A Rose Is Still a Rose

Infobox Album
Name = A Rose Is Still a Rose
Type = Album
Artist = Aretha Franklin


Released = March 10, 1998
Recorded = 1997
Genre = R&B, soul
Length = 51:38
Label = Arista
Producer = Lauryn Hill
Sean "Puffy" Combs
Jermaine Dupri
Dallas Austin
Daryl Simmons
Reviews = *"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/arethafranklin/albums/album/162592/review/5944300/a_rose_is_still_a_rose link]
Last album = "Greatest Hits: 1980-1995"
(1995)
This album = "A Rose Is Still a Rose"
(1998)
Next album = "So Damn Happy"
(2003)

"A Rose Is Still a Rose" is a 1998 album released by soul singer Aretha Franklin. The album was deemed a successful attempt to bring the legendary Franklin into 1990s urban adult contemporary R&B. The title track, which was written and produced by Lauryn Hill of The Fugees, was Franklin's second Top 40 pop hit of the 1990s, peaking at #26 on the chart. The album was successful enough to give Franklin her first platinum-certified album in over a decade.

Track listing

# "A Rose Is Still a Rose" (Lauryn Hill) – 4:27
# "Never Leave You Again" (Sean "Puffy" Combs, Price, Corey Rooney) – 4:36
# "In Case You Forgot" (Bill Dickens, Tim Gant, Michael Gray) – 4:49
# "Here We Go Again" (Troy Lee Broussard, Jermaine Dupri, Wayne Garfield, Trey Lorenz, Mauro Malavasi, David Romani) – 3:30
# "Every Little Bit Hurts" (Sam Cooke, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Jr.) – 4:07
# "In the Morning" (Daryl Simmons) – 4:56
# "I'll Dip" (Dallas Austin) – 4:06
# "How Many Times" (Greg Charley, David Foster, John Winston) – 4:21
# "Watch My Back" (Norman West) – 4:45
# "Love Pang" (Mira Waters, Nancy Wilson) – 4:20
# "The Woman" (Franklin) – 7:41