Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)

Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released	June 25, 1973
Recorded	April–August 1972
Studio	Record Plant, Los Angeles, California.
Label	Atlantic (#7265), Rhino
Producer	Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin chronology
Amazing Grace (1972) Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973) The Best of Aretha Franklin (1973)

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B−

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 number 30, and reaching number 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 included songs such as "Mister Spain" and the title cut.

Other notable songs include the No. 1 R&B and top 20 pop single "Angel", written by Franklin's younger sister Carolyn Franklin, as well as a cover of "Somewhere" that features Franklin on piano and Phil Woods on alto saxophone. This recording was reissued on compact disc through Rhino Records in the 1990s. The song "Master of Eyes" was included as the tenth track on the reissue, although it was not included on the first release.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)" (Aretha Franklin) – 4:41
2. "Somewhere" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 6:14
3. "So Swell When You're Well" (James Booker, Aretha Franklin) – 4:14
4. "Angel" (Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Sanders) – 4:26
5. "Sister from Texas" (Aretha Franklin) – 3:08

Side Two

1. "Mister Spain" (Carolyn Plummer) – 6:41
2. "That's The Way I Feel About Cha" (Bobby Womack, Jim Grisby, Joe Hicks) – 7:10
3. "Moody's Mood" (James Moody, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 2:55
4. "Just Right Tonight" (Aretha Franklin, Avery Parrish, Buddy Feyne, Quincy Jones, Robert Bruce) – 7:42'

CD reissue bonus track

9. "Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)" (Aretha Franklin, Bernice Hart) – 3:25

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, acoustic piano solo (2, 3)
• Spooner Oldham – keyboards
• Billy Preston – acoustic piano solo (9)
• Jimmy Johnson – guitar
• Tommy Cogbill – bass guitar
• Jerry Jemmott – bass guitar
• Roger Hawkins – drums
• Richie Pratt – drums
• Phil Woods – alto saxophone (2)
• Joe Farrell – tenor sax solo (4), flute solo (6)
• Willie Bridges – saxophone
• Charles Chalmers – saxophone
• Andrew Love – saxophone
• Floyd Newman – saxophone
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet

Technical personnel

• Producers – Quincy Jones and Aretha Franklin
• Recording Engineer – Phil Schier
• Remixing – Gene Paul (track 1); Quincy Jones and Phil Schier (tracks 2–9).
• Track 1 remixed at Record Plant; tracks 2–9 remixed at Atlantic Studios (New York, NY).
• Mastered at Artisan Sound Recorders (Hollywood, CA).
• Album Design – Ken Cunningham, Jim Dunn and Aretha Franklin.
• Cover Illustration – Jim Dunn