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Mitakuye Oyasin Oyasin/All My Relations is an album by the American musical group the Neville Brothers, released in 1996.[1][2] Arvol Looking Horse allowed the Nevilles to use a Lakota phrase for the album's title.[3] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[4]
| Mitakuye Oyasin Oyasin/All My Relations | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | James Stroud, the Neville Brothers | |||
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The album was coproduced by James Stroud. Ten members of the Neville extended family worked on the album; Cyril Neville was in part inspired to use family members after attending the Million Man March.[5][6] Gaynielle Neville cowrote three of the songs.[7] Bob Weir played guitar on the cover of the Grateful Dead's "Fire on the Mountain"; the song was nominated for a Grammy Award.[8][9] Aaron Neville solos on the cover of Bill Withers's "Ain't No Sunshine".[10] Charles Neville played saxophone on the album.[11] Dann Huff played guitar.[12] "You're Gonna Make Your Momma Cry" addresses a person addicted to crack cocaine.[13]
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Entertainment Weekly noted that "when the Neville Brothers ignore their pair of aces—Mardi Gras music and Aaron’s ethereal warble—they come perilously close to generic funk."[14] The Guardian called the album "a tasteful collection of eclectic tunesmithery with bouncy Caribbean beats, gospel-flavoured hymns and soulful ballads."[15] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram considered it to be one of the group's best albums, writing that "the sound is strongly informed by the '70s soul of Hi Records."[20] USA Today labeled the album "an incongruous mix of slick radio-aimed ballads and funky Afro-Caribbean jumpers."[18]
AllMusic deemed Mitakuye Oyasin Oyasin/All My Relations "an album of small pleasures rather than the larger statement it seems intended to be."[8]
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| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love Spoken Here" | |
| 2. | "The Sound" | |
| 3. | "Holy Spirit" | |
| 4. | "Soul to Soul" | |
| 5. | "Whatever You Do" | |
| 6. | "Saved by the Grace of Your Love" | |
| 7. | "You're Gonna Make Your Momma Cry" | |
| 8. | "Fire on the Mountain" | |
| 9. | "Ain't No Sunshine" | |
| 10. | "Orisha Dance" | |
| 11. | "Sacred Ground" |
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