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Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
GOSPEL+SOUL | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVER | 287MB | 45:13
Anti 2010

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Mavis Staples may not have a voice with the kind of range and pure power of an Aretha Franklin, but she understands the ins and outs of phrasing and nuance, and brings an inimitable, gritty passion to everything she sings, even into her seventies. She's also not afraid to walk right down the middle of the road between secular and sacred, fully aware that both the blues and gospel are really talking about the same thing -- the need to get to a better place. She performs this delicate synthesis well on You Are Not Alone, an album that finds her teamed with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, whose production on this project is surprisingly sympathetic to Staples' strengths, and more importantly, doesn't make her sound like an adjunct participant in a Wilco album. No, this is Mavis' show, and she grabs ahold of well-chosen covers like Randy Newman's “Losing You,” Allen Toussaint's “Last Train,” Reverend Gary Davis' “I Belong to the Band,” and John Fogerty's “Wrote a Song for Everyone” with conviction, wringing every bit of wisdom, anger, compassion, and joy out of them, while bringing a fresh perspective to traditional gospel pieces like “In Christ There Is No East or West,” “Creep Along Moses,” and “Wonderful Savior,” reminding that redemption is pretty hard work even in the best of times. She tackles a couple of Pops Staples pieces here, too, “Don’t Knock” and “Downward Road,” making this whole set a well-rounded portrait of Mavis Staples as she stands then, now, and tomorrow. Tweedy wrote several songs for the project, but only two, including the title track “You Are Not Alone,” appear here, and he wisely resisted any urge to overdo his sonic stamp on the album. Most tracks feature sturdy, simple, and subdued backing that allows Staples' voice to carry the show, highlighted by reverbed guitar reminiscent of Pops Staples' trademark sound, although only enough to suggest it -- nothing here gets in the way of Mavis' voice. You Are Not Alone is a solid outing that somehow amazingly manages to be both secular and sacred at once, and there is a stripped-down timelessness to it. It's gospel. It's blues. It's about love and redemption, and how each needs the other. You Are Not Alone won Best Americana Album at the 2010 Grammys. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Mavis Staples - Vocals
Patrick Sansone - Keyboards
Rick Holmstrom - Guitar
Jeff Turmes - Bass, Guitar
Jeff Tweedy - Bass, Fuzz Guitar
Stephen Hodges - Drums, Percussion
Mark Greenberg - Celeste, Vibraphone

TRACKLISTING:
01. Don't Knock
02. You Are Not Alone
03. Downward Road
04. In Christ There Is No East Or West
05. Creep Along Moses
06. Losing You
07. I Belong To The Band
08. Last Train
09. Only The Lord Knows
10. Wrote A Song For Everyone
11. We're Gonna Make It
12. Wonderful Savior
13. Too Close/On My Way To Heaven

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CHIC - Take It Off
SOUL | FLAC | CUE | LOG | COVERS | 266MB | 40:02
Atlantic 1981

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In 1981, a lot of rock & rollers were claiming that the disco era was officially over. Disco, of course, never really died -- a lot of the dance-pop, house music, Hi-NRG, and Latin freestyle that was recorded in the '80s and '90s was essentially disco -- but as far as many of the radio stations and record company A&R men of 1981 were concerned, disco was dead. And that was bad news for Chic, a group closely identified with the disco era. Even though a lot of Chic's work had as much to do with funk and soul as it did with the Euro-disco sound, Chic was unable to live down its reputation as a disco group. But Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards gave it a try with 1981's Take It Off, an admirable, if uneven, project that finds the group downplaying the Euro-disco elements. With R&B and funk as the foundation, Chic tries to branch out by incorporating elements of pop-rock on "Your Love Is Canceled," and jazz on "Flash Back" and "So Fine" (which shouldn't be confused with the "So Fine" that Kashif produced for R&B singer Howard Johnson in 1982). In fact, a few of Rogers' guitar solos give the impression that he'd been listening to a lot of Wes Montgomery. But as likable as the LP is, it didn't contain a major hit -- the single "Stage Fright" only made it to #34 on Billboard's R&B singles chart. And for a group that had enjoyed #1 pop and R&B smashes only two and three years earlier, that was certainly disappointing. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide

Bernard Edwards - Bass
Nile Rodgers - Guitar
Luci Martin - Vocals
Alfa Anderson - Vocals
Tony Thompson - Drums

Sammy Figueroa - Percussion
Fonzi Thornton - Vocals
Jocelyn Brown - Vocals
Michelle Cobbs - Vocals

Raymond Jones - Keyboards
Rob Sabino - Keyboards
Randy Brecker - Trumpet
Ray Maldonado - Trumpet
Manolo Badrena - Percussion
Roger Squitero - Percussion
Lenny Pickett - Saxophone
Michael Brecker - Saxophone
Ronnie Cuber - Saxophone
Vinny Della Rocca - Saxophone

TRACKLISTING:
01. Stage Fright
02. Burn Hard
03. So Fine
04. Flash Back
05. Telling Lies
06. Your Love Is Canceled
07. Would You Be My Baby
08. Take It Off
09. Just Out Of Reach
10. Baby Doll

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