Which album is considered Aretha Franklin's best?
Franklin recorded more than 40 full-length albums in her six-decade career.
It?s a deep catalog, filled with classics and hidden gems.
The editors of music magazine, Rolling Stone, offered yp their choices for her best album.
One title on their list is 'Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)', from 1973.
Critics say the album is a pivotal LP.
Those that know Franklin's catalogue say the record prevented aesthetic stagnation.
It also cleared a path for much of Franklin?s subsequent vital work of the 70s and 80s.