Don't Lose This

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Don't Lose This
Dont Lose This Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released2015
StudioHinge Sound, Chicago, Illinois; The Loft
Label dBpm Records
Producer Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples, Pops Staples
Roebuck "Pops" Staples chronology
Father Father
(1994)
Don't Lose This
(2015)

Don't Lose This is a 2015 posthumous album by American gospel and R&B musician Pops Staples. The album was put together with various musicians, using unfinished tracks from 1998 that were intended for a "lost" album by The Staple Singers. [1] The album was produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. The album reached #16 on the Independent Albums chart. [2]

Contents

History

The title of the album comes from words that Staples spoke to his daughter Mavis Staples just prior to his death. [3] He told her, "don't lose this, here," referring to 10 recordings that he made in 1998. [3] Mavis teamed up with Jeff Tweedy in 2014 to produce the tracks and finish the album. Tweedy had previously produced Mavis' albums You Are Not Alone and One True Vine . [4] Tweedy played bass on the album and his son Spencer played drums. [4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Pops Staples; except where indicated

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Somebody Was Watching"Brenda Burns4:07
2."Sweet Home"Margaret Allison4:14
3."No News is Good News" 4:36
4."Love on My Side" 4:03
5."Friendship" Homer Banks, Lester Snell4:06
6."Nobody's Fault but Mine" 3:07
7."The Lady's Letter" 2:19
8."Better Home" 4:49
9."Will the Circle Be Unbroken" 4:05
10."Gotta Serve Somebody" Bob Dylan 3:31

Personnel

References

  1. Hermes, Will (March 23, 2015). "Don't Lose This". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  2. "Don't Lose This". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Mokoena, Tshepo (March 5, 2015). "Pops Staples: Don't Lose This review - a gorgeous, gravelly swansong". The Guardian. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Minsker, Evan (January 12, 2015). "Pops Staples Posthumous Album Don't Lose This, Finished by Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy, to Be Released". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 4, 2015.