You Are Not Alone is the 12th studio album

Studio album

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 by American gospel

Gospel music

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 and soul

Soul music

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 singer Mavis Staples

Mavis Staples

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, released September 14, 2010 on ANTI- Records

ANTI-

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. It won the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album

Grammy Award for Best Americana Album

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 at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards.

Reception

At Metacritic

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, which assigns a normalized

Standard score

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 rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average

Weighted mean

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 score of 81, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".

Track listing

1. "Don't Knock" (2:30)
2. "You Are Not Alone" (3:57)
3. "Downward Road" (3:08)
4. "In Christ There Is No East Or West" (3:36)
5. "Creep Along Moses" (2:57)
6. "Losing You" (2:52)
7. "I Belong To The Band" (3:31)
8. "Last Train" (4:29)
9. "Only The Lord Knows" (3:44)
10. "Wrote A Song For Everyone" (3:47)
11. "We're Gonna Make It" (3:27)
12. "Wonderful Savior" (2:05)
13. "Too Close/On My Way To Heaven" (5:10)

External links

• http://www.anti.com/catalog/view/160/You_Are_Not_Alone at ANTI-
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