Spirit in the Dark

Spirit in the Dark is an album by Aretha Franklin, released in 1970. It received mostly positive reviews but was met with middling sales. Despite having two hit singles "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" which peaked at #1 R&B;, #11 on the Hot 100, and "Spirit in the Dark" peaking at #3 R&B; and #23 Hot 100 in Billboard magazine. It was Aretha's first Atlantic album to fall short of Billboard's Top 20. The album is considered one of Aretha's classic Atlantic Records Lp's. In the 1990s Rhino Records reissued this recording on compact disc. Kanye West has sampled the album title song in his "School Spirit", found on the record The College Dropout.