| Product Summary | | Label: REAL WORLD RECORDS/RA | | UPC: 00884108011423 | | Release Date: 9/9/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 208935303 | | Item#: M4EG4C | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Last Month Of The Year ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama |  | | 2. I Pray On Christmas - (featuring Solomon Burke) ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama | | | 3. Go Tell It On The Mountain - (featuring Tom Waits) ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama | | | 4. Little Drummer Boy - (featuring Michael Franti) ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama | | | 5. In The Bleak Midwinter - (featuring Chrissie Hynde/Richard Thompson) ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama | | | 6. Joy To The World - (featuring Aaron Neville) ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama | | | 7. Born In Bethlehem - (featuring Mavis Staples) ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama | | | 8. Christmas Song, The - (featuring Shelby Lynne) ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama | | | 9. Away In A Manger - (featuring George Clinton/Robert Randolph) ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama | | | 10. Oh Come All Ye Faithful - (featuring Me'Shell NdegeOcello) ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama | | | 11. White Christmas - (featuring Les McCann) ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama | | | 12. Silent Night ~ Blind Boys Of Alabama | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Blind Boys Of Alabama: Clarence Fountain, Jimmy Carter, George Scott, Joey Williams, Ricky McKinnie, Bobby Butler (vocals). | | Additional personnel includes: Solomon Burke, Mavis Staples, Les McCann, Tom Waits, Aaron Neville, Michael Franti, John Medeski, Duke Robillard. | | GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album. | | On the surface, one might fear the taint of market-research exploitation on an album where this classic gospel group backs a variety of famous guests on well known Christmas songs, but that fear is aesthetically unfounded. The Blind Boys of Alabama, for all their soulful gravitas, function extremely well in a support role (though their "solo" track, "Last Month of the Year," is one of the most memorable moments here). Tom Waits comes off like a half-crazed preacher, throwing down the spiritual gauntlet on "Go Tell It on the Mountain." Chrissie Hynde demonstrates why she's one of the more underrated singers in rock, as she heats up "In the Bleak Midwinter." And, of course, the Aaron Neville and Mavis Staples cuts are no-brainers; how could they possibly not work? Some less expected guests include Spearhead frontman Michael Franti and the funkmaster himself, George Clinton, who brings the blues, if not the funk, to "Away in a Manger." |
Musical Guests | | Solomon Burke | | Tom Waits | | Michael Franti | | Chrissie Hynde | | Richard Thompson | | Aaron Neville | | Mavis Staples | | Shelby Lynne | | George Clinton | | Robert Randolph | | Me'Shell NdegeOcello | | Les McCann |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/09/2008 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : USCDR W115 | | Label : Real World Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00884108011423 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (12/19/03, p.74)
- "...[The Blind Boys and their guests join] players like John Medeski [in] turning up the spiritual-blues simmer..." - RAting: A-Dirty Linen (p.49)
- "[T]his concert spans the seasons, much like the Blind Boys span the years and bridge the generations. There's a stunning version of 'Amazing Grace'..." Mojo (Publisher)
(1/04, p.104)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "[H]ere the Blind Boys take on standards such as 'White Christmas' and 'O Come All Ye Faithful' and fashion them into stirring soul sermons." |
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