Sweet Passion is a 1977 album by Aretha Franklin, released on Atlantic Records.
Following a brief resurgence in Aretha's sales with the Gold-certified success of her 1976 soundtrack album, Sparkle, Aretha paired up with famed Motown producer Lamont Dozier, to produce Sweet Passion. It was, however, a commercial and critical failure. The album's one single, "Break It To Me Gently", peaked at #85 and dropped off the Hot 100 after only two weeks, although it topped the Billboard R&B Singles Chart. This recording has been out of print since the early 1980s and has never been issued on compact disc.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—John Ruskin (1819–1900)