| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Rock Steady- recording engineer:
- Ron Albert (on 1971-02-16)
- engineer:
- Howard Albert, Ron Albert and Chuck Kirkpatrick
- producer:
- Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler
- mixer:
- Arif Mardin
- bass:
- Chuck Rainey (on 1971-02-16)
- drums (drum set):
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (on 1971-02-16)
- guitar:
- Cornell Dupree (on 1971-02-16)
- organ:
- Donny Hathaway (on 1971-02-16)
- percussion:
- Mac Rebennack (on 1971-02-16) and Robert Popwell (on 1971-02-16)
- piano and lead vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1971-02-16)
- tenor saxophone:
- Andrew Love (on 1971-02-16)
- trumpet:
- Wayne Jackson (on 1971-02-16)
- background vocals:
- Margaret Branch (on 1971-02-16), Ann S. Clark (on 1971-02-16), Carolyn Franklin (on 1971-02-16), Erma Franklin (on 1971-02-16) and Pat Smith (on 1971-02-16)
- horn arranger:
- Tom Dowd
- strings and woodwind arranger:
- Arif Mardin
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1971, in 1972) and WEA International Inc. (in 1971)
- recorded at:
- Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States (on 1971-02-16)
- recording of:
- Rock Steady (on 1971-02-16)
- lyricist and composer:
- Aretha Franklin (from 1970 until 1971)
- publisher:
- Carlin Music Corporation, Pundit Music, Inc and Springtime Music, Inc.
| Aretha Franklin | 3:05 |
| 2 | Captain Buckles | David Newman | 4:37 |
| 3 | Drunk Man | Eddie Harris | 3:17 |
| 4 | But I Was Cool | Oscar Brown Jr. | 3:28 |
| 5 | Bishop School | Yusef Lateef | 3:00 |
| 6 | Wild Man on the Loose | Mose Allison | 2:15 |
| 7 | Little Ghetto Boy | Donny Hathaway | 4:29 |
| 8 | Dealing With Hard Times | Richard Evans | 3:12 |
| 9 | No More | Hubert Laws | 2:31 |
| 10 | Behold the Day | Wayne Henderson | 4:45 |
| 11 | Groovin’ Time | Otis Redding | 2:46 |
| 12 | Right On | Clarence Wheeler & the Enforcers | 4:39 |
| 13 | Jive Samba | Nat Adderley | 3:01 |
| 14 | Backlash | Freddie Hubbard | 4:12 |
| 15 | Cant Git Enuff | Dr. John | 2:57 |
| 16 | Motherless Child | Luis Gasca | 6:49 |
| 17 | Well I’ll Be White Black | Junior Mance | 4:03 |
| 18 | Funky ‐ How Time Can Change the Meaning of a Word | Redd Foxx | 1:12 |