Livin' on a High Note

Livin' on a High Note
Studio album by Mavis Staples
Released	February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)
Length	38:36
Label	Anti-, Epitaph
Producer	M. Ward [1]
Mavis Staples chronology
One True Vine (2013) Livin' on a High Note (2016) If All I Was Was Black (2017)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
PopMatters	8/10 [4]

Livin' on a High Note is the tenth solo studio album by American musician Mavis Staples. It was released in February 2016 under Epitaph. Rolling Stone placed the album on its 45 Best Albums of 2016 So Far list. ^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Take Us Back"	Benjamin Booker	3:16
2.	"Love and Trust"	Ben Harper	3:19
3.	"If It's a Light"	Charity Rose Thielen	3:04
4.	"Action"	Merrill Garbus	3:06
5.	"High Note"	Valerie June	3:31
6.	"Don't Cry"	M. Ward	2:48
7.	"Tomorrow"	Jon Batiste, Aloe Blacc	3:20
8.	"Dedicated"	Justin Vernon, Ward	3:55
9.	"History, Now"	Neko Case, Donny Gerrard, Laura Veirs	2:07
10.	"One Love"	Aaron Livingston	3:10
11.	"Jesus Lay Down Beside Me"	Nick Cave	4:05
12.	"MLK Song"	Martin Luther King Jr., Ward	2:55

References

1. Minsker, Evan (January 7, 2016). "Mavis Staples Enlists Bon Iver, Nick Cave, Neko Case, M. Ward, More for New Album Livin' on a High Note". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
2. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
3. Kellman, Andy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
4. Ingalls, Chris (March 30, 2016). "PopMatters Review". PopMatters . Retrieved April 9, 2016.
5. "45 Best Albums of 2016 So Far". Rolling Stone. June 20, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.