Aretha Franklin once again proved that she is still the Queen of Soul. In her latest album, the music icon covers Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," giving the 2011 smash an equally powerful makeover, unleashing melismatic vocals and adding into it Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's Motown classic "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" on the chorus.

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"Rolling in the Deep" is the first single in the 72-year-old's album, Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics.

The album is out on October 21 on RCA Records.

It is a mixture of some of the most popular soul hits, ranging from Etta James' bluesy 1960 single, "At Last" and Sinéad O'Connor's minimal 1990 pop ballad "Nothing Compares 2 U" to Alicia Keys' 2007 R&B hit "No One."

Also highlighted in the soul diva's album is the piano on a version of the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' On."

Sony Music Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer Clive Davis joined Franklin in producing this album. Also featured in this highly anticipated work include André 3000, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Harvey Mason Jr., Terry Hunter and Eric Kupper.

A collector's edition vinyl is now available for pre-order while some retailers will be offering free downloads of Franklin's "Rolling in the Deep" with digital pre-order.

Here are the songs inside Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics:

1. "At Last" (Etta James Cover)

2. "Rolling In The Deep" (Adele Cover)

3. "Midnight Train To Georgia" (Gladys Knight and The Pips Cover)

4. "I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor Cover)

5. "People" (Barbra Streisand Cover)

6. "No One" (Alicia Keys Cover)

7. "I'm Every Woman" (Chaka Khan Cover) / "Respect"

8. "Teach Me Tonight" (Dinah Washington Cover)

9. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (The Supremes Cover)

10. "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Sinéad O'Connor Cover)

 But the singer's album does not come without any criticisms into it.

While it is understood that anything Aretha does nothing but perfect, her single, however, elicited the audience's curiosity of whether her voice has been auto-tuned or was just simply overproduced.

It could be noticed that a distinctive vocal effect in the first verse could be noticed, suggesting the use of pitch-correction tools, like Auto-Tune, which has become popular in the recent years to purposely improve their voice.

 Also known as the "T-Pain effect," it was originally popularized as "the Cher effect," Washington Post notes in 2008, thanks to a Florida hip-hop singer who used this software to alter his voice into a signing cyborg or a chirruping chipmunk.

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