Livin' on a High Note

Livin' on a High Note
Studio album by
Mavis Staples
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)
Length38:36
LabelEpitaph
ProducerM. Ward[1]
Mavis Staples chronology
One True Vine
(2013)		 Livin' on a High Note
(2016)		 If All I Was Was Black
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[3]
Consequence of SoundB[4]
The GuardianStarStarStar[5]
Pitchfork7.4/10[6]
PopMatters8/10[7]
QStarStarStarStar[8]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar[9]
The TelegraphStarStarStarStar[10]
Uncut8/10[11]
Under the Radar7.5/10[12]

Livin' on a High Note is the tenth solo studio album by American musician Mavis Staples. It was released in February 2016 under Epitaph. Rolling Stone placed the album on its 45 Best Albums of 2016 So Far list.[13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take Us Back"Benjamin Booker3:16
2."Love and Trust"Ben Harper3:19
3."If It's a Light"Charity Rose Thielen3:04
4."Action"Merrill Garbus3:06
5."High Note"Valerie June3:31
6."Don't Cry"M. Ward2:48
7."Tomorrow"Jon Batiste, Aloe Blacc3:20
8."Dedicated"Justin Vernon, Ward3:55
9."History, Now"Neko Case, Donny Gerrard, Laura Veirs2:07
10."One Love"Aaron Livingston3:10
11."Jesus Lay Down Beside Me"Nick Cave4:05
12."MLK Song"Martin Luther King Jr., Ward2:55

References

  1. ↑ Minsker, Evan (January 7, 2016). "Mavis Staples Enlists Bon Iver, Nick Cave, Neko Case, M. Ward, More for New Album Livin' on a High Note". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  3. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  4. ↑ Bray, Ryan (February 18, 2016). "Album Review: Mavis Staples – Livin' On A High Note". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ Simpson, Dave (February 18, 2016). "Mavis Staples: Livin' on a High Note review – soul great's 13th mixes agony and ecstasy". The Guardian. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ Deusner, Stephen M. (February 18, 2016). "Livin' on a High Note - Mavis Staples". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  7. ↑ Ingalls, Chris (March 30, 2016). "Mavis Staples: Livin' on a High Note". PopMatters. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ Including songs by Neko Case and Nick Cave, this fine album reaches way beyond the church. [Mar 2016, p.115]
  9. ↑ Hermes, Will (February 19, 2016). "'Livin' on a High Note'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  10. ↑ Brown, Helen (September 22, 2016). "The best albums of 2016". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ↑ The M Ward-produced Livin' On A High Note is a wonderfully chiselled Stax forgery. [Mar 2016, p.80]
  12. ↑ Conner, Matt (February 11, 2016). "Livin' on a High Note". Under the Radar. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  13. ↑ "45 Best Albums of 2016 So Far". Rolling Stone. June 20, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
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