Have a Little Faith (Mavis Staples album)

Have a Little Faith
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Studio album by Mavis Staples
Released	2004
Genre	Soul, blues, gospel
Length	52:08
Label	Alligator
Producer	Jim Tullio, Mavis Staples
Mavis Staples chronology
Spirituals & Gospel (1996) Have a Little Faith (2004) We'll Never Turn Back (2007)

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Have a Little Faith is the sixth solo studio album by American soul and gospel singer Mavis Staples, which was released by Alligator Records.

If ever there were a time for Mavis Staples to return to recording, 2004 is it. Her tenure with her family's group the Staple Singers led by her late father Pops offered a steadying, positive presence on the pop scene during the late antiwar unrest and civil rights struggles of the 1960s through the 1970s. They offered up notions of personal responsibility, dignity, and spiritual hope in a heady and uncertain time. Have A Little Faith is a stellar collection of bluesy folk gospel and classic soul grooves recorded for modern times... The album is subtle, laden with beautiful dark grooves, moody guitars, organic percussion, and B-3 and Rhodes piano... Have a Little Faith is a glorious return for Staples and is capable of inspiring those who are lucky enough to encounter it.

— an excerpt from Thom Jurek, Allmusic

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Step Into the Light"	Mavis Staples David Resnik Jim Tullio Robert Edward Rosa	4:46
2.	"Pops Recipe"	Staples Tullio LeRoy P. Marinell	5:26
3.	"Have a Little Faith"	Tullio Jim Weider	4:35
4.	"God Is Not Sleeping"	Barrington Levy Phil Roy	5:49
5.	"A Dying Man's Plea"	Traditional additional lyrics by Pops Staples	3:49
6.	"Ain't No Better Than You"	Billy Valentine Bob Thiele Jr. Roy	4:13
7.	"I Wanna Thank You"	Brenda Burns	4:49
8.	"I Still Believe in You"	Billy Osborne Brenda Lee Eager	3:31
9.	"At the End of the Day"	Tullio Marinell	3:56
10.	"There's a Devil on the Loose"	Burns	3:34
11.	"In Times Like These"	Tullio Marinell	3:50
12.	"Will the Circle Be Unbroken?"	Ada R. Habershon Charles H. Gabriel arranged by Pops Staples	3:21
Total length:			52:08

Personnel

• Mavis Staples – vocals
• Jim Tullio – acoustic, electric, and bass guitars, drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Chris "Hambone" Cameron – organs, clavinet, baritone sax, horn samples
• Jim Weider – electric guitar, acoustic slide guitar
• Shawn Christopher – backing vocals
• Yvonne Gage – backing vocals
• Arno Lucas – backing vocals
• Rene Monahan – backing vocals
• Stevie Robinson – backing vocals
• Michael Scott – backing vocals

Additional musicians

• John Martyn – Mutron guitar (track 1)
• David Resnick – acoustic slide guitar (track 1), electric guitar (track 7)
• John Scully – synthesizer (track 2), strings (track 9)
• Bob Lizik – bass guitar (track 2)
• Hank Guaglianone – drums (tracks 2, 6 and 11)
• Greg Marsh – percussion (track 2)
• Erik Scott – bass guitar (track 3)
• Larry Beers – drums (track 3)
• John Giblin – bass and electric guitar (track 4)
• David Onderdonk – acoustic guitar (track 4)
• Mark Walker – percussion (track 4)
• John Rice – electric guitar, dobro, bouzouki, fiddle (track 5)
• Foley McCreary – bass guitar (track 6)
• Pops Staples – electric guitar (track 7 and 10)
• Maurice Houston – bass guitar (tracks 7 and 10)
• Richard Gibbs – organ (track 7), synthesizer (track 10)
• Tim Austin – drums (tracks 7, 8 and 10)
• Will Crosby – guitar (track 8)
• Jack Chatman – bass guitar (track 8)
• Bill Ruppert – electric guitar (tracks 9 and 11)
• Matt Walker – drums (track 9)
• Mark Skyer – electric guitar (track 10)
• Alan Berliant – bass guitar (track 11)
• Lew London – acoustic slide guitar (track 12)
• Paul Mertens – bass harmonica (track 12)
• The Dixie Hummingbirds – backing vocals (track 1)
• Chicago Music Community Choir  – backing vocals (track 11)

Technical personnel

• Jim Tullio and Mavis Staples – producers
• Mavis Staples – executive producer
• Doug McBride – additional engineer
• Maurice Houston – additional engineer
• Joshua Cutsinger – additional engineer
• John Giblin – additional engineer
• Chris Cameron – additional engineer
• Foley McCreary – additional engineer
• Chris Steinmetz – additional engineer
• Randy Friel – additional engineer
• Shelly Yakus – mixing and mastering
• Michael Newman – mixing and mastering
• Scott Steiner – mixing (track 11)
• Jim Tullio – mixing (track 11)

External links

• Have a Little Faith at AllMusic