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Monologue on the Mourner's Bench by Lead Belly • Jukebox

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Monologue on the Mourner's Bench

by Lead Belly · from The Library of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Let It Shine on Me, Vol. 3

1991Blues14:33Track 1

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Review by Nadia Haddad★★★★Sample

Front half: perfect. Back half: also perfect. I'm annoyed.

2.4K likes

Review by lena★★★Sample

Good album to do dishes to. Great album to stare at the ceiling to.

1.5K likes

Also on The Library of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Let It Shine on Me, Vol. 3

Tracklist

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1
Monologue on the Mourner's Bench
sample avg 4.1
14:33
2
You Must Have That Religion, Halleloo
sample avg 3.2
2:38
3
Backslider, Fare Thee Well
sample avg 3.0
0:45
4
Must I Be Carried to the Sky...
sample avg 4.0
0:48
5
Down in the Valley to Pray
sample avg 3.9
1:03
6
Let It Shine on Me
sample avg 3.6
2:00
7
Run Sinners
sample avg 3.0
1:21
8
Ride On
sample avg 3.5
1:18
9
Howard Hughes
sample avg 3.7
1:49
10
When I Was a Cowboy
sample avg 3.7
2:17
11
Leaving Blues
sample avg 3.6
3:37
12
The Roosevelt Song
sample avg 4.0
2:07
13
The Scottsboro Boys
sample avg 3.8
2:43
14
No Good Rider
sample avg 3.5
2:53
15
Blues About New York
sample avg 3.7
3:42
16
Mr. Hitler
sample avg 3.5
4:20

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Review by Priya Raman★★★★½Sample

an album you don't listen to so much as live inside for a month.

964 likes

Review by Tomasz W.★★★★★Sample

Lead Belly really said 'let me ruin your whole week' and then did it beautifully.

48 likes

Review by Oskar Lind★★★★Sample

There's a version of me before this album and one after, and the after one is insufferable about it.

1 likes