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Atom Bomb

The Blind Boys Of Alabama

The latest release from The Blind Boys Of Alabama and Real World Records.

While the sound of traditional soul gospel is still unmistakably at its core, Atom Bomb, the group's latest album, includes The Blind Boys' most adventurous forays into pop music yet, featuring loops, raps and roaring blues riffs. The disc includes an exuberant version of the Fatboy Slim/Macy Gray tune "Demons," featuring rapper Gift of Gab from Blackalicious, while Los Lobos guitarist David Hidalgo and blues harp icon Charlie Musselwhite help recast Norman Greenbaum's gospel-rock classic "Spirit in the Sky" as a raw, Detroit-style boogie.

The 10-track disc also includes a joyous rendition of Eric Clapton/Blind Faith's "Presence of the Lord," featuring the legendary Billy Preston on Hammond B3, as well as The Blind Boys' spin on such traditional tunes as "Old Blind Barnabus" (a song suggested to the group by Tom Waits), "I Know I've Been Converted," "Talk About Suffering" and "Moses." The title song, meanwhile, is a remake of an early Cold War-era Soul Stirrers tune that proves uncannily relevant some 55 years later.

  • imageAdd To Basketmore info£9.98Atom Bomb - CD
    playAtom BombThe Blind Boys Of Alabama2m 29s
    playDemonsThe Blind Boys Of Alabama4m 31s
    playTalk About SufferingThe Blind Boys Of Alabama4m 18s
    playI Know I've Been ConvertedThe Blind Boys Of Alabama2m 41s
    playOld Blind BarnabasThe Blind Boys Of Alabama3m 31s
    playSpirit In The SkyThe Blind Boys Of Alabama3m 5s
    playFaith And GraceThe Blind Boys Of Alabama3m 7s
    playNew Born SoulThe Blind Boys Of Alabama2m 56s
    playPresence of The LordThe Blind Boys Of Alabama5m 4s
    playMosesThe Blind Boys Of Alabama3m 56s
Atom Bomb at realworldrecords.com