Track Listing
1. Steer Me Right
2. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
3. I Believe
4. If I Had a Hammer
5. Gotta Serve Somebody
6. Oh Happy Day
7. Ave Maria - (Latin)
8. Let Go
9. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
10. Change Is Gonna Come, A
11. I Saw the Light - (featuring Dirty Dozen Brass Band)
12. Going Home
13. Amazing Grace
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Dirty Dozen Brass Band, John Jarvis, Phil Perry | | Producer: | Barry Beckett | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Aaron Neville (vocals); Wardell Quezengue (conductor); Blue Miller (acoustic guitar); Dean Parks, Shane Theriot (electric guitar); Judith Armistead, Burton Callahan (violin); Lauren Lemmier, Richard Woehrle (viola); Jonathan Gerhardt (cello); Jim Horn (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone); Sam Levine (tenor saxophone); Steve patrick (trumpet, flugelhorn); Chris Dunn (trombone); The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (horns); John Jarvis (piano, keyboards); Jim Cox (Wurlitzer piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Michael Rhodes (bass); Eddie Bayers (drums); Mark Beckett (percussion); Alvin Chea, Jim Gilstrap, Phil Perry, Darryl Phinnessee, Maxi Anderson, Alex Brown, Jacquelyn Gouche, Sandtown Childrens Choir (background vocals).
Producers include: Barry Beckett, Aaron Neville, Art Neville, Gary Lux, Mark Mazzetti.
BELIEVE was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album.
Aaron Neville's is an angel's voice contained within the body of a dockworker (which he once was), and it turns out to be perfect for gospel. BELIEVE is the New Orleans native's second full-length release of religious material. Teaming with noted Muscle Shoals session cat Barry Beckett, Neville delivers an interesting slate of material that finds him rejoicing in his faith without becoming preachy. Original material is sprinkled throughout, including the smooth, acoustic-guitar-driven "Let Go," and "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus" with its robust brass arrangements. Otherwise, Neville is priming the pump for other people's material. Among the notable songs included are a casual reading of Pete Seeger's "If I Had a Hammer," a vibrant remake of the Edwin Hawkins Singers 1969 gospel-pop crossover smash "Oh Happy Day," and a punchy cover of Hank Williams's "I Saw The Light" featuring The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Other highlights include a reading of Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody," (whose original version also featured Beckett.), a goosebump-inducing "Ava Maria," and a picture-perfect "A Change Is Gonna Come."
Editorial Reviews
...'Amazing Grace' culminates in a wordless tour-de-force that might be the most jaw-dropping display of vocal technique Neville has ever put on record. It's an appropriate finale for a masterfully executed, musically superb, and profoundly inspiring set...
Living Blues (06/01/2003)
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