Young, Gifted And Black (studio album) by Aretha Franklin

Young, Gifted And Black by Aretha Franklin
Year: 1972
Overall rank: 2,828th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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76/100 (from 124 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1972 (47th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (517th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,828th)
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Aretha Franklin bestography

Young, Gifted And Black is ranked 4th best out of 68 albums by Aretha Franklin on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Aretha Franklin is I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You which is ranked number 389 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,425.

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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76/100 (from 124 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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From 10/18/2024 03:41
Beautiful, soulful, amazing… production is a little muddy, at the time I’m writing, recording is crying out for a remaster. But Aretha is immortal
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From 08/25/2022 19:42
Aretha tava pegando fogo nesse período. Só pedrada! Grande álbum!
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From 01/22/2021 00:09
Another solid track list that plays to Ms. Franklin's many strengths, with a great Elton cover and an obscure small-town Indiana reference to boot.
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From 01/16/2019 12:22
First half is pretty good, but after 'brand new me' it gets a little less interesting. Nonetheless does Aretha what Aretha does, sing amazingly.
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From 03/21/2016 22:37
Ms. Franklin bravely covers some songs on this record that would intimidate others at the time. She makes them her own with great production and arrangements.
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