Livin' on a High Note

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Livin' on a High Note
Staples Livin.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)
Length38:36
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
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
PopMatters 8/10 [4]

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Track listing

No.TitleWriter(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 Thielen3:04
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, Ward3:55
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., Ward2:55

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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.
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