Down in New Orleans

Down in New Orleans
Studio album by The Blind Boys of Alabama
Released	January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29)
Genre	Gospel
Length	42:04
Label	Time-Life
Producer	Chris Goldsmith
The Blind Boys of Alabama chronology
Atom Bomb (2005) Down in New Orleans (2008)

Down in New Orleans is a gospel album by The Blind Boys of Alabama, released in 2008. It won Best Traditional Gospel Album at the 51st Grammy Awards. At the Dove Awards of 2009, the album won Traditional Gospel Album of the Year, and the track Free at Last won Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year.

Down in New Orleans debuted on the New Zealand Album Charts at #33 on April 13, 2009.

Track listing

All tracks Traditional; except where indicated

1. "Free At Last" - 3:32
2. "Let's Make a Better World" (Earl King) - 3:19
3. "How I Got Over" - 5:03
4. "You Got to Move" - 3:35
5. "Across the Bridge" (Walter Scott) - 3:41
6. "You Better Mind" - 3:49
7. "Down by the Riverside" - 3:51
8. "If I Could Help Somebody" (Marion Williams) - 2:28
9. "Uncloudy Day" - 2:55
10. "A Prayer" (Curtis Mayfield) - 3:30
11. "I've Got a Home" - 2:51
12. "I'll Fly Away" (Albert E. Brumley) - 3:30

Awards

The album won a Dove Award for Traditional Gospel Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.^[2]

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