You Are Not Alone (Mavis Staples album)
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| You Are Not Alone | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 14, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Studio | The Wilco Loft (Chicago)[1] | |||
| Length | 45:13 | |||
| Label | Anti- | |||
| Producer | Jeff Tweedy | |||
| Mavis Staples chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| The A.V. Club | A−[4] |
| Billboard | [5] |
| Chicago Tribune | [6] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[7] |
| Paste | 9.1/10[8] |
| Pitchfork | 8.2/10[9] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
| Spin | 6/10[12] |
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.[13]
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".[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Knock" | Roebuck Staples | 2:30 |
| 2. | "You Are Not Alone" | Jeff Tweedy | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Downward Road" | R. Staples | 3:08 |
| 4. | "In Christ There Is No East or West" |
| 3:36 |
| 5. | "Creep Along Moses" |
| 2:57 |
| 6. | "Losing You" | Randy Newman | 2:52 |
| 7. | "I Belong to the Band" | Reverend Gary Davis | 3:31 |
| 8. | "Last Train" | Allen Toussaint | 4:29 |
| 9. | "Only the Lord Knows" | Tweedy | 3:44 |
| 10. | "Wrote a Song for Everyone" | John Fogerty | 3:47 |
| 11. | "We're Gonna Make It" |
| 3:27 |
| 12. | "Wonderful Savior" |
| 2:05 |
| 13. | "Too Close / On My Way to Heaven" |
| 5:10 |
| Total length: | 45:13 | ||
