Hmmmm. What d you think? Aretha Franklin tackles Adele’s “Rolling In the Deep” on her new album of diva classics– and while the 72-year-old Queen of Soul can do no wrong in my book, some are saying that she’s been… wait for it…. AUTOTUNED! WHAT? Say it isn’t so.
From The Washington Post:
Was it Auto-Tune? Similar software? A poor-quality YouTube recording? Auto-Tune is something listeners generally associate with singers who wouldn’t otherwise be able to hold a note, and not something one generally associates with Aretha Franklin While it’s hardly unheard of for a vocalist to use pitch correction, its apparent use on a recording by the Queen of Soul startled some listeners.
We reached out to Franklin’s team on Monday for some more context on the production of this track but have not yet received a comment.
Listen for yourself and decide.
The Diva Classics album will be released Oct. 21. This is the track list, via Pitchfork:
01 “At Last” (Etta James Cover)
02 “Rolling in the Deep (The Aretha Version)” (Adele Cover)
03 “Midnight Train to Georgia” (Gladys Knight Cover)
04 “I Will Survive (The Aretha Version)
” (Gloria Gaynor/Destiny’s Child Mash-Up)
05 “People” (Barbra Streisand Cover)
06 “No One” (Alicia Keys Cover)
07 “I’m Every Woman”/”Respect” (Whitney Houston/Aretha Franklin Mash-Up)
08 “Teach Me Tonight” (Dinah Washington Cover)
09 “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
(The Supremes Cover)
10 “Nothing Compares 2 U
” (Sinéad O’Connor Cover)
Another cover song you should give a listen to: Benedikt Mendzigal and Daniel Brauner of BenDan Productions do kick-ass western-style cover version of the Game of Thrones theme song. (via The Laughing Squid)
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