Aretha Franklin on Her New Album: 'I Don't Think I Have Ever Been as Excited'

By: Caryn Robbins Oct. 02, 2014

In an interview on Wednesday, Aretha Franklin shared that she has not felt as exclted about an album release in years. Her newest LP, titled "Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics," was released on vinyl yesterday and will be available digitally and in stores on October 21.

"I haven't felt so up on a CD since `Jump to It' (was released in 1982) or the first time one of my records was played on the radio," the Queen of Soul said in an interview. "I don't think I have ever been as excited as I am now."

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The album will also feature Franklin's versions of such classics as WHITNEY Houston's "I'm Every Woman," Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive," Barbra Streisand's "People," Gladys Knight's "Midnight Train to Georgia," The Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On," Sinead O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U," and Etta James' "At Last."

Below, watch Franklin blow the roof off the Ed Sullivan Theater with her recent performance on CBS's LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN. The diva treated the audience to her cover of Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep' as well as the classic, 'Ain't No Mountain.'

Source: Billboard.com