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Product Identifiers

ProducerJeff Tweedy

Record LabelAnti-

UPC0045778707614

eBay Product ID (ePID)18050136364

Product Key Features

Era2010s

Run Time2707 Sec

Release Year2010

FormatRecord

FeaturesStudio Recording

GenreAlternative, Gospel, R&B & Soul

TypeAlbum

StyleRetro-Soul, Traditional Gospel, Southern Gospel

ArtistMavis Staples

Release TitleYou Are Not Alone [LP]

Additional Product Features

DistributionAda

Number of Tracks13

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

BassJeff Turmes

GuitarJeff Turmes, Rick Holmstrom

MixingTom Schick

Additional InformationYou Are Not Alone finds Mavis Staples teaming up with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, who produced the album and arranged the songs, and while Tweedy may seem an odd fit, he obviously knew what he was up to, crafting material that fits Staples' gospel-fueled vocals.

EngineerTom Schick, Jason Tobias

Reviews3 stars out of 5 -- "'You Don't Knock' is a deft gospel number that sets things off well with an uplifting call-and-response passage.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "The stripped-down, Muscle Shoals-style arrangements give Mavis space to do her thing, and the song choices are spot-on...", 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Staples' voice is a rich, liquid wonder, and Tweedy's production -- thick with guitar tremolo -- is faithful to her funk and gospel work with the Staples Singers.", "Mavis applies her throaty contralto with consummate passion to a mix of spiritual and secular material that includes a hauntingly harmonized a cappella reading of 'Wonderful Savior'...", Ranked #12 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "The results: exciting, impassioned, essential.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Little Milton's gutsy soul'n'blues 'We're Gonna Make It' is delivered unequivocally as a hymnal to universal peace; Mavis's vocal performance, intense, deep, almost a growl at times, and quite simply jaw-dropping.", "Staples' voice has aged remarkably well, and the rasps and crackles come in all the right places...", "Stellar...With Wilco's Jeff Tweedy Producing 71-Year-Old Gospel Great Staples." -- Grade: A-, "'You Are Not Alone, as its title suggests, intends to be a salve in hard times, and Staples rallies her most sympathetic delivery, as if comforting listeners individually.", "The standout is Staples' tear-stained take of Randy Newman's 'Losing You.' She wrings every bit of emotion out of the song without seemingly batting an eye."

Number of Discs1

VocalsDonny Gerrard

PercussionStephen Hodges

DrumsStephen Hodges