Love All the Hurt Away

Background

Track listing

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, piano, BGV arrangements, rhythm arrangements
• David Foster – keyboards
• Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
• Greg Phillinganes – keyboards
• David Paich – piano, Fender Rhodes
• Buzz Feiten – guitar
• David Williams – guitar
• Steve Lukather – guitar
• Louis Johnson – bass guitar
• Marcus Miller – bass guitar
• Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
• Jeff Porcaro – drums
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Steve Ferrone – percussion
• Eddie Daniels – alto saxophone
• Ronnie Cuber – saxophone
• Jim Horn – saxophone
• Gary Herbig – saxophone
• Seldon Powell – saxophone
• William Slapin – saxophone
• Larry Williams – saxophone, horn arrangements, string arrangements
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Urbie Green – trombone
• Gary Grant – trumpet
• Jon Faddis – trumpet
• Jerry Hey – trumpet , horn arrangements, string arrangements
• Joe Shepley – trumpet
• Arif Mardin – arrangements, rhythm arrangements, string arrangements, horn arrangements
• Rod Temperton – BGV arrangements, horn arrangements, rhythm arrangements, string arrangements
• Gene Orloff – concertmaster
• Harry Bluestone – concertmaster
• George Benson – lead vocals
• Marci Levy – backing vocals
• Mark Stevens – backing vocals
• Margaret Branch – backing vocals
• Estelle Brown – backing vocals
• Cissy Houston – backing vocals
• Darlene Love – backing vocals
• David Lasley – backing vocals
• Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
• Jo Ann Harris – backing vocals
• Myrna Smith – backing vocals
• Lynda Laurence – backing vocals

  Production

• Producers – Arif Mardin ; Aretha Franklin.
• Production Coordination – Frank DeCaro
• Production Assistant – Chrissy Allerdings
• Engineer – Jeremy Smith
• Assistant Engineers – Terry Christian, Steve McManus, Michael O'Reilly and Jim Simon.
• Mixing on Tracks 2 & 5 – Lew Hahn, Arif Mardin and Michael O'Reilly.
• Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Wally Heider Studios and Sunset Sound ; Atlantic Studios.
• Cover Concept – Aretha Franklin
• Art Direction and Design – Ria Lewerke-Shapiro
• Photography – George Hurrell