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Were You There

by Leontyne Price & Leonard de Paur · from The Essential Leontyne Price - Spirituals, Hymns & Sacred Songs

1972Vocal4:34Track 7

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Review by Nadia Haddad★★★½Sample

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

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Review by Cass Moreno★★★★½Sample

Every time I think I've found my favourite track, “Were You There” comes on and starts an argument.

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Disc 1
1
Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
sample avg 3.3
2:13
2
Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees
sample avg 3.0
2:24
3
His Name So Sweet
sample avg 4.0
2:11
4
'Roun' About de Mountain
sample avg 3.2
2:18
5
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
sample avg 4.0
3:22
6
Sit Down, Servant
sample avg 4.2
2:32
7
Were You There
sample avg 3.9
4:34
8
He's Got the Whole World In His Hands
sample avg 3.8
2:15
9
Deep River
sample avg 3.9
3:09
10
Honor! Honor!
sample avg 3.9
2:09
11
My Soul's Been Anchored In de Lord
sample avg 3.8
2:13
12
On Ma Journey
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2:04
13
A City Called Heaven
sample avg 2.9
4:08
14
Ride On, King Jesus
sample avg 3.7
2:41
15
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
sample avg 3.7 · Leontyne Price, Rust College Choir & Lassaye Van Buren Holmes
3:10
16
Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass
sample avg 3.9 · Leontyne Price, Rust College Choir & Lassaye Van Buren Holmes
3:38
17
Sweet Little Jesus Boy
sample avg 4.0 · Leontyne Price, Rust College Choir & Lassaye Van Buren Holmes
3:15
18
There Is a Balm In Gilead
sample avg 2.9 · Leontyne Price, Rust College Choir & Lassaye Van Buren Holmes
3:44
19
Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler
sample avg 3.5 · Leontyne Price, Rust College Choir & Lassaye Van Buren Holmes
1:49
20
Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
sample avg 3.9 · Leontyne Price, Rust College Choir & Lassaye Van Buren Holmes
1:35
21
My Way Is Cloudy
sample avg 2.9 · Leontyne Price, Rust College Choir & Lassaye Van Buren Holmes
1:56
22
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
sample avg 3.7 · Leontyne Price, Rust College Choir & Lassaye Van Buren Holmes
3:18
23
I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
sample avg 3.0 · Leontyne Price, Rust College Choir & Lassaye Van Buren Holmes
3:50
Disc 2
1
Holy, Holy, Holy
sample avg 3.8 · Leontyne Price, George Decker, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & William Self
2:12
2
Lead, Kindly Light
sample avg 3.9 · Leontyne Price, George Decker, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & William Self
3:45
3
Blessed Assurance
sample avg 4.0 · Leontyne Price, George Decker, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & William Self
2:25
4
Ave Maria, D. 839
sample avg 3.0 · Leontyne Price, William Self, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & George Decker
4:49
5
What a Friend We Have In Jesus
sample avg 3.9 · Leontyne Price, George Decker, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & William Self
2:25
6
Amazing Grace
sample avg 3.6 · Leontyne Price, George Decker, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & William Self
2:38
7
The Lord's Prayer
sample avg 3.9 · Leontyne Price, George Decker, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & William Self
2:53
8
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
sample avg 3.3 · Leontyne Price, George Decker, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & William Self
2:40
9
The Church's One Foundation
sample avg 3.6 · Leontyne Price, George Decker, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & William Self
2:08
10
Bless This House
sample avg 4.0 · Leontyne Price, George Decker, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & William Self
2:15
11
I Need Thee Every Hour
sample avg 3.1 · Leontyne Price, George Decker, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & William Self
2:33
12
Fairest Lord Jesus
sample avg 3.4 · Leontyne Price, George Decker, Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys & William Self
2:23
13
I Wonder As I Wander
sample avg 3.4 · Leontyne Price, Arthur Fiedler & Arthur Fiedler and His Orchestra
3:58
14
Ave Maria
sample avg 3.1 · Leontyne Price, Arthur Fiedler & Arthur Fiedler and His Orchestra
2:56
15
Summertime (From "Porgy and Bess")
sample avg 3.4 · Leontyne Price, Skitch Henderson & The RCA Victor Orchestra
2:26
16
America the Beautiful
sample avg 3.4 · Charles Gerhardt, Leontyne Price & National Philharmonic Orchestra
3:47
17
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing
sample avg 3.9 · Charles Gerhardt, Leontyne Price & National Philharmonic Orchestra
4:33
18
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
sample avg 3.5 · Leontyne Price, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt, The Ambrosian Singers & John McCarthy
4:17
19
Battle Hymn of the Republic
sample avg 3.5 · Leontyne Price, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Gerhardt, The Ambrosian Singers & John McCarthy
5:46