1. This World
  2. Respect Yourself
  3. Name The Missing Word
  4. I'll Take You There
  5. This Old Town (People In This Town)
  6. We The People
  7. Are You Sure
  8. Who Do You Think You Are (Jesus Christ Superstar)?
  9. I'm Just Another Soldier
  10. Who

Cleotha Staples
Mavis Staples
Pops Staples
Yvonne Staples

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
Ben Cauley & the Memphis Horns

In the 1960s, the Staple Singers began to make music that spoke to a wider audience than their core gospel fans. Gospel had served as the musical backbone for the Civil Rights movement from the beginning, but Pops Staples was spurred on by the inspirational messages of Martin Luther King Jr. to address more explicitly these issues. This 1972 record, an apex of groovy, mellow soul music (thanks to Al Bell's production and the definition-of-funky Muscle Shoals rhythm section), landed the group three Top 10 R&B hits and their first pop chart-topper, the joyous, bouncy "I'll Take You There." The Staples were always a one-of-a-kind gospel group; they managed to be the only one to inhabit the Top 10 without ever diluting their messages of tolerance, respect, and love. Who can fault any great preacher for wanting to spread the word to as many people as possible, especially when it sounds this glorious? --Mike McGonigal, amazon.com

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01 - This May Be the Last Time
02 - I'm Coming Home
03 - If I could Hear My Mother Pray
04 - Uncloudy Day
05 - I Know I got Religion
06 - I Had a Dream
07 - Low is the Way
08 - Come Up in Glory
09 - Let Me Ride
10 - Too Close
11 - Pray On
12 - Good News
13 - Stand By Me
14 - Calling Me
15 - Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Personnel: 
Roebuck "Pops" Staples
Cleotha Staples
Pervis Staples
Yvonne Staples
Mavis Staples

Soulful and intimate, this collection of the Staple Singers follows their musical career from their early spirituals to their later endeavors in country-influenced, guitar-driven gospel. Though the production of the individual tracks is at times very basic and rough-cut and there are few moments when the instrumentation exceeds four voices and a guitar, the Staple Singers sound the best in the most spare of technological conditions. Their ability to express indomitable spirituality in every note of this collection explains their large audiences in religious and secular communities alike. --- Nate Cavalieri, Rovi

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1. Uncloudy Day
2. Let Me Ride
3. Help Me Jesus
4. I'm Coming Home
5. God's Wonderful Love
6. Low Is the Way
7. Ain't That Good News
8. This May Be the Last Time
9. I Had a Dream
10. Going Away
11. I Know I Got Religion
12. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
13. Stand by Me
14. Come up in Glory
15. Pray On
16. Somebody Save Me
17. Each Day
18. So Soon
19. Too Close
20. Let's Go Home

Roebuck Staples – guitar, vocals
Cleotha Staples , Mavis Staples , Pervis Staples , Yvonne Staples - vocals

Uncloudy Day is a gorgeous, haunting compilation of songs recorded by the Staple Singers for the VeeJay label at the height of their classic gospel period, between 1955 and 1960. The sound quality isn't the best but the songs more than make up for that, and the alternate takes and live material are a nice bonus for the completist. "Too Close," recorded in a church in Memphis, Tennessee, is a lively demonstration of how audiences helped push the Staples towards a devotional fervor. Throughout, Mavis's deep, beautiful bass thrillingly contrasts with Pops's clear, throaty tenor and etheral, reverberating guitar (it hangs in the air like a ghost)--not to mention the punctuational, choir-style backing of Cleotha, Pervis, and Yvonne. These are the definitive recordings of such classics as the stately "Uncloudy Day," the impossibly moving "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," and the slow-building "I Had a Dream," as well as lesser-known tracks like the Delta-inspired "I Know I Got Religion." --Mike McGonigal, amazon.com

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