Selections 1976-88

Sweet Honey In The Rock | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (August 5, 1997)
• Label: Flying Fish Records
• ASIN: B000000MW9
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #555,285 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Ella's Song

2. Wade in the Water

3. Denko

4. On Children

5. Echo

6. Joan Little

7. Beautitudes

8. Peace

9. Sitting on Top of the World

10. More Than a Paycheck

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Testimony

2. Oughta Be a Woman

3. Fannie Lou Hamer

4. Meyango

5. Run, Mourner, Run

6. As Long as I Have Breath in My Body [#]

7. No Images

8. Sometime

9. The Gift of Love

10. Biko

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

Of course they're preachy--that's what preachers do. The long-running black women's a cappella group (plus an extra member who signs the songs in American Sign Language) is absolutely serious about their historically researched narratives of women and liberation: the struggle against oppression is serious business. But Bernice Johnson Reagon and the group she's led since 1973 also sing like the angels, with harmonies drawn from black American gospel and African traditional music, and when their voices fall to a charged hush, wailing and humming in solidarity, they're incredibly powerful. Selections draws on the group's first eight albums, including their long-out-of-print second disc, and it's almost all richly soulful and uplifting. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Touches your soul., July 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Selections 1976-88 (Audio CD)

If you were touched by the civil rights movement, if you feel you are living in the 90's with a 60's political spirit, this album will touch you like no other. Sweet Honey kept, and keeps, that spirit alive. A wonderful retrospective of their work. "We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes" says it all.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious, perfect, and powerful, October 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Selections 1976-88 (Audio CD)

Oh those voices.....deep harmonies, heavy rhythms, and rich timbres--just like angels. Sweet Honey in the Rock gives any song, both new and old, its own charm and artistry. I'd recommend this to anyone with a taste for beauty and strength.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated Accapella, January 12, 2005

By 

M. Mealey "Cinemama" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Selections 1976-88 (Audio CD)

Arguably, the best accapella group, ever. Period.

This retrospective of this dynamic group reflects their extensive vocal range (even sounding like ambulances on one track!) and their righteous goals: reaching back to honor and remember the past, while pushing feminist and peace-loving values foward.

Absolutely, incomparable.

If you've come upon this group's section by chance or Amazon recommendation, you are in luck. Please, pick them up. You won't be disappointed.