Young, Gifted and Black
by Aretha Franklin
- Type: Album
- Released: 24 January 1972
- Label: Atlantic
- Country: United States
- Length: 44:43
- Community rating: 4.34/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Boasting the legendary, Grammy-winning 'Day Dreaming', Aretha Franklin's early-70s masterpiece flawlessly bridges the gap between deep, gospel-inflected R&B and highly sophisticated pop orchestration. 'Young, Gifted and Black' is a fiercely passionate, wonderfully triumphant soul classic, overflowing with incredibly warm, remarkably melodic performances that are both deeply rhythmic and beautifully mellow.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, rhythmic, soulful, vocal, piano, ballad, spirituality
Tracklist
- Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby) (3:42)
- Day Dreaming (3:59)
- Rock Steady (3:13)
- Young, Gifted and Black (3:34)
- All the King's Horses (3:56)
- A Brand New Me (4:26)
- April Fools (3:29)
- I've Been Loving You Too Long (3:36)
- First Snow in Kokomo (4:04)
- The Long and Winding Road (3:38)
- Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (3:42)
- Border Song (Holy Moses) (3:19)
Credits
- Aretha Franklin - primary artist, celesta [celeste], piano, vocals, written-by
- Don Arnone - acoustic guitar
- Hubert Laws - alto flute
- Tom Dowd - arranged by [horn], producer
- Arif Mardin - arranged by [string, horn & woodwind], mixed by [re-mixed by], producer, woodwindarranger, hornarranger, stringsarranger, mix
- Carolyn Franklin - backing vocals
- Erma Franklin - backing vocals
- J.R. Bailey - backing vocals
- Margaret Branch - backing vocals
- Ronnie Bright - backing vocals
- Sammy Turner - backing vocals
- The Sweet Inspirations - backing vocals
- The Sweethearts Of Soul - backing vocals
- Chuck Rainey - bass
- Eric Gale - bass
- Robert Popwell - bass, percussion
- Gene Orloff - concertmaster
- Alyse Koylan - design [backliner]
- Stanislaw Zagorski - design [cover], design
- Al Jackson Jr. - drums
- Bernard Purdie - drums
- Ray Lucas - drums
- Donny Hathaway - electric piano, organ
- Don Casale - engineer [additional recordings]
- Jack Adams - engineer [additional recordings]
- Jimmy Douglass - engineer [additional recordings]
- Lew Hahn - engineer [additional recordings]
- Chuck Kirkpatrick - engineer [recording]
- Gene Paul - engineer [recording]
- Howard Albert - engineer [recording]
- Ron Albert - engineer [recording]
- Cornell Dupree - guitar
- Hugh McCracken - guitar
- The Memphis Horns - horns
- Andrew Love - horns [with]
- Wayne Jackson - horns [with]
- George Piros - lacquer cut by
- Billy Preston - organ
- Dr. John - percussion
- Mac Rebennack - percussion
- Ken Cunningham - photography by, photography
- Jerry Wexler - producer
- Neil Rosengarden - trumpet, soloist, vibraphone
- Jim Doris - written-by
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