We Get By

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{{Infobox album

| name = We Get By

| type = studio

| artist = Mavis Staples

| cover = WeGetBycover.jpeg

| alt =

| released = May 24, 2019

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|R&B|soul}}

| length =

| label = Anti-

| producer = Ben Harper

| prev_title = Live in London

| prev_year = 2019

| next_title =Carry Me Home

| next_year =2022

| misc = {{singles

| name = We Get By

| type = studio

| single1 = Change

| single1date = March 20, 2019

| single2 = Anytime

| single2date = April 17, 2019

| single3 = We Get By

| single3date = May 15, 2019

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| ADM = 7.7/10{{Cite web |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/9901/Mavis-Staples-We-Get-By.aspx |title=We Get By by Mavis Staples reviews |website=AnyDecentMusic? |access-date=July 14, 2020}}

| MC = 82/100{{Cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/we-get-by/mavis-staples |title=We Get By by Mavis Staples Reviews and Tracks |website=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=July 14, 2020}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/we-get-by-mw0003262203 |title=We Get By - Mavis Staples |website=AllMusic |publisher=RhythmOne |last=Kellman |first=Andy |access-date=July 14, 2020}}

| rev2 = Exclaim!

| rev2Score = 8/10{{Cite web |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/mavis_staples-we_get_by |title=Mavis Staples We Get By |work=Exclaim! |date=June 4, 2019 |last=Khanna |first=Vish |access-date=July 14, 2020}}

| rev3 = The Guardian

| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/24/mavis-staple-we-get-by-review |title=Mavis Staples: We Get By review – fearsome, eclectic, and on fine form |work=The Guardian |date=May 24, 2019 |last=Simpson |first=Dave |access-date=July 14, 2020}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4Score = 7.5/10{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mavis-staples-we-get-by/ |title=Mavis Staples: We Get By Album Review |website=Pitchfork |date=May 24, 2019 |last=Deusner |first=Stephen M. |access-date=July 14, 2020}}

| rev5 = Rolling Stone

| rev5Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/mavis-staples-we-get-by-837690/ |title=Mavis Staples Continues Her Amazing Late-Career Run With 'We Get By' |work=Rolling Stone |date=May 22, 2019 |last=Bernstein |first=Jonathan |access-date=July 14, 2020}}

| rev6 = Under the Radar

| rev6Score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/mavis_staples_we_get_by/ |title=Mavis Staples: We Get By (ANTI-) Review |work=Under the Radar |date=May 24, 2019 |last=Conner |first=Matt |access-date=July 14, 2020}}

| noprose = yes

}}

We Get By is the fourteenth studio album by American R&B, soul and gospel singer Mavis Staples. It was released on May 24, 2019, by Anti-.{{cite web |last1=Bernstein |first1=Jonathan |title=Mavis Staples Details New Ben Harper-Produced Album 'We Get By' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mavis-staples-ben-harper-produced-album-we-get-by-change-810611/ |website=Rolling Stone |date=20 March 2019}}

The album's cover features the photograph "Outside Looking In" by Gordon Parks from his 1956 photo essay The Restraints: Open and Hidden.{{cite web |title=Mavis Staples Announces New Album We Get By, Shares New Song "Change": Listen |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mavis-staples-announces-new-album-we-get-by-shares-new-song-change-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |accessdate=20 March 2019 |language=en}} The album was chosen as a 'Favorite Blues Album' by AllMusic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/year-in-review/2019/favorite-blues|title=Favorite Blues Albums | AllMusic 2019 in Review|website=AllMusic|accessdate=December 24, 2019}}