Album Of The Day: You Are There by Ashley Cleveland

Album Art of Ashley Cleveland's You Are There album - On a black background, a black-and-white photo of a woman with long, brown-blond hair who is holding in her left hand a metal tin of some sort and ruffling through it with her right hand. The right of her is printed her name in large, uppercase gray letters. Below that, in smaller lowercase letters, the album title.

This was the first Ashley Cleveland album I got about 20-some years ago, and I think it's still my favorite of hers. Half of this album is recorded live on the road, and half is recorded live to tape in studio. This lack of heavy studio production makes it a bit more stripped-down and raw and shows the passion and talent of Ashley and her band. The album starts out with a great live cover of The Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter", and includes live recordings of some of her songs from her first few albums like "Big Town" and "He Is". The in-studio recordings of new songs like the title track and "Your Saving Grace" are also great songs by Cleveland and her husband and guitarist/producer Kenny Greenberg. It's great music with a classic rock style, dynamite vocals from Ashley, and a bit of a Gospel flair throughout as well. I love rockin' out to this album.

Release Year: 1998
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