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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Eternity - Lionel Richie ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer ~ Various Artists | | | 4. American Prayer - Dave Stewart ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Battle Cry - Shontelle ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Make It Better - Los Lonely Boys ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Pride, In The Name Of Love - John Legend ~ Various Artists | | | 8. I Have A Dream - Bebe Williams ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Am I All Alone? - Suai ~ Various Artists | | | 10. One Is The Magic # - Jill Scott ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Love And Hope - Ozomatli ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Lookng East - Jackson Browne ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Out Of Our Heads - Sheryl Crow ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Promised Land - Malik Yusef - (featuring Adam Levine/Kanye West) ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Hold On - Yolanda Adams ~ Various Artists | | | 16. America the Beautiful - Keb' Mo' ~ Various Artists | | | 17. America - Ken Stacey ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Wide River To Cross - Buddy Miller ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Lyricist: Jill Scott. | | Personnel: Henry Garza (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); JoJo Garza (vocals, Wurlitzer organ, bass guitar); Ringo Garza (vocals, drums, percussion); Jill Scott (vocals, background vocals); Adam Levine (vocals); Stephan Oberhoff (guitar, piano, keyboards); Mark Goldenberg, Scott Thurston, Tom Hemby, Waddy Wachtel (guitar); Jafar Barron (pocket trumpet); Pat Coils (keyboards); Jochem van der Saag (synthesizer, programming); Steve Brewster (drums, percussion); Mauricio-Fritz Lewak (drums); Luis Conte (percussion); Nikki Flores, Darwin Hobbs, Emmylou Harris, Shontelle Layne, BeBe Winans, LeAnne Palmore, Lisa Williams (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Manny Marroquin; Andrew Dawson; Ed Cherney; Bill Botrell; Gregg Jampol; Jacques Richmond; Jochem van der Saag; Mike Bradford; Michael Brauer; Phil Tan; Wayne Wilkins. | | Audio Remasterers: Thierry Migeotte; Jerrold Thompson. | | Liner Note Author: Steve McKeever. | | Recording information: Boom Boom Room; Chalice Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Chung King Studios, New York, NY; East Side Stages, Austin, TX; FCP Studios; Legacy Recording Studios, New York, NY; Legacy Studios, New York, NY; Quiz And Larossi Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; St Sound Stage Recording Studios, Nashville, TN; Terminal Recording; The Jam Studios, Burbank, CA. | | Photographers: Marc Baptiste; Alan Silfen; Steve Ragland; Nabil Elderkin; Rod Spicer; Andrew Eccles; Mike Ruiz; Christian Lantry; Michael "Mick" Wilson; Nels Israelson; James Minchin; Norman Jean Roy. | | Arrangers: Claude Kelly; Paul Riser; Stephan Oberhoff; Tom Hemby; BeBe Winans. | | Hidden Beach Recordings is the first label--independent or otherwise--to commemorate the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States with YES WE CAN: VOICES OF A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT. The album was produced by Steve McKeever of Hidden Beach, and in his liner notes, McKeever documents the birth of the project, but that hardly matters in a sense, because the music is what does. Assembled here are 18 cuts, some of them presented in their original form, some with bits from the speeches of Obama and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Those using Obama speech audio include: John Legend ("Pride, In the Name of Love"), Lionel Richie ("Eternity"), and artists as diverse as Ozomatli, Jill Scott, Dave Stewart, Shontelle, Los Lonely Boys, Suai, Keb' Mo', and Buddy Miller (whose closing number "Wide River to Cross" is among the real highlights). While it's far more memorable as a piece of memorabilia or nostalgia than as a musical artifact, it's quite a handsome package, with photographs of everything from the Democratic National Convention to the New Hampshire Primary, and the many snippets from Obama speeches on the campaign trail included. | | Hidden Beach Recordings is the first label -- independent or otherwise -- to attempt to cash in on the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States with Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement. The album was produced by Steve McKeever of Hidden Beach with the brilliant Meaghan Burdick from Obama for America; she was his online coordinator for fundraising, and worked previously for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. In his liner notes, McKeever documents the birth of Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement, but that hardly matters in a sense, because the music is what does. Assembled here are 18 cuts, some of them presented in their original form, some with bits from the speeches of Obama and the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Of course Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" is here, but it's rather amazing that the audio for will.i.am's "Yes We Can" video is not, and neither is Kentrell's killer "Time" demo. Huh? Right. And that's part of the problem here: musically this set is diverse all right, but it is also scattershot in terms of quality -- that is, at best. It's about as middle of the road as it gets, even with the enormous profiles of some of these artists. Those using Obama speech audio include John Legend "Pride, In the Name of Love," Lionel Richie with "Eternity," and artists as diverse as Ozomatli, Jill Scott, Bebe Winans (who uses a bit of King's "I Have a Dream" speech instead), Dave Stewart, Shontelle, Los Lonely Boys, Suai, Keb' Mo', and Buddy Miller (whose closing number "Wide River to Cross" is among the real highlights). Elsewhere, Jackson Browne's "Looking East" is included as is Sheryl Crow's "Out of Our Heads," and "Promised Land" by Kanye West, Adam Levine, and Malik Yusef. Another highlight is Yolanda Adams' deeply stirring "Hold On." Thankfully,Bono isn't anywhere to be found here. Ultimately, this is a souvenir that loses the salt in its taste after a spin or two. It's far more memorable as a piece of memorabilia or nostalgia than as a musical artifact. The package is a nicer go, with photographs of everything from the Democratic National Convention to the New Hampshire Primary, and the many snippets from Obama speeches on the campaign trail included. The lyrics are also here but most of them are forgettable at best. We're also told that Hidden Beach is "donating a portion of the proceeds" from the sale of this volume to charitable causes. While it's a wonderful thing to want to remember and never forget what had to be overcome in this historic campaign, and it's unlikely that anyone living on either side of the red and blue aisle will thank goodness, it's quite another to engage in a bit of marketing for its own sake. ~ Thom Jurek |
Producer: Claude Kelly; Dave Stewart; Steven "Steven J." Jordan; Bill Botrell; James Patrick Dunne; John Legend; Kanye West; Michael Bradford; Stephan Oberhoff; Steve McKeever; Stevie Wonder; Tom Hemby; Vidal Davis; BeBe Winans; Wayne Wilkins; Ned Douglas; Steve Mc |
Engineer: Claude Kelly; Alex Venguer; James Auwarter; Tyler Van Dalen; Bill Botrell; Gabe Veltri; Gregg Jampol; Jochem Van Der Saag; Michael Bradford; Niko Bolas; Stephan Oberhoff; Vidal Davis; Ned Douglas |
Musical Guests | | John Legend | | Adam Levine | | Kanye West | | Keb' Mo' | | Ken Stacey |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/11/2008 | | Original Release Date : 2008 | | Catalog ID : 70 | | Label : Hidden Beach Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00894096001504 |
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