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| 1. | People Get Ready
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| 2. | Spirit in the Dark
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| 3. | Wade in the Water
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| 4. | Stand By Me
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| 5. | The Cross
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| 6. | Many Rivers to Cross
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| 7. | Higher Ground
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| 8. | Freedom Road
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| 9. | I May Not Can See
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| 10. | You and Your Folks / 23rd Psalm
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| 11. | I Shall Not Walk Alone
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| 12. | Precious Lord
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HIGHER GROUND won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album.
Gospel / Traditional Gospel; Black Gospel; Contemporary Gospel
Recorded: Capitol Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Higher Ground, the Five Blind Boys of Alabama's second album for Real World, is even more of a crossover effort than 1997's Spirit of the Century. It sports a classics-heavy track listing, including great choices of inspirational material from R&B legends Stevie Wonder ("Higher Ground"), Curtis Mayfield ("People Get Ready"), Aretha Franklin ("Spirit in the Dark"), Prince ("The Cross"), Jimmy Cliff ("Many Rivers to Cross"), and George Clinton ("You and Your Folks"). Another inspired choice is the backing band, sacred-steel guitarist Robert Randolph and the Family Band, who provides a rock-solid rhythm, yet also lends the feeling necessary to frame the vocals. Leads Clarence Fountain and George Scott, who've been performing together for over 50 years, direct the ensemble with gospel fire; Fountain's original, "Stand By Me," is a rollicking jubilee number done with all the energy of his mid-'50s performances. Elsewhere, Randolph contributes some great licks to "I May Not Can Se," another group original, and Ben Harper stops by to deliver a piercing high tenor on "People Get Ready." Admittedly, the Five Blind Boys aren't able to add much to often-heard classics like "Higher Ground" or "Many Rivers to Cross," and even their performance of the gospel standard "Wade in the Water" is quite wooden.
---John Bush, allmusic
Blind Boys Of Alabama
Clarence Fountain - vocals
Jimmy Carter - vocals
George Scott - vocals
Joey Williams - vocals
Ricky McKinnie - vocals
Bobby Butler - vocals
Additional personnel:
Ben Harper - vocals, guitar
Leon Mobley - percussion
Robert Randolph And The Family |
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