The Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair 1955-1984

Tracklist

• 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
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Tryin' Time

  Roebuck "Pops" Staples
  5:19
• 5
  Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom-Boom)
  3:06
  5.0 ★
• 6
  I'll Take You There
  3:15
  5.0 ★
• 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
  5.0 ★
• 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

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Release credits

• Al Bell
  arranger [1], producer [1]
• Art Polhemus
  engineer [17]
• Charles Calello
  arranger [17], conductor [17]
• Steve Cropper
  producer [16]
• Terry Manning
  mix [1]

Issues

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  The Ultimate Staple Singers: A Family Affair 1955-1984

  2x CD
  2004