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Only for the Lonely [Compilation] - Mavis Staples
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Track Listing
  1. Until I Met You
  2. Sweet Things You Do
  3. The Choking Kind
  4. You're Driving Me (To the Arms of a Stranger)
  5. A House Is Not a Home
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  1. Until I Met You
  2. Sweet Things You Do
  3. The Choking Kind
  4. You're Driving Me (To the Arms of a Stranger)
  5. A House Is Not a Home
  6. Security
  7. Son of a Preacher Man
  8. Pick Up the Pieces
  9. Chained
  10. Good to Me
  11. You Send Me
  12. I Have Learned to Do Without You
  13. How Many Times
  14. Endlessly
  15. You're the Fool
  16. Since I Fell for You
  17. What Happened to the Real Me
  18. Since You Became a Part of My Life
  19. It Makes Me Wanna Cry
  20. Don't Change Me Now
  21. That's the Way Love Is
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Mavis Staples made an easy transition in the '60s from gospel to soul; she sang with the same fervor and passion, and her work for Stax, particularly the sessions produced by Don Davis, were concise, powerful examples of secular gospel at its best. The 21 selections found here were actually culled from three albums and spotlight Staples doing heartfelt ballads, soaring testimonials, and engaging midtempo and uptempo numbers. Even when she does songs associated with other singers like "Security," "The Choking Kind," and "Son ...

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