Young, Gifted and Black
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Young, Gifted and Black
Young, Gifted and Black is the eighteenth studio album by Americansinger 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.
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BBC
Review Year: 2010 Young, Gifted and Black is a remarkable album, finding Aretha Franklin at the peak of her powers.
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Rolling Stone
Review Year: 1972 Still, Franklin sweeps through this stylistic hodgepodge with more fire and verve than she’s displayed in years. Even if this isn’t her crossover breakthrough, there’s enough vocal brilliance here to stun any listener within range.
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Albumism
Review Year: 2017 It captures Franklin in a nakedly introspective and intimate mode, breaking free from the brutal pain of a failed relationship, while experiencing the bliss of a new one.
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Soul Tracks
Even on a major album like Young Gifted and Black, Aretha's musicianship is as often overlooked, as her piano style is charismatic.
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Super Seventies
Review Year: 1972 The four original compositions, with the exception of "Rock Steady," are much more sedate and wistful than the other songs on the album.
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