Power in the Blood (Alabama 3 album) explained

Power in the Blood
Type:	Album
Artist:	Alabama 3
Cover:	A3_power_in_the_blood.jpg
Released:	28 October 2002
Length:	56:08
Label:	One Little Indian
Producer:	Alexis Worrall, John "Segs" Jennings, Larry Love, Rock Freebase, The Spirit
Prev Title:	La Peste
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	The Last Train to Mashville vol. 2
Next Year:	2003

Power in the Blood is the third studio album by Alabama 3.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Alabama 3; except where indicated

1. "Two Heads" - 1:07
2. "Power in the Blood" - 4:46
3. "Reachin'" - 4:09
4. "Woody Guthrie" - 4:17
5. "Year Zero" - 4:23
6. "The Devil Went Down to Ibiza" - 2:51
7. "Strobe Life" - 6:12
8. "R.E.H.A.B." - 3:52
9. "The Moon has Lost the Sun" - 3:47
10. "Let the Caged Bird Sing"- 2:34
11. "Yellow Rose" - 4:55
12. "Bullet Proof" - 3:55
13. "Badlands" (Bruce Springsteen) - 0:47
14. "Lord Have Mercy" - 6:13
15. "Come on Home"- 1:20

Bonus disc

The first 10,000 pressings of Power in the Blood include a bonus disc of six acoustic tracks, known as Acoustic Power.

1. "Woke Up This Morning" - 4:05
2. "Power in the Blood" - 2:31
3. "Disneyland Is Burning" - 3:00
4. "U Don't Danse 2 Tekno Anymore" - 3:46
5. "Year Zero" - 4:15
6. "Mansion on the Hill" - 3:06

Personnel

Alabama 3

• Larry Love (Rob Spragg) – vocals
• The Very Rev. D.Wayne Love (Jake Black) – vocals
• Rock Freebase (Mark Sams) – guitars
• The Mountain of Love (Piers Marsh) – harp, programmes, vocals
• L.B. Dope (Johnny Delafons) – drums, programming
• Sir "Eddie" Real (Simon Edwards) – percussion
• The Spirit (Orlando Harrison) – keyboards
• Frank Zappatista (John "Segs" Jennings) – bass, vocals

Additional musicians

• Val Harrison – vocals on "Reachin'"
• Nick Tosches – vocals on "R.E.H.A.B."
• Hubert Selby, Jr. – vocals on "The Moon has Lost the Sun"
• Lisa Delatour Billson – vocals on "Year Zero", backing vocals on "Power in the Blood"
• Val Harrison – vocals on "Reachin'"
• Be Atwell and Siobhan Parr – vocals on "Bullet Proof"
• Michael Groce – vocals on "Lord Have Mercy"

Cover version

"Power in the Blood" was later recorded by Canadian singer Buffy Sainte-Marie as the title track of her 2015 album. The album won the 2015 Polaris Music Prize on September 21, 2015.