Acclaimed Music - Young, Gifted and Black

Aretha Franklin
Young, Gifted and Black

Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.

Dave Marsh & Kevin Stein (USA) - The 40 Best of Album Chartmakers by Year (1981)

VH1 (USA) - The 100 Greatest Albums of R 'N' R (2001)

Guardian (UK) - 100 Albums that Don't Appear in All Other Top 100 Album Lists (1999)

The New Nation (UK) - Top 100 Albums by Black Artists

101

Ratings

All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars

4.5 Stars

MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99)

3.5 Bones

Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983)

5 Stars

Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992)

3.5 Stars

Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10

Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002)

3 Stars

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