Spirit in the Dark is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on August 24, 1970, by Atlantic Records.

It received critical acclaim, 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.

[1] "Try Matty's" is used as the jingle for radio host Matt Siegel's Boston Kiss 108 show.

Recording Engineers: Ron Albert, Chuck Kirkpatrick & Lewis Hahn.

Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin