New World Order

by Curtis Mayfield

New World Order cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 October 1996
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:03:05
  • Community rating: 3.05/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded painstakingly line-by-line while paralyzed from the neck down, this serves as the final studio album from the legendary soul architect. The release elegantly incorporates modern R&B production while maintaining Mayfield's signature smooth falsetto and socially conscious lyricism.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious

Tracklist

  1. New World Order (5:36)
  2. Ms. Martha (4:21)
  3. Back to Living Again (5:10)
  4. No One Knows About a Good Thing - You Don't Have to Cry (5:19)
  5. Just a Little Bit of Love (5:27)
  6. We People Who Are Darker Than Blue (5:02)
  7. I Believe in You (4:58)
  8. Here but I'm Gone (5:18)
  9. It Was Love That We Needed (4:14)
  10. The Got Dang Song (5:17)
  11. The Girl I Find Stays on My Mind (3:58)
  12. Let's Not Forget (3:42)
  13. Oh so Beautiful (4:38)

Credits

  • Charles Pettaway - backing vocals, bass
  • Gary Thompson - lead guitar, rhythm guitar
  • Joi - backing vocals
  • Mavis Staples - backing vocals [solos]
  • Preston Crump - bass, drum programming, programmed by [keyboards], bass
  • Craig Love - guitar
  • Dean Gant - keyboards
  • Patrick Brown - percussion

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