One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism

Aretha Franklin

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One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism Review

by John Bush

Fifteen years after Amazing Grace, her groundbreaking gospel record, Aretha Franklin returned to the church yet again, and though the results couldn't top the wall-to-wall power and spirit found on her first, the double-album One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, it's still a worthy document of what the church meant to her. The roster of invited guests was enough to get gospel fans excited, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Jasper Williams, and Rev. C.L. Franklin (her brother, who delivered the invocation), plus Mavis Staples, Joe Ligon (from the Mighty Clouds of Joy), and her sisters, Carol and Erma. Slotted next to sanctified standards like "Surely God Is Able" and "The Lord's Prayer," were several great selections from the pop repertoire, including a scorching version of "Higher Ground." Staples stops by for an ebullient run through the latter-day standard "Oh Happy Day," and the performance closes with a touching finale, "Packing Up, Getting Ready to Go," featuring Staples and Ligon, plus Carol and Erma Franklin.

Track Listing - Disc 1

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Walk in the Light Traditional	Aretha Franklin	03:59	Spotify Amazon
2	Prayer Invocation	Aretha Franklin	05:48	Spotify Amazon
3	Introduction of Aretha and the Franklin Sisters	Aretha Franklin feat: Rev. Jesse Jackson	00:47	Spotify Amazon
4	Jesus Hears Every Prayer Clara Ward	Aretha Franklin	07:20	Spotify Amazon
5	Surely God Is Able Clara Ward	Aretha Franklin	04:44	Spotify Amazon
6	The Lord's Prayer Traditional	Aretha Franklin	05:05	Spotify Amazon
7	Introduction of Aretha and Mavis Staples	Aretha Franklin feat: Rev. Jesse Jackson	03:22	Spotify Amazon
8	Oh Happy Day Edwin Hawkins	Aretha Franklin feat: Mavis Staples	06:09	Spotify Amazon
9	We Need Power Traditional	Aretha Franklin feat: Mavis Staples	06:32	Spotify Amazon
10	Speech	Aretha Franklin feat: Rev. Jesse Jackson	09:58	Spotify Amazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Ave Maria Franz Schubert	Aretha Franklin	06:50	Spotify Amazon
2	Introduction to Higher Ground	Aretha Franklin feat: Rev. Jasper Williams	04:09	Spotify Amazon
3	Higher Ground	Aretha Franklin feat: Mal Williams / Rev. Jasper Williams	03:55	Spotify Amazon
4	Prayer Invocation	Aretha Franklin feat: Rev. Donald Parsons	07:31	Spotify Amazon
5	I've Been in the Storm Too Long Traditional	Aretha Franklin feat: Joe Ligon	08:10	Spotify Amazon
6	Packing Up, Getting Ready to Go Clara Ward	Aretha Franklin feat: Joe Ligon / The Franklin Sisters / Mavis Staples	05:34	Spotify Amazon
7	Be Grateful Walter Hawkins	Aretha Franklin	09:21	Spotify Amazon
8	Beams of Heaven Charles Albert Tindley	Aretha Franklin	07:20	Spotify Amazon
9	Father, I Stretch My Hands to Thee Charles Wesley / Hugh Wilson	Aretha Franklin	07:04	Spotify Amazon
10	Packing Up, Getting Ready to Go Clara Ward	Aretha Franklin feat: Joe Ligon / Mavis Staples	05:16	Spotify Amazon

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