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Certain Songs #2452: The Staple Singers – “I’ll Take You There”

September 19, 2022 by Jim Connelly

Album: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
Year: 1972

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Here’s a thing I don’t understand: why is that this lovely gospel-soul-reggae combination never listed along with the songs that helped reggae crossover to a mainstream U.S. audience? I mean, sure you’ve got your Desmond Dekker “Israelites” and your Johnny Nash “I Can See Clearly Now” and even your godsdamned Eric Clapton “I Shot The Sheriff,” but none of those songs are as great as this one, not even close.

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