Spirituals (Paul Robeson album)

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Spirituals
Studio album by
Released1946
Recorded1945
LabelColumbia Masterworks
Paul Robeson chronology
Songs of Free Men
(1943)
Spirituals
(1946)
A Robeson Recital of Popular Favourites
(1947)
Spirituals (1946)
Review scores
SourceRating
Record SupplementPositive[1]
Songs of Free Men / Spirituals
(budget LP, 1968)
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard[2]

Spirituals is a studio album by Paul Robeson, recorded in 1945 and released in 1946 on Columbia Masterworks. Robeson was accompanied by Lawrence Brown at the piano.

Track listing[edit]

The album was originally issued in 1946 as a set of four 10-inch 78-r.p.m. records, catalog number M 610.[1][3]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Go Down Moses"  
2."Balm in Gilead"  
3."By an' By"  
4."Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child"  
5."John Henry"  
6."Water Boy"Robeson 
7."Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen"  
8."Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho"  

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Record Supplement. 1946.
    Record Supplement. 1946.
    "Record Supplement". Gramophone Shop, Inc., New York. 1946. As a singer of spirituals, Paul Robeson is virtually unsurpassed. With the pianist Lawrence Brown, Mr. Robeson gives deeply moving interpretations of the following: Go Down Moses; Balm in Gilead; Sometimes I Feel Like a ...
  2. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 21 December 1968.
  3. ^ "Paul Robeson - Spirituals". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-04-07.