady Soul
by Aretha Franklin
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Aretha Franklin bestography
Lady Soul is ranked 2nd best out of 68 albums by Aretha Franklin on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Aretha Franklin is I Never Loved A Man, The Way I Love You which is ranked number 395 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,156.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Lady Soul track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Lady Soul rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | OFarrio | Top 24 Music Albums of 1968 | 10/24 | 3 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 38 Music Albums of 1968 | 6/38 | 4 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Greatest R&B Albums of All Time | 21/40 | - |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 69/100 | 6 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1401-1500 | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 66 Music Albums of 1968 | 23/66 | 3 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 48/100 | 52 |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 101-200 Greatest Music Albums | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | 101-200 | 44/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 488 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,761 | |||
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Lady Soul ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/29/2026 10:28 | Siromynian | 1,773 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2026 17:16 | blueandthemoon | 2,880 | 76/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2026 07:49 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.4/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Lady Soul forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 06/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5359): By PurpleHazel BestEverAlbums 12/09/2025 21:00 in Album of the day (#5469): Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin BestEverAlbums 09/01/2025 16:02 in Monthly overall chart movements - August 2025Lady Soul comments
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mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/28/2021 15:19 | #275471 | TOP COMMENT
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Some of her best, and therefore some of the overall best vocal performances ever but also some just decent covers. (Edited)
sszwalbenest 09/30/2021 14:01 | #274476 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the best voices in recorded music history, paired with great instrumentation and fantastic songs. What's not to like? Highlights: Chain of Fools, You Make Me Feel, People Get Ready, Good to Me As I've Been to You. (Edited)
After giving this one a spin this weekend, I feel like I may have done Aretha a disservice by excluding it from my top 100. Powerful and delicious from start to finish.
swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/12/2014 03:55 | #111577 | TOP COMMENT
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You sing it, girl! Aretha shows what soul is all about on this album. (Edited)
Fantastic and soulful
Key Tracks: People Get Ready, Natural Woman, Good To Me As I Am To You, Groovin', Ain't No Way
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