The Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair 1955-1984

The Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair 1955-1984

Album
Label Kent Soul Release date Format 2×CD Country 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Tracklist 153:53

CD 1

1 Hammer and Nails 2:30
2 Nobody's Fault but Mine 1:41
3 Too Close 5:33
4 Uncloudy Day 3:01
5 Won't You Sit Down (Sit Down Servant) 2:35
6 I Wish I Had Answered 2:47
7 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 7:32
8 Swing Low 3:01
9 This May Be the Last Time 2:30
10 For What It's Worth 2:25
11 Be Careful of Stones That You Throw 2:50
12 Why Am I Treated So Bad 2:53
13 It's Been a Change 2:22
14 Will the Circle Be Unbroken 2:41
15 The Ghetto 3:46
16 Long Walk to D.C. 2:32
17 God Bless the Children 3:54
18 (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay 3:12
19 The Gardener 2:22
20 When Will We Be Paid (For the Work We Did) 2:39
21 Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas 2:30
22 John Henry (Pop Staples) 3:56
23 You're Gonna Make Me Cry 5:08
24 Solon Bushi 1:31

CD 2

1 This World 3:38
2 I Have Learned to Do Without You Mavis Staples 4:10
3 Respect Yourself 3:33
4 Tryin' Time Roebuck "Pops" Staples 5:19
5 Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom) 3:06
6 I'll Take You There 3:15
7 You've Got to Earn It 3:31
8 The Only Time You Ever Say You Love Me Mavis Staples 5:15
9 Oh La De Da 3:34
10 If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) 3:21
11 City in the Sky 3:44
12 I Got to Be Myself 3:38
13 Touch a Hand, Make a Friend 3:27
14 Trippin' on Your Love Mavis Staples 4:28
15 Let's Do It Again 3:53
16 New Orleans 4:25
17 Love Me, Love Me, Love Me 3:14
18 I Honestly Love You 3:55
19 Slippery People 4:17
20 H-A-T-E (Don't Live Here Any More) 4:19