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Go Tell It On The Mountain (CD)

By: Blind Boys Of Alabama (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Go Tell It On The Mountain (CD) Album By Blind Boys Of Alabama (Artist)
1   Last Month Of The Year
2   I Pray On Christmas - (featuring Solomon Burke)
3   Go Tell It On The Mountain - (featuring Tom Waits)
4   Little Drummer Boy - (featuring Michael Franti)
5   In The Bleak Midwinter - (featuring Chrissie Hynde/Richard Thompson)
6   Joy To The World - (featuring Aaron Neville)
7   Born In Bethlehem - (featuring Mavis Staples)
8   Christmas Song, The - (featuring Shelby Lynne)
9   Away In A Manger - (featuring George Clinton/Robert Randolph)
10   O Come, All Ye Faithful
11   White Christmas - (featuring Les McCann)
12   Silent Night
13   My Lord, What A Morning - (bonus track)
 

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Review

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."

Title Note

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.

Blind Boys Of Alabama: Clarence Fountain, Jimmy Carter , George Scott, Tracy Pierce, Bobby Butler, Ricky McKinnie, Joey Williams (vocals).

Additional personnel include: Les McCann, Me'Shell NdegeOcello (vocals, piano); Chrissie Hynde, George Clinton , Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, Michael Franti, Shelby Lynne, Solomon Burke, Tom Waits (vocals); Duke Robillard, Richard Thompson (guitar); John Medeski (Hammond b-3 organ); Danny Thompson (double bass); Michael Jerome (drums).

Recording information: Capitol Studio B, Los Angeles, California.

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."

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