7.9
Avg Score
5
Opinions
#4,893
All Time
10
Tracks
“Mavis Staples’ last album, 2016’s sunny-sided ‘Livin’ On A High Note’, was precision-tooled to raise a smile after a career, Staples noted, of “making people cry for so long” with humble tales from the front line of the civil rights movement, poignant gospel songs, and moving clarion calls to social action. Turns out, however, that that wilful joy was a short-lived phase: ‘If All I Was Was Black’ ”
“Mavis Staples presents her signature hope on the taut and lively If All I Was Was Black, another collaboration with Jeff Tweedy. But it doesn’t come as naturally as it once did, as she makes clear.”
“Our take on 'If All I Was Was Black,' the latest from the legendary Staples Singers vocalist”
