Ben Harper & the Blind Boys of Alabama - There Will Be A Light [flac]

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Ben Harper & the Blind Boys of Alabama - There Will Be A Light

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Artist...............: Ben Harper

Album................: There Will Be A Light

Genre................: Gospel

Source...............: CD

Year.................: 2004

Ripper...............: dBpoweramp Release 12.4 & PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110

Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)

Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917

Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 57 %)

Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit

Tags.................: VorbisComment

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Ripped by............: roobar on 19/07/2008

Posted by............: roobar on 20/07/2008

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Included.............: NFO, MD5, LOG

Covers...............: Front Back



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Tracklisting

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1. (00:03:55) - (58.18%) Ben Harper - Take My Hand

2. (00:03:33) - (65.14%) Ben Harper - Wicked Man

3. (00:04:10) - (49.63%) Ben Harper - Where Could I Go

4. (00:04:46) - (59.74%) Ben Harper - Church House Steps

5. (00:01:35) - (39.00%) Ben Harper - 11th Commandment

6. (00:03:16) - (53.66%) Ben Harper - Well, Well, Well

7. (00:03:45) - (61.71%) Ben Harper - Pictures Of Jesus

8. (00:03:15) - (54.92%) Ben Harper - Satisfied Mind

9. (00:03:01) - (57.39%) Ben Harper - Mother Pray

10. (00:03:22) - (56.98%) Ben Harper - There Will Be A Light

11. (00:04:17) - (68.63%) Ben Harper - Church On Time



Playing Time.........: 00:38:55

Total Size...........: 227.81 MB



NFO generated on.....: 20/07/2008 9:58:53 PM





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Ben Harper's history with the Blind Boys of Alabama has been an evolving one

that has moved from being a guest on their landmark Higher Ground offering

and touring with them in Europe, to the Blind Boys joining Ben and the

Innocent Criminals on-stage at the front and back of the show. This album

began as a series of rehearsals for collaboration on a Blind Boys of Alabama

record. Recorded in two sessions, the vibe in the room was loose and

creative enough that the two acts ended up with an album of collaborative

material for joint release. And this is a collaboration in the truest sense of the

word. It's not just Ben playing gospel, or the Blind Boys of Alabama singing on

a Ben Harper record. These ten tunes -- with seven Harper originals written

specifically for the sessions, the rest traditional gospel tunes and covers --

showcase Harper and the Innocent Criminals alongside the Blind Boys of

Alabama. The album kicks off with Harper's "Take My Hand," a funky gospel

tune that showcases a Fender Rhodes and Harper's wah-wah pedal

underscored by the call and response of the Blind Boys repeating the title

after each sung line of the verse, before Clarence Fountain takes it out.

"Wicked Man" is a Southern soul tune that has a Muscle Shoals groove and a

beautiful vocal weave on the refrain. "Church House Steps" is pure gospel

groove with a Hammond B3 and a smoking duet between the Blind Boys'

layered harmonies and Harper on the verses with full-on blues feel in his

singing and playing. There's a killer cover of the Bob Dylan/Danny O'Keefe

tune, "Well, Well, Well," with Delta blues bottleneck shimmering through the

intertwined vocal lines. The deep, nocturnal sparseness of "Satisfied Mind" is

a complete re-reading of the nugget with a swampy backbeat. And this album

works beautifully. Nothing sounds forced, all of it loose and comfortable and

the vocal performances on both sides are simply stellar. Highly recommended.

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