You Are Not Alone (Mavis Staples album)

You Are Not Alone
Studio album by Mavis Staples
Released	September 14, 2010
Recorded	2010
Genre	Americana, gospel, soul, blues
Label	ANTI-
Producer	Jeff Tweedy
Mavis Staples chronology
Live: Hope at the Hideout (2008) You Are Not Alone (2010) One True Vine (2013)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	A− [3]
Billboard	[4]
Chicago Tribune	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [6]
Paste	9.1/10 [7]
Pitchfork	8.2/10 [8]
PopMatters	7/10 [9]
Rolling Stone	[10]
Spin	6/10 [11]

You Are Not Alone is the eighth studio album by American gospel and soul singer Mavis Staples, released September 14, 2010 on ANTI- Records. It won the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards. ^[12]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim". ^[1]

Track listing

1. "Don't Knock" (2:30)
2. "You Are Not Alone" (3:57)
3. "Downward Road" (3:08)
4. "In Christ There Is No East or West" (3:36)
5. "Creep Along Moses" (2:57)
6. "Losing You" (2:52)
7. "I Belong to the Band" (3:31)
8. "Last Train" (4:29)
9. "Only the Lord Knows" (3:44)
10. "Wrote a Song for Everyone" (3:47)
11. "We're Gonna Make It" (3:27)
12. "Wonderful Savior" (2:05)
13. "Too Close/On My Way to Heaven" (5:10)

References

1. You Are Not Alone Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
2. Leggett, Steve (September 14, 2010). Review: You Are Not Alone. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2011-01-12.
3. Phipps, Keith (September 21, 2010). "Mavis Staples: You Are Not Alone". The A.V. Club . Retrieved January 12, 2011.
4. Billboard Staff (September 24, 2010). "Mavis Staples, "You Are Not Alone"". Billboard . Retrieved May 15, 2025.
5. Kot, Greg (September 10, 2010). "Album review: Mavis Staples, 'You Are Not Alone'". Chicago Tribune . Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
6. Willman, Chris (September 7, 2010). "You Are Not Alone (2010) Mavis Staples". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on September 13, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
7. Young, Jon (September 14, 2010). "Mavis Staples: You Are Not Alone". Paste . Archived from the original on September 17, 2010. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
8. Deusner, Stephen M (September 23, 2010). "You Are Not Alone Mavis Staples". Pitchfork . Retrieved January 12, 2011.
9. McCarthy, Sean (September 23, 2010). "Mavis Staples: You Are Not Alone". PopMatters . Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
10. Wolk, Douglas (September 13, 2010). "You Are Not Alone". Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 12, 2011.
11. Menconi, David (August 23, 2010). "Mavis Staples, 'You Are Not Alone' (Anti-)". Spin . Retrieved January 12, 2011.
12. "Nominees and Winners | GRAMMY.com". Archived from the original on December 1, 2011. Retrieved June 8, 2012.

External links

• You Are Not Alone at ANTI- website