Prayer for Peace (North Mississippi Allstars album)

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Prayer for Peace
North Mississippi Allstars Prayer for Peace cover.jpg
Studio album by
North Mississippi Allstars
ReleasedJune 2, 2017 (2017-06-02)
Recorded2017
Studio
Genre
Length42:36
Label Songs of the South
Producer
North Mississippi Allstars chronology
Freedom & Dreams
(2015)		Prayer for Peace
(2017)		 Up and Rolling
(2019)

Prayer for Peace is the ninth studio album by American band North Mississippi Allstars. It was released on June 2, 2017 via Songs of the South Records, making it their final record for the label. Recording sessions took place at Royal Studios in Memphis, Brooklyn Studios in New York City, Harmony Hill in Nashville, Music Shed Studio in New Orleans, Zebra Ranch Studios in Independence, Sawhorse Studios in St. Louis, Weights and Measures in Kansas City, and Arly Studios in Austin. Production was handled by Cody and Luther Dickinson with co-producer Lawrence "Boo" Mitchell.

Contents

In the United States, the album made it to several Billboard charts, peaking at No. 77 on the Current Album Sales, No. 19 on the Top Americana/Folk Albums, No. 1 on the Top Blues Albums, No. 4 on the Heatseekers Albums and No. 13 on the Tastemakers.

At the 39th Blues Music Awards held in 2018, the album was nominated for a Blues Music Award for Blues Rock Album, while the band was nominated for a Blues Music Award for Band of the Year.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
GIGsoup73% [4]
Tom Hull B+( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [5]
Vice Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [6]

Prayer for Peace was met with universal acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 80, based on four reviews. [1]

AllMusic's Thom Jurek praised the album, citing the music as eternal, and said that the band's "obvious reverence for it is shown in how easily they just let it come through." Jurek elaborated that "no matter where it was recorded or who plays on it", the album felt the same− "Open, willing, and wooly". [2] Hal Horowitz of American Songwriter felt that though there weren't any revelations on the album, yet "the energy, excitement and intensity poured into every performance" made it standout "in an impressive Dickinson brothers catalog that doesn't have any weak entries". [3] Uncut reviewer wrote: "Luther and Cody Dickinson strip it back on Prayer For Prayer, recording in a half-dozen American cities and viscerally capturing the widespread unease". [1] Magnet reviewer found out the album's "rootsy sound remains more or less unchanged and identified". [1] Writing for Vice , veteran music critic Robert Christgau wrote: "Never much shakes with songs per se, they put their minds into an entreaty their South needs, their hearts into their South's African-American repertoire, and their guitars into Will Shade's greatest hit". [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Prayer for Peace"
3:40
2."Need to Be Free"
4:28
3."Miss Maybelle" R. L. Burnside 2:40
4."Run Red Rooster"
  • Burnside
  • L. Dickinson
2:20
5."Stealin'" William Shade Jr. 2:54
6."Deep Ellum"Traditional4:19
7."Bird Without a Feather"Burnside4:34
8."You Got to Move" Fred McDowell 2:03
9."61 Highway"McDowell3:05
10."Long Haired Doney"Burnside4:39
11."Bid You Goodnight"Traditional5:02
12."P4P2017"
  • L. Dickinson
  • C. Dickinson
  • Burbridge
2:52
Total length:42:36

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Prayer For Peace
Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Current Album Sales ( Billboard ) [7] 77
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [8] 19
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard) [9] 1
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [10] 4
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [11] 13

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  3. 1 2 Horowitz, Hal (May 30, 2017). "North Mississippi Allstars: Prayer for Peace". American Songwriter . Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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  8. ↑ "North Mississippi Allstars Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  9. ↑ "North Mississippi Allstars Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  10. ↑ "North Mississippi Allstars Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  11. ↑ "North Mississippi Allstars Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
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