Go Tell It on the Mountain: Blind Boys of Alabama: Amazon.ca: Music

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This Grammy winner is a perennial favorite, selling throughout the year -- because it's the hippest 'holiday' album ever made. The septuagenarian Gospel greats enlisted a star-studded gallery of guests -- including Aaron Neville, Chrissie Hynde, Mavis Staples, Michael Franti, George Clinton, Robert Randolph, Tom Waits, Solomon Burke, Shelby Lynne -- winning their third consecutive Grammy in Traditional Soul Gospel.

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4.2 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A MOST WELCOME, ECLECTIC YULETIDE RECORDING, May 7 2004

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Alan W. Petrucelli (THE ENTERTAINMENT REPORT (ALAN W. PETRUCELLI)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Go Tell It on the Mountain (Audio CD)

The Blind Boys of Alabama have been recording for more than 60 years, and only now have gotten around to recording a holiday CD. The result? A work of both comforting familiarity and startling innovation. There are genre-crossing guest appearances by Aaron Neville, George Clinton, Chrissie Hynde and Shelby Lynne (among others) --- perhaps the most brilliant is Tom Waits' contribution to the title track; the gravel-voiced singer meets gospel tradition head-on for a meld of doo-wop and gospel that's mournful magic.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Unique, Dec 25 2003

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Sekayia Matthews (bronx,New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Go Tell It on the Mountain (Audio CD)

I think the group is very special and unique.You all turned what could have been a bad sittuation and made into a postive experince.Their singing is really good, its really cool to find seven people which such great talent and their blind.The cd was really good and entertaining. Its fun to sing along with because each song has a meaning. Keep going, u guys r great!!!!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A "Must" for your Christmas Collection, Dec 23 2003

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Thomas Bumbera (Maplewood, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This is perhaps the best collection of Christmas-related material that I have heard in the last twenty years! I was hooked from the very first track. The Blind Boys are fantastic with or without guest vocalists, but most of the pairings work beautifully (with the exception perhaps of Chrissie Hynde - I love her, but she just doesn't mesh with the group or material here). The Mavis Staples track is particularly soulful, but even Tom Waits does a fine job on "Go Tell It On The Mountain." Buy this and "pray" for a sequel!

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3.0 out of 5 stars well, could have been perfect...
I would recommend this cd wholeheartedly except for a few songs, which seem out of place. I am sorry, but Tom Waites sardonic character, and raspy vocal timbre does not suit this... Read more

Published on Dec 21 2003 by What? Me worry?

1.0 out of 5 stars What a disappointment
There's only one good track on this CD with Mavis Staples. Buy it for that. The rest sucks

Published on Dec 20 2003 by Johnny Zhivago