| Mitakuye Oyasin Oyasin/All My Relations | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | James Stroud, the Neville Brothers | |||
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Mitakuye Oyasin Oyasin/All My Relations is an album by the American musical group the Neville Brothers, released in 1996. [1] [2] Arvol Looking Horse allowed the Nevilles to use a Lakota phrase for the album's title. [3] The band supported the album with a North American tour. [4]
The album was coproduced by James Stroud. Ten members of the Neville extended family worked on the album; Cyril Neville was in part inspired to use family members after attending the Million Man March. [5] [6] Gaynielle Neville cowrote three of the songs. [7] Bob Weir played guitar on the cover of the Grateful Dead's "Fire on the Mountain"; the song was nominated for a Grammy Award. [8] [9] Aaron Neville solos on the cover of Bill Withers's "Ain't No Sunshine". [10] Charles Neville played saxophone on the album. [11] Dann Huff played guitar. [12] "You're Gonna Make Your Momma Cry" addresses a person addicted to crack cocaine. [13]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| Calgary Herald | [7] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B [14] |
| The Guardian | [15] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |  [16] |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | [17] |
| USA Today | [18] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul | [19] |
Entertainment Weekly noted that "when the Neville Brothers ignore their pair of aces—Mardi Gras music and Aaron’s ethereal warble—they come perilously close to generic funk." [14] The Guardian called the album "a tasteful collection of eclectic tunesmithery with bouncy Caribbean beats, gospel-flavoured hymns and soulful ballads." [15] The Fort Worth Star-Telegram considered it to be one of the group's best albums, writing that "the sound is strongly informed by the '70s soul of Hi Records." [20] USA Today labeled the album "an incongruous mix of slick radio-aimed ballads and funky Afro-Caribbean jumpers." [18]
AllMusic deemed Mitakuye Oyasin Oyasin/All My Relations "an album of small pleasures rather than the larger statement it seems intended to be." [8]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love Spoken Here" | |
| 2. | "The Sound" | |
| 3. | "Holy Spirit" | |
| 4. | "Soul to Soul" | |
| 5. | "Whatever You Do" | |
| 6. | "Saved by the Grace of Your Love" | |
| 7. | "You're Gonna Make Your Momma Cry" | |
| 8. | "Fire on the Mountain" | |
| 9. | "Ain't No Sunshine" | |
| 10. | "Orisha Dance" | |
| 11. | "Sacred Ground" |
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