Where We Live: Stand for What You Stand On: A Benefit CD for EarthJustice

Various Artists (Artist), Norah Jones (Performer), Pops Staples with Ry Cooder (Performer), Los Lobos (Performer), Bob Dylan (Performer), Maria Muldaur with Bonnie Raitt (Performer), Ruben Blades (Performer), Dan Zanes & Friends (Performer), Michael Franti & Spearhead (Performer), Willie Nelson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 30, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Higher Octave
• ASIN: B0000C8AT7
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,868 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Peace - Norah Jones

2. I Shall Not Be Moved - Pops Staples (with Ry Cooder)

3. What's Going On - Los Lobos

4. Watching The River Flow - Bob Dylan

5. It's A Blessing - Maria Muldaur (with Bonnie Raitt)

6. Estampa - Ruben Blades

7. What a Wonderful World - Dan Zanes & Friends

8. Yes I Will - Michael Franti & Spearhead

9. Living In The Promiseland - Willie Nelson

10. Sister Rosa - The Neville Brothers

11. More Than A Paycheck - Sweet Honey In The Rock

12. Two Little Feet - Karen Savoca

13. Getting There - Mose Allison

14. A Change Is Gonna Come - Tina Turner (with Robert Cray)

15. I Know I've Been Changed - John Hammond (with Tom Waits)

16. Happy Earthday - Captain Beefheart

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

A benefit CD for Earthjustice, Where We Live touts "the Universal Right to Clean Air & Clean Water." Sixteen tracks in various rootsy styles wind a thread through nature imagery ("Like a tree planted by the water, I shall not be moved," sings Pops Staples; Bob Dylan is represented by his great, forgotten 1971 single "Watching the River Flow") and a more general theme of peace and social justice (Willie Nelson’s "Living in the Promiseland," the Neville Brothers’ "Sister Rosa"). Veteran singer-activists Sweet Honey in the Rock link the two with "More Than a Paycheck," a song about the perils of pollution and simply trying to keep food on the table. Cannily promoting a theme of Christian spirituality (the Staples and Nevilles tracks, along with those by Maria Muldaur and Bonnie Raitt, Tina Turner and Robert Cray, and John Hammond and Tom Waits) as a corollary to environmental support, the album also seeks to pull the sense of righteousness away from corporate and right-wing political interests. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Cause, Better Music, October 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Where We Live: Stand for What You Stand On: A Benefit CD for EarthJustice (Audio CD)

This is a magnificent collection of cuts from wonderful artists to benefit Earthjustice, the nonprofit environmental law firm that is busting its chops trying to stop the Bush administration from destroying all that is healthy and beautiful on this earth of ours.
But that, in fact, is beside the point. This eclectic compilation stands on its own. (It could as well have been called "Biological Diversity" as "Where We Live.") The loose theme--save the earth--save ourselves, is carried through the performances by Norah Jones (a song called "Peace" that is not on her first CD), Bob Dylan ("Watching the River Flow"), Willie Nelson ("Living in the Promiseland"), Los Lobos ("What's Going On"), Mose Allison, Ruben Blades, Maria Muldaur and Bonnie Raitt, Tina Turner and Robert Cray, John Hammond and Tom Waits, Sweet Honey in the Rock, The Neville Brothers--I mean, what's not to like here?
Politics aside, this is a great collection.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great diverse mix-soulful, groovy, upbeat & surprise ending!, October 6, 2003

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A. Kozak (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Where We Live: Stand for What You Stand On: A Benefit CD for EarthJustice (Audio CD)

Yeah, the Capt. Beefheart bit at the end is jarring but hilarious. According to the track notes (and you can read all about this cd & listen to some of the tracks at www.wherewelive.org) the Capt. sung it over the phone to the album's compiler and you can hear them laughing at the end! It's his first "recording" in years...

I think all of the tracks are considered hard-to-find if not impossible. This freshness makes all the tracks worthy, even if you know the artist inside out (like me & Willie Nelson). Some we're all just hungry for more of, like Norah Jones. Definately in the soulful & groovy category, nothing hard or pulsing. Good all-round anytime music.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rare cuts, nice mix, October 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Where We Live: Stand for What You Stand On: A Benefit CD for EarthJustice (Audio CD)

I got a review copy for a newsletter I do. Wow. I usually don't go for compilations - but the mix here is really nice. (Beware the surprise track by Captain Beefheart at the end designed to wake you up.)

Need a groovy dinner disc? This is it. And for a good cause it seems.

Played this one for the girlfriend and she asked me to play it again. A rarity around my house.

Pick it up.