Higher Ground

Blind Boys of Alabama | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 27, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Real World
• ASIN: B00006AO77
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,484 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #62 in Music > Gospel > Traditional

Customer Reviews

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely superb! Spirit-lifting music that really rocks, August 31, 2002

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bensmomma "bensmomma" (Ann Arbor, Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Higher Ground (Audio CD)

I'd hate to see the Blind Boys typed as "genre" singers. They are not just great gospel singers, they are great artists period. Although much of this album consists of either old gopsel chestnuts (Precious Lord, Wade in the Water) or covers of more modern recording starts (Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground, Jimmy Cliff's Many Rivers to Cross, for example), on every single occasion you get something new from the Blind Boys that you did not get from previous recordings of the same songs.

Listen, for example, to their take on "Many Rivers to Cross," or Clarence Fountain's remarkable and contemplative solo on Precious Lord.

Sit back, listen to the art, and be revived.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh, my gosh, what a raucous hootenanny!, October 10, 2002

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H. Coffill "reckless-abandon" (Grand Rapids, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Higher Ground (Audio CD)

If you haven't experienced the Blind Boys, you're in for a treat. I bought this on a lark after a casual reference in a magazine and I've nearly worn it out listening to it.

If you see a dorky looking guy singing real loud in the car next to you, it's me singing along with the Blind Boys.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Blind Boys weave their voices in spiritual fervor, February 25, 2003

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Jeevan "jsiva" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Higher Ground (Audio CD)

Though they have gospel origins, the Blind Boys of Alabama have garnered world-wide secular acclaim with the raw passion of their singing and harmonizing. They've been together for so many decades that they have all blended their vocal skills together to form a spiritual orchestra that moves you through not just spiritual classics but some original versions of popular contemporary hits as well.