''Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)'' is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin. Released in mid-1973 by Atlantic Records, it was the first Atlantic album by Franklin to miss the Top 25 of the main ''Billboard'' chart, peaking at #30, and reaching #2 on the R&B albums listing. This album was originally planned to be a straight jazz album with songs like "Moody's Mood" and "Just Right Tonight", but producers Franklin and Quincy Jones took a detour and produced songs like "Mister Spain" and the title cut. Other notable songs include the No. 1 R&B and top 20 pop single "

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" written by Franklin's younger sister Carolyn, as well as a cover of " Somewhere" which features Franklin on piano and Phil Woods on alto saxophone. This recording was reissued on compact disc through

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in the 1990s. The song "Master of Eyes" was included as the tenth track on the reissue though it was not included on the first release.

Track listing

Side One # "Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)" (Aretha Franklin) - 4:41 # " Somewhere" ( Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) - 6:14 # "So Swell When You're Well" (

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, Aretha Franklin) - 4:14 # "

" (

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) - 4:26 # "Sister from Texas" (Aretha Franklin) - 3:08 Side Two # "Mister Spain" (Carolyn Plummer) - 6:41 # " That's The Way I Feel About Cha" (

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, Jim Grisby, Joe Hicks) - 7:10 # " Moody's Mood" ( James Moody,

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) - 2:55 # "Just Right Tonight" (Aretha Franklin, Avery Parrish, Buddy Feyne,

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, Robert Bruce) - 7:42' CD reissue bonus track # "Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)" (Aretha Franklin, Bernice Hart) - 3:25

Personnel

* Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, acoustic piano solo (2, 3) *

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– keyboards * Billy Preston – acoustic piano solo (9) * Jimmy Johnson – guitar *

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– bass guitar *

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– bass guitar * Roger Hawkins – drums * Richie Pratt – drums *

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– alto saxophone (2) *

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– tenor sax solo (4), flute solo (6) * Willie Bridges – saxophone *

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– saxophone * Andrew Love – saxophone *

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– saxophone * Wayne Jackson – trumpet

Production

* Producers – Quincy Jones and Aretha Franklin * Recording Engineer – Phil Schier * Remixing –

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(Track 1); Quincy Jones and Phil Schier (Tracks 2–9). * Track 1 remixed at Record Plant; Tracks 2-9 remixed at

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(New York, NY). * Mastered at Artisan Sound Recorders (Hollywood, CA). * Album Design – Ken Cunningham, Jim Dunn and Aretha Franklin. * Cover Illustration – Jim Dunn

References

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