Product Code: 0349784516
Artist: Aretha Franklin
Origin: EU
Label: Atlantic (2021)
Format: LP
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Condition:
Cover: M
Record: M
Genre: R&B/Soul , Reggae N

Young, Gifted and Black (Yellow Vinyl)

Sealed - Brand new 180 gram Limited Edition, Reissue, Yellow Opaque Mustard vinyl

Young, Gifted and Black is the eighteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, originally released on January 24, 1972 by Atlantic Records. The album is Top 10 Gold-certified, and 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]