Young, Gifted and Black

For similarly named articles, see Young, Gifted and Black (disambiguation).
Young, Gifted and Black
Studio album by
Aretha Franklin
ReleasedJanuary 24, 1972
RecordedAugust 12, 1970 – February 16, 1971[1]
Studio
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. "Brand New Me"
    Released: March 19, 1971
  3. "Rock Steady"/"Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)"
    Released: October 11, 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Young, Gifted and Black is the eighteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin, released in early 1972, by Atlantic Records. The album climbed to number 2 on Billboard's R&B albums survey and peaked at Number 11 on the main album chart. It was quickly certified Gold by the RIAA. Its title was cut from "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", recorded and released by Nina Simone in 1969.

Franklin won a 1972 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.[4]

In 2003, the television network VH1 named it the 76th greatest album of all time.[5] In 2020, it was ranked number 388 by Rolling Stone in their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Young, Gifted and Black - Aretha Franklin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  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.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 262–263.
  4. ^ "Aretha Franklin". GRAMMY.com. November 23, 2020.
  5. ^ Hoye, Jacob, ed. (2003). 100 Greatest Albums. MTV Books/Pocket Books. p. 172. ISBN 978-0743448765.
  6. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.