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Young, Gifted and Black
Studio album by
Aretha Franklin
ReleasedJanuary 24, 1972
RecordedAugust 12, 1970 – February 16, 1971 [1]
Studio
Genre Soul
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]

Songs

Young, Gifted and Black contains original songs written and performed by Franklin, such as " Day Dreaming" and " Rock Steady". It also features cover versions of songs by other artists, including " To Be Young, Gifted and Black" by Nina Simone, as well as " I've Been Loving You Too Long" by Otis Redding, " The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles, and " Border Song (Holy Moses)" by Elton John. [7]

Critical reception

Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic wrote that "Young, Gifted and Black certainly ranks highly among [Franklin's] studio efforts, with many arguing that it may be her greatest. [...] If you really want to go song by song, you'd be hard-pressed to find any throwaways here -- this is quite honestly an album that merits play from beginning to end." [1]

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

In 2018, Rolling Stone writer Rob Sheffield praised Franklin's cover of "The Long and Winding Road" from the album as "the greatest of all Beatle covers — the one that improves most on the original and defines everything the song is about." [8]

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." A 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
US Billboard 200 [9] 11
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard) [10] 2
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Japanese Albums ( Oricon) [11] 295

Singles

Year Title US Pop [12] US R&B [13]
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. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b Hoye, Jacob, ed. (2003). 100 Greatest Albums. MTV Books/ Pocket Books. p. 172. ISBN  978-0743448765.
  6. ^ a b "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  7. ^ Sheafer, Silvia Anne (2014). The Life of Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul. Legendary African Americans. Enslow Publishing. p. 51. ISBN  978-0766062252.
  8. ^ Sheffield, Rob (16 August 2018). "Why Nobody Sang the Beatles Like Aretha". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Aretha Franklin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  10. ^ "Aretha Franklin Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  11. ^ "ヤング、ギフティッド・アンド・ブラック| アレサ・フランクリン | ORICON NEWS" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  12. ^ "Aretha Franklin Chart History (Billboard Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Aretha Franklin Chart History (Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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