Almighty Fire

Almighty Fire is the twenty-fourth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on April 13, 1978, by Atlantic Records. By the time of the album's release, Franklin was going through a commercial slump.

Franklin was reunited with Curtis Mayfield – who produced the album and composed all the tracks –after their earlier success together with the Sparkle soundtrack.

The title single reached at No. 12 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart and the follow-up single, "More Than Just a Joy", peaked at No. 51. The album earned a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female at the 1979 Grammy Awards.

Critical reception
The New York Times panned the "tuneless, fussily arranged songs".

Track listing
All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield, except where noted.

Side one

 * 1) "Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future)" – 4:36
 * 2) "Lady, Lady" – 2:45
 * 3) "More Than Just a Joy" – 3:03
 * 4) "Keep On Loving You" – 3:12
 * 5) "I Needed You Baby" – 4:38

Side two

 * 1) "Close to You" – 4:22
 * 2) "No Matter Who You Love" – 4:01
 * 3) "This You Can Believe" – 4:46
 * 4) "I'm Your Speed" (Aretha Franklin, Glynn Turman) – 3:40

Personnel

 * Aretha Franklin – vocals
 * Curtis Mayfield – guitar
 * Gary Thompson – guitar
 * Joseph "Lucky" Scott – bass guitar
 * Donnell Hagan – drums
 * Henry Gibson – congas
 * Rich Tufo – keyboards, arrangements
 * Lenard Druss – horns contractor
 * Sol Bobrov – strings contractor
 * Alfonzo Surrett – background vocals
 * Mattie Butler – background vocals
 * Ricki Linton – background vocals
 * Denese Heard and the Jones Girls – background vocals

Production

 * Producer – Curtis Mayfield
 * Engineers – Roger Anfinsen and Fred Breitberg
 * Remix – Roger Anfinsen
 * Mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic Studios (New York City).
 * Album cover concept – Aretha Franklin