Lady Soul peaked at #1, #2 and #3 on Billboard's Black Albums, Pop Albums and Jazz Albums charts. The single "Ain't No Way" peaked at #9 on the Black Singles chart, and #16 on the Pop Singles chart.

In 2003 the TV network VH1 named Lady Soul the 41st greatest album of all time. It is number 84 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Track listing

1. "Chain of Fools" (Covay)
2. "Money Won't Change You" (Brown/Jones)
3. "People Get Ready" (Mayfield)
4. "Niki Hoeky" (Vegas/Vegas)
5. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Goffin/King/Wexler)
6. "Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)" (Franklin/White)
7. "Good to Me As I Am to You" (Franklin)
8. "Come Back Baby" (Charles)
9. "Groovin'" (Brigati/Cavaliere)
10. "Ain't No Way" (Franklin/Franklin)

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin - Piano, Vocals
• Joe South - Guitar
• Bobby Womack - Guitar
• King Curtis - Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
• Joe Newman - Trumpet
• Ralph Burns - Conductor
• Seldon Powell - Flute, Horn, Sax (Tenor)
• Ellie Greenwich - Vocals (bckgr)
• Carolyn Franklin - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Erma Franklin - Vocals (bckgr)
• The Sweet Inspirations - Vocals (bckgr)
• Gene Chrisman - Drums
• Cissy Houston - Vocals
• Eric Clapton - Guitar
• Tommy Cogbill - Bass
• Tom Dowd - Engineer
• Bernie Glow - Trumpet
• Roger Hawkins - Drums
• Haywood Henry - Saxophone, Sax (Baritone)
• Jimmy Johnson - Guitar
• Melvin Lastie - Trumpet
• Spooner Oldham - Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
• Warren Smith - Vocals (bckgr), Vibraphone
• Tony Studd - Trombone, Trombone (Bass)
• Frank Wess - Flute, Sax (Tenor), Wind
• Jerry Wexler - Producer