Livin' on a High Note
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{{Infobox album
| name = Livin' on a High Note
| type = studio
| artist = Mavis Staples
| cover = Staples Livin.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2016|02|19}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 38:36
| producer = M. Ward{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/62164-mavis-staples-enlists-bon-iver-nick-cave-neko-case-m-ward-more-for-new-album-livin-on-a-high-note/ |title=Mavis Staples Enlists Bon Iver, Nick Cave, Neko Case, M. Ward, More for New Album Livin' on a High Note |work=Pitchfork |date=January 7, 2016 |accessdate=June 30, 2016 |author=Minsker, Evan}}
| prev_title = One True Vine
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = If All I Was Was Black
| next_year = 2017
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1=AllMusic
|rev1Score={{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/livin-on-a-high-note-mw0002908913|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Kellman|first=Andy|accessdate=April 9, 2016}}
|rev2=PopMatters
|rev2Score=8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/mavis-staples-livin-on-a-high-note/|title=PopMatters Review|website=PopMatters|last=Ingalls|first=Chris|date=March 30, 2016|accessdate=April 9, 2016}}
}}
Livin' on a High Note is the tenth solo studio album by American musician Mavis Staples. It was released in February 2016 under Epitaph. Rolling Stone placed the album on its 45 Best Albums of 2016 So Far list.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/45-best-albums-of-2016-so-far-20160620/mavis-staples-livin-on-a-high-note-20160615|title=45 Best Albums of 2016 So Far|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=20 June 2016 |accessdate=September 10, 2016}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Take Us Back
| writer1 = Benjamin Booker
| length1 = 3:16
| title2 = Love and Trust
| writer2 = Ben Harper
| length2 = 3:19
| title3 = If It's a Light
| writer3 = Charity Rose Thielen
| length3 = 3:04
| title4 = Action
| writer4 = Merrill Garbus
| length4 = 3:06
| title5 = High Note
| writer5 = Valerie June
| length5 = 3:31
| title6 = Don't Cry
| writer6 = M. Ward
| length6 = 2:48
| title7 = Tomorrow
| writer7 = Jon Batiste, Aloe Blacc
| length7 = 3:20
| title8 = Dedicated
| writer8 = Justin Vernon, Ward
| length8 = 3:55
| title9 = History, Now
| writer9 = Neko Case, Donny Gerrard, Laura Veirs
| length9 = 2:07
| title10 = One Love
| writer10 = Aaron Livingston
| length10 = 3:10
| title11 = Jesus Lay Down Beside Me
| writer11 = Nick Cave
| length11 = 4:05
| title12 = MLK Song
| writer12 = Martin Luther King Jr., Ward
| length12 = 2:55
}}
References
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