Who Else is Crazy Excited for This Album to Drop?

D. Phillips · Post by **D. Phillips** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 5:25 pm

Mavis Staples: You Are Not Alone

Listen to these tracks and tell me you're not amped:
http://pitchfork.com/news/39375-new-mav ... not-alone/
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/20 ... taple.html

sab · Post by **sab** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:11 pm

Me! But you know that already.

miss carol · Post by **miss carol** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 1:20 am

Thanks for the link. I'm officially looking forward to this!

Post by **Jake** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:11 pm

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:00 pm

Wow - this is better than I'd hoped for...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:11 pm

Oh yes, it's awesome.

Post by **Jake** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 3:21 pm

Yep, this and the new Superchunk have totally made my day.

Sugarcubes Forever · Post by **Sugarcubes Forever** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 3:57 pm

Sorry to rain on the parade, but I ain't hearin' it. With Tweedy on board you'd have though this would be a home run. It's a good record, but it's only a base hit.

I have to agree with Jim DeRogatis and call it a "Burn It" record.

D. Phillips · Post by **D. Phillips** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:27 pm

Sugarcubes Forever wrote:Sorry to rain on the parade, but I ain't hearin' it. With Tweedy on board you'd have though this would be a home run. It's a good record, but it's only a base hit.

I have to agree with Jim DeRogatis and call it a "Burn It" record.

But you have no soul, so...

Lep · Post by **Lep** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:32 am

In 1996, she released a gospel album with just her singing and Lucky Peterson playing the B3. I love it, but the cranky allmusic.com review says "a very bare-bones set, and after the fourth song, ... the format becomes boring and the songs begin to sound similar."

But if you like Mavis, gospel and the Hammond, you'll love it.