On June 25, 1991, “Arista” label released “What You See Is What You Sweat”, the thirty-third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, David “Pic” Conley, Aretha Franklin, Michel Legrand, Oliver Leiber, Gene Lennon, Bruce Roberts, Joshua Thompson, David Townsend, Luther Vandross, Narada Michael Walden and Elliot Wolff.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, piano
- Rick Iantosca – acoustic guitar
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
- Dean Parks – guitar
- Vernon Black – guitar
- David Townsend – guitar
- Jean-Marc Benais – guitar
- Teddy F. White – guitar
- Al Turner – bass guitar
- Marcus Miller – bass guitar
- Dominique Bertram – bass guitar
- Rudolph Stansfield – piano
- Thierry Eliez – piano
- Skip Anderson – keyboards
- Burt Bacharach – keyboards
- Oliver Leiber – keyboards, drum programming, guitar
- Jason Miles – keyboards
- Louis Biancaniello – keyboards, programming
- David Foster – keyboards, programming
- Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards
- Bobby Wooten – keyboards, electric piano, drum programming, synthesizer
- Michael Boddicker – keyboards, programming
- Hubert Eaves III – keyboards, drum programming
- Elliot Wolff – keyboards, drum programming
- Joshua Thompson – keyboards, guitar, synthesizer
- Peter Schwartz – additional keyboards
- Charles Scales – synthesizer
- Michel Legrand – synthesizer
- Guy Vaughn – drum programming
- Narada Michael Walden – drums, programming
- Buster Marbury – drums
- André Ceccarelli – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Larry Fratangelo – percussion
- Larry Williams – programming
- Franck Thore – Pan pipes
- Onita Sanders – harp
- Candy Dulfer – saxophone
- David Boruff – saxophone
- Gene Lennon – programming
- Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
- Jesse Richardson – backing vocals
- Sandra Feva – backing vocals
- Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
- Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
- Diane Green – backing vocals
- Sherry Fox – backing vocals
- Portia Griffin – backing vocals
- Margaret Branch – backing vocals
- Jarvis Barker – backing vocals
- Nikita Germaine – backing vocals
- Skyler Jett – backing vocals
- Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals
- Tony Lindsay – backing vocals
- Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals
- Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
- Donna Davis – backing vocals
- Marj Harber – backing vocals
- Esther Ridgeway – backing vocals
- Gloria Ridgeway – backing vocals
- Gracie Ridgeway – backing vocals
- Clive Davis – executive producer
Track listing:
- Everyday people – Sly Stone
- Ever Changing Times – Burt Bacharach, Bill Conti, Carole Bayer Sager
- What You See Is What You Sweat – David Conley, Derrick Culler, Gene Lennon, Joshua Thompson
- Mary Goes Round – Elliot Wolff, Oliver Leiber
- I Dreamed a Dream – Alain Boubill, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean Marc Natel, Claude Michel Schonberg
- Someone’s Else’s Eyes – Bruce Roberts, Burt Bacharach, Bayer Sager
- Doctor’s Orders – Luther Vandross, Hubert Eaves III
- You Can’t Take Me for Granted – Aretha Franklin
- What You Give – Aretha Franklin
- Everyday People (Shep Pettibone Remix) – Sly Stone
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