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 on ANTI- Records. It won the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards.^[11]

You Are Not Alone
Studio album by Mavis Staples
Released	September 14, 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Americana, gospel, soul, blues
Label	ANTI-
Producer	Jeff Tweedy
Mavis Staples chronology
Live: Hope at the Hideout (2008) You Are Not Alone (2010) One True Vine (2013)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	(A-)[2]
Chicago Tribune	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	(A-)[4]
The New York Times	(favorable)[5]
Pitchfork Media	(8.2/10)[6]
PopMatters	(7/10)[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Spin	(6/10)[9]
The Village Voice	(favorable)[10]

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".^[12]

Track listing

1. "Don't Knock" (2:30)
2. "You Are Not Alone" (3:57)
3. "Downward Road" (3:08)
4. "In Christ There Is No East or West" (3:36)
5. "Creep Along Moses" (2:57)
6. "Losing You" (2:52)
7. "I Belong to the Band" (3:31)
8. "Last Train" (4:29)
9. "Only the Lord Knows" (3:44)
10. "Wrote a Song for Everyone" (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)

References

1. Leggett, Steve (September 14, 2010). Review: You Are Not Alone. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
2. Phipps, Keith (September 21, 2010). Review: You Are Not Alone. The A.V. Club. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
3. Kot, Greg (September 10, 2010). Review: You Are Not Alone. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
4. Willman, Chris (September 7, 2010). Review: You Are Not Alone. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
5. Rohter, Larry (September 19, 2010). Jeff Tweedy Nudges Mavis Staples Back to Her Roots. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
6. Deusner, Stephen M. (September 23, 2010). Review: You Are Not Alone. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
7. McCarthy, Sean (September 23, 2010). Review: You Are Not Alone. PopMatters. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
8. Wolk, Douglas (September 13, 2010). Review: You Are Not Alone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
9. Menconi, David (September 2010). Review: You Are Not Alone. Spin. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
10. Linden, Amy (January 12, 2011). Mavis Staples Is for the Children. The Village Voice. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
11. "Nominees and Winners | GRAMMY.com". Archived from the original on December 1, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
12. You Are Not Alone Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.

External links

• You Are Not Alone at ANTI- website