Aretha Franklin (1942–2018) byla americká zpěvačka, skladatelka a pianistka, jedna z nejvýznamnějších tvůrkyň soulové hudby. Přes padesát let na scéně, 18 cen Grammy, v roce 1987 první žena uvedená do rock and rollové síně slávy. Bývá nazývána Královna soulu.
Kompilace A Portrait of the Queen 1970-1974 mapuje vrcholné období její kariéry na pěti CD s celkem 81 nahrávkami. Vydáno v roce 2023 u vydavatelství BMG. Kolekce pokrývá čtyři roky, během nichž Franklinová posílila svou pozici jako nejdůležitější soulová zpěvačka světa. Kompilace zahrnuje skladby v žánrech soul, R&B, gospel a blues, mezi nimi Son of a Preacher Man, Spirit in the Dark či Don't Play That Song. Balení ve formě clamshell boxu s pěti replikami původních obalů a bookletu s podrobnostmi o nahrávkách.
Skladby
CD1
1. Son of a Preacher Man
2. Share Your Love with Me
3. Dark End of the Street
4. Let It Be
5. Eleanor Rigby
6. This Girl's in Love with You
7. It Ain't Fair
8. The Weight
9. Call Me
10. Sit Down and Cry
11. The Fool on the Hill (This Girl's in Love with You Outtake)
12. Pledging My Love / The Clock (2018 Mono Remaster) (Remaster)
13. You Keep Me Hangin' On (This Girl's in Love with You / Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
14. I'm Trying To Overcome (This Girl's in Love with You / Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
15. Are You Leaving Me (Demo)
CD2
1. Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
2. The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
3. Pullin'
4. You And Me
5. Honest I Do
6. Spirit in the Dark
7. When the Battle Is Over
8. One Way Ticket
9. Try Matty's
10. That's All I Want from You
11. Oh No Not My Baby
12. Why I Sing the Blues
13. You're Taking up Another Man's Place
14. My Way (Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
15. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Long Version)
CD3
1. A Brand New Me
2. April Fools
3. I've Been Loving You Too Long
4. First Snow in Kokomo
5. The Long and Winding Road
6. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
7. Border Song (Holy Moses)
8. Young, Gifted and Black
9. All the King's Horses
10. Rock Steady
11. Day Dreaming
12. Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
13. My Cup Runneth Over (Young, Gifted and Black Outtake)
14. You're All I Need to Get By (Take 2)
15. Lean on Me
16. Heavenly Father (Young, Gifted and Black Outtake)
17. Spanish Harlem (Alternate Mix)
CD4
1. Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
2. Somewhere
3. So Swell When You're Well
4. Angel
5. Sister from Texas
6. Mister Spain
7. That's the Way I Feel About Cha
8. Moody's Mood
9. Just Right Tonight
10. Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
11. Sweetest Smile and the Funkiest Style (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
12. The Boy from Bombay
13. This Is (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
14. Tree of Life (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
15. Do You Know (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
16. Can You Love Again (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
17. I Want to Be With You (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
CD5
1. Let Me In Your Life
2. Every Natural Thing
3. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
4. I'm In Love
5. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
6. The Masquerade Is Over
7. With Pen in Hand
8. Oh Baby
9. Eight Days on the Road
10. If You Don't Think
11. A Song for You
12. Suzanne (Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky Outtake)
13. The Happy Blues (Let Me in Your Life Outtake)
14. At Last (Let Me in Your Life Outtake)
15. Love Letters (Let Me in Your Life Outtake)
16. Til It's Over (Demo)
