Young, Gifted and Black

Young, Gifted & Black is the eighteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on January 24, 1972, by Atlantic Records. The album is Top 10 Gold-certified. The album won Franklin a 1972 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance of the year. It takes its title from the Nina Simone song "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", which was originally recorded and released by Simone in 1969. In 2003, the TV network VH1 named it the 76th greatest album of all time. In 2020, it was ranked number 388 by Rolling Stone Magazine in the Top 500 Albums of All-Time.[1]

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Review scores
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Young, Gifted and Black
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 24, 1972
RecordedAugust 1970 – February 1971
GenreSoul
Length44:46
Label
Producer
Aretha Franklin chronology
Aretha's Greatest Hits
(1971)
Young, Gifted and Black
(1972)
Amazing Grace
(1972)
Singles from Young, Gifted and Black
  1. "Border Song (Holy Moses)"
    Released: 1970
  2. "A Brand New Me"
    Released: 1971
  3. "Rock Steady"/"Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)"
    Released: August 1, 1971
  4. "Young, Gifted and Black"
    Released: January 18, 1972
  5. "Day Dreaming"/"I've Been Loving You Too Long"
    Released: February, 1972
  6. "All the King's Horses"/"April Fools"
    Released: 1972

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)"Jim Doris3:42
2."Day Dreaming"Aretha Franklin4:00
3."Rock Steady"Aretha Franklin3:15
4."Young, Gifted and Black"3:34
5."All the King's Horses"Aretha Franklin3:56
6."Brand New Me"4:26
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."April Fools"3:29
8."I've Been Loving You Too Long"3:36
9."First Snow in Kokomo"Aretha Franklin4:04
10."The Long and Winding Road"3:38
11."Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"
3:42
12."Border Song (Holy Moses)"3:22

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Billboard Top LPs 11
Billboard Top Soul LPs 2

Singles

Year Title US Pop US R&B
1970 "Border Song (Holy Moses)" 37 5
1971 "Rock Steady" 9 2
1972 "All the King's Horses" 26 7
1972 "Day Dreaming" 5 1
1972 "Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)" 73 9

References

  1. "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
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