Power in the Blood (Alabama 3 album)

Power in the Blood
Studio album by Alabama 3
Released	28 October 2002
Length	56:08
Label	One Little Indian
Producer	Alexis Worrall, John "Segs" Jennings, Larry Love, Rock Freebase, The Spirit
Alabama 3 chronology
La Peste (2000) Power in the Blood (2002) The Last Train to Mashville vol. 2 (2003)

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Robert Christgau

Power in the Blood is the third studio album by Alabama 3.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Alabama 3; except where indicated

1. "Two Heads" - 1:07
2. "Power in the Blood" - 4:46
3. "Reachin'" - 4:09
4. "Woody Guthrie" - 4:17
5. "Year Zero" - 4:23
6. "The Devil Went Down to Ibiza" - 2:51
7. "Strobe Life" - 6:12
8. "R.E.H.A.B." - 3:52
9. "The Moon has Lost the Sun" - 3:47
10. "Let the Caged Bird Sing"- 2:34
11. "Yellow Rose" - 4:55
12. "Bullet Proof" - 3:55
13. "Badlands" (Bruce Springsteen) - 0:47
14. "Lord Have Mercy" - 6:13
15. "Come on Home"- 1:20

Bonus disc

The first 10,000 pressings of Power in the Blood include a bonus disc of six acoustic tracks, known as Acoustic Power.

1. "Woke Up This Morning" - 4:05
2. "Power in the Blood" - 2:31
3. "Disneyland Is Burning" - 3:00
4. "U Don't Danse 2 Tekno Anymore" - 3:46
5. "Year Zero" - 4:15
6. "Mansion on the Hill" - 3:06

Personnel

Alabama 3

• Larry Love (Rob Spragg) – vocals
• The Very Rev. D.Wayne Love (Jake Black) – vocals
• Rock Freebase (Mark Sams) – guitars
• The Mountain of Love (Piers Marsh) – harp, programmes, vocals
• L.B. Dope (Johnny Delafons) – drums, programming
• Sir "Eddie" Real (Simon Edwards) – percussion
• The Spirit (Orlando Harrison) – keyboards
• Frank Zappatista (John "Segs" Jennings) – bass, vocals

Additional musicians

• Val Harrison – vocals on "Reachin'"
• Nick Tosches – vocals on "R.E.H.A.B."
• Hubert Selby, Jr. – vocals on "The Moon has Lost the Sun"
• Lisa Delatour Billson – vocals on "Year Zero", backing vocals on "Power in the Blood"
• Val Harrison – vocals on "Reachin'"
• Be Atwell and Siobhan Parr – vocals on "Bullet Proof"
• Michael Groce – vocals on "Lord Have Mercy"

Cover version

"Power in the Blood" was later recorded by Canadian singer Buffy Sainte-Marie as the title track of her 2015 album. The album won the 2015 Polaris Music Prize on September 21, 2015.

Charts

Chart performance for Power in the Blood

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Scottish Albums (OCC)	70
UK Albums (OCC)	88
UK Independent Albums (OCC)	14