Go Tell It on the Mountain (album) explained

Go Tell It on the Mountain
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Blind Boys of Alabama
Cover:	Gtiotm Bboa.jpg
Released:	September 16, 2003
Recorded:	2003
Studio:	Capitol Studio B (Hollywood)
Genre:	Gospel music
Length:	45:18
Label:	Real World, Narada
Producer:	John Chelew
Prev Title:	Higher Ground
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	There Will Be a Light
Next Year:	2004

Go Tell It on the Mountain is a Grammy Award winning Christmas album by The Blind Boys of Alabama, released in 2003.

Track listing

1. "Last Month of the Year" – 3:03
2. "I Pray on Christmas" (featuring Solomon Burke) – 3:41
3. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (featuring Tom Waits) – 3:57
4. "Little Drummer Boy" (featuring Michael Franti) – 3:19
5. "In the Bleak Midwinter" (featuring Chrissie Hynde & Richard Thompson) – 4:49
6. "Joy to the World" (featuring Aaron Neville) – 2:25
7. "Born in Bethlehem" (featuring Mavis Staples) – 6:36
8. "The Christmas Song" (featuring Shelby Lynne) – 2:34
9. "Away in a Manger" (featuring George Clinton & Robert Randolph) – 5:22
10. "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" (featuring Me'Shell Ndegeocello) – 2:10
11. "White Christmas" (featuring Les McCann) – 4:03
12. "Silent Night" – 3:19
13. "My Lord, What a Morning" – bonus track

Personnel

The Blind Boys of Alabama

• Bobby Butler
• Clarence Fountain
• George Scott
• Jimmy Carter
• Joey Williams
• Ricky McKinnie
• Tracy Pierce

with:

• Duke Robillard – guitar
• Danny Thompson – double bass
• John Medeski – Hammond B-3 organ
• Michael Jerome – drums

Charts

• 2003 Top Gospel Albums No. 1^[1]
• 2004 Top Internet Albums No. 247

Awards

• 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album^[2]

DVD

A DVD, Blind Boys of Alabama - Go Tell it on the Mountain : Live in New York, was recorded live in concert, in December 2003, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The special holiday concert aired on PBS in December 2004. The band performs with Aaron Neville, John Medeski, Duke Robillard, Chrissie Hynde, Mavis Staples, Michael Franti, Robert Randolph, and Charlie Musselwhite.

Notes and References

1. Web site: CHART BEAT BONUS . 2003-12-26 . 2024-02-07 . . Billboard staff.
2. Web site: 46th Annual GRAMMY Awards . 2024-02-07 . The Recording Academy.