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You Are Not Alone (Mavis Staples album)

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 – lead vocals
  • Rick Holmstrom – guitar (all tracks), background vocals (track 11)
  • Jeff Turmes – bass, guitar (all tracks); second guitar (1), background vocals (11)
  • Stephen Hodges – drums, percussion
  • Donny Gerrard – vocals
  • Jeff Tweedy – production (all tracks), bass (1), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 9, 10); fuzz guitar, background vocals (9)
  • Tom Schick – engineering, mastering
  • Mark Greenberg – engineering assistance (all tracks), celeste (2), vibraphone (4)
  • Jason Tobias – additional engineering, technical support
  • Nora O'Connor – background vocals (1–5, 7, 8, 10–13)
  • Kelly Hogan – background vocals (1–3, 5, 8, 10–13)
  • Patrick Sansone – Wurlitzer (2, 8, 11), piano (2, 9, 10), vibraphone (2); celeste, Mellotron (4); tambourine (7), organ (8, 11), background vocals (9)
  • Richard Parenti – background vocals (4, 7)
  • Chris Strong – photography

References

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