What You See Is What You Sweat

What You See Is What You Sweat
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 2, 1991
Studio
  • Tarpan Studios (San Rafael, CA)
  • Sound Suite Recording Studios (Detroit, MI)
  • Conway Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Lighthouse Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Phase II Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, CA)
  • Willyworld Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • The Lab Recording Studio (West Orange, NJ)
  • Sigma Sound Studios (New York, NY)
  • Zeezicht Studios (Holland, Netherlands)
  • Chameleon Recording Studios (West Orange, NJ)
  • Microplant Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Guillaume Tell Studios (Paris, France)
  • Right Track Studios (New York, NY)
  • The Hit Factory (New York, NY)
  • A&M Studios (Los Angeles, CA)
  • The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre
Length44:23
LabelArista
Producer
Aretha Franklin chronology
Through the Storm
(1989)
What You See Is What You Sweat
(1991)
Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings
(1992)
Singles from What You See Is What You Sweat
  1. "Everyday People"
    Released: June 1991
  2. "Someone Else's Eyes"
    Released: September 1991
  3. "What You See Is What You Sweat"
    Released: 1991
  4. "Ever Changing Times"
    Released: January 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Calgary HeraldC−
Entertainment WeeklyC+
NME4/10
People Magazine(mixed)

What You See Is What You Sweat is the thirty-third studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on July 2, 1991, by Arista Records. It peaked at number 153 on Billboard's album chart, dropping off after seven weeks. This was Franklin's first new release in the Nielsen SoundScan era.