Raise Your Spirit Higher is an album by the South African isicathamiya

Isicathamiya

Isicathamiya is a singing style that originated from the South African Zulus. In European understanding, a cappella is also used to describe this form of singing.-Background:...

 group Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a male choral group from South Africa that sings in the vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube. They rose to worldwide prominence as a result of singing with Paul Simon on his album, Graceland and have won multiple awards, including three Grammy Awards...

. It was released on January 27, 2004 and was a North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

n re-release of the group's latest album, Wenyukela

Wenyukela

Wenyukela is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was released on March 5, 2003 and was re-released in North America under the English title Raise Your Spirit Higher on Headsup International...

(Raise Your Spirit Higher) of 2003. The album was expected to have (and it did have) a solemn touch (it was the first album release after the murder of leader Joseph Shabalala's

Joseph Shabalala

Joseph Shabalala , born Bhekizizwe Joseph Siphatimandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala, is the founder and musical director of the South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.-Early life and career:...

 wife Nellie, in May 2002).

As well as a standard CD release (HUCD 3083), the album was also released in a Hybrid SACD version (HUSA 9183).

Track listing

1. "Wenyukela (Raise Your Spirit Higher)"
2. "Uqinisil' Ubaba (The Lord is the Light and the Truth)"
3. "Selingelethu Sonke"
4. "Wangibambezela (Don't Waste His Time)"
5. "Wenza Ngani? (How Did You Do That)"
6. "Udidekil' Umhlaba (Lord's Work)"
7. "Iyahlonipha Lengane"
8. "Wamlul' Umshado (Beautiful Wedding)"
9. "Because I Love You"
10. "Black Is Beautiful"
11. "Music Knows No Boundaries"
12. "Fak' Ibhande (Don't Drink and Drive)"
13. "Tribute"