Talking Union

by The Almanac Singers

Talking Union cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1941
  • Label: Keynote
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:41
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Jeff Dawson, Crystal Pistol

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Led by Pete Seeger and Millard Lampell, this stark collection of labor anthems was explicitly designed to invigorate the industrial union movement. The group's unpolished, communal singing style emphasized participatory action over musical perfection. It remains a foundational document in the history of American folk music as a vehicle for organized political dissent.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, protest, conceptual, acoustic, political, socialism, conscious, folk, male-vocals, gang-vocals, a-cappella

Tracklist

  1. We Shall Not Be Moved (2:18)
  2. Roll the Union On (2:05)
  3. Casey Jones (1:59)
  4. Miner's Lifeguard (3:54)
  5. Solidarity Forever (2:55)
  6. You've Got to Go Down and Join the Union (2:42)
  7. Hold the Fort (2:26)
  8. Get Thee Behind Me (2:36)
  9. The Union Maid (2:12)
  10. All I Want (3:00)
  11. Talking Union (2:59)
  12. The Union Train (2:20)
  13. Which Side are You On? (2:11)

Credits

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