You Are Not Alone is the eighth studio album by American gospel and soul singer Mavis Staples, released September 14, 2010, through Anti-. It won the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".
Track listing
Notes
- signifies an arranger.
- Bradford is credited for writing "Too Close" and Staples is credited for writing "On My Way to Heaven".
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.
- Mavis Staples â lead vocals
- Rick Holmstrom â guitar (all tracks), background vocals (track 11)
- Jeff Turmes â bass, guitar (all tracks); second guitar (1), background vocals (11)
- Stephen Hodges â drums, percussion
- Donny Gerrard â vocals
- Jeff Tweedy â production (all tracks), bass (1), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 9, 10); fuzz guitar, background vocals (9)
- Tom Schick â engineering, mastering
- Mark Greenberg â engineering assistance (all tracks), celeste (2), vibraphone (4)
- Jason Tobias â additional engineering, technical support
- Nora O'Connor â background vocals (1âÂÂ5, 7, 8, 10âÂÂ13)
- Kelly Hogan â background vocals (1âÂÂ3, 5, 8, 10âÂÂ13)
- Patrick Sansone â Wurlitzer (2, 8, 11), piano (2, 9, 10), vibraphone (2); celeste, Mellotron (4); tambourine (7), organ (8, 11), background vocals (9)
- Richard Parenti â background vocals (4, 7)
- Chris Strong â photography
References
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