soul, gospel 58 min 12 tracks Anti‐
We'll Never Turn Back is the seventh studio album by American gospel and soul singer Mavis Staples, released April 24, 2007 on Anti-. Recorded in 2007 and produced by roots rock and blues musician Ry Cooder, it is a concept album with lyrical themes relating to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and character-led.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1Down in Mississippi4:58
- 2Eyes on the Prize4:06
- 3We Shall Not Be Moved4:32
- 4In the Mississippi River4:27
- 5On My Way4:10
- 6This Little Light of Mine3:23
- 799 and 1/24:46
- 8My Own Eyes7:19
- 9Turn Me Around3:53
- 10We'll Never Turn Back4:06
- 11I'll Be Rested5:44
- 12Jesus Is on the Main Line6:31
12 tracks, 58 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mavis Staples
- Label
- Anti‐
- Released
- April 27, 2007
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- NL
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