Album
You Are Not Alone
2010 · Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
You Are Not Alone is a Soul & Funk album by Mavis Staples, originally released in 2010. On Gatefold: 9 pressings tracked.
About
Along with Mavis Staples' considerable talents, part of her recent success comes from picking worthy and sympathetic collaborators. On her last album, 2007’s outstanding <i>We’ll Never Turn Back</i>, she worked with Ry Cooder. This time she’s joined by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, who does a fine production job by placing Staples’ rich, gritty, and resonant voice up front where it belongs. Simply put, she’s in terrific vocal form, a glorious combination of toughness and tenderness. Together they selected some choice material including songs by Randy Newman (“Losing You”), Allen Toussaint (“Last Train”), John Fogerty (“Wrote a Song for Everyone”), and a couple from Tweedy himself (“You Are Not Alone,” “Only the Lord Knows”). She also offers fresh readings of such traditional gospel tunes as “Creep Along Moses” and “In Christ There Is No East or West” and a pair of classic Staples Singers cuts (“Don’t Knock,” “Downward Road”) written by her late father, the great Roebuck “Pops” Staples. <i>You Are Not Alone</i> is a solid and highly enjoyable release that brims with Staples’ soul, grace, and indomitable spirit.
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Tracklist
- 1Don't Knock2:30
- 2You Are Not Alone3:57
- 3Downward Road3:08
- 4In Christ There Is No East or West3:35
- 5Creep Along Moses2:57
- 6Losing You2:51
- 7I Belong to the Band3:30
- 8Last Train4:29
- 9Only the Lord Knows3:43
- 10Wrote a Song for Everyone3:47
- 11We're Gonna Make It3:27
- 12Wonderful Savior2:04
- 13Too Close / On My Way to Heaven5:09
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Gospel
- warm
- earnest
- spiritual
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Donny GerrardVOCALS
- Jeff TurmesBASS BASS, GUITAR BACKING VOCALS
- Jeff TweedyACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, GUITAR , BACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS
- Kelly HoganBACKING VOCALS
- Mark GreenbergVIBRAPHONE
- Mavis StaplesVOCALS
- Nora O'ConnorBACKING VOCALS
- Pat SansoneBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, PIANO ELECTRIC PIANO , ORGAN
- Richard ParentiBACKING VOCALS
- Rick HolmstromGUITAR BACKING VOCALS
- Stephen HodgesDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 9 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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