Aretha Franklin - So Damn Happy

By her own admission, "So Damn Happy" is Aretha Franklin's best album of the last twenty years. She is right - after five years of waiting she comes back with music that is warm and upbeat at the same time. How happy Aretha Franklin is becomes more than clear in the titles of the new songs: "Wonderful", "You are my Joy" and "Good News" speak a clear language. This is uncomplicated feel-good music with aspirations