Raise Your Spirit Higher (2004)

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Raise Your Spirit Higher
Raise Your Spirit Higher cover
Studio album by Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Released January 27, 2004
Recorded January 2003
Genre Isicathamiya
Length 54:03
Label Headsup International
Producer Joseph Shabalala
Professional reviews
Ladysmith Black Mambazo chronology
Raise Your Spirit Higher - Wenyukela
(2003)		 Raise Your Spirit Higher
(2004)		 The Very Best of - Rain, Rain Beautiful Rain
(2004)

Raise Your Spirit Higher is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was released on January 27, 2004 and was a North American re-release of the group's latest album, Wenyukela (Raise Your Spirit Higher) of 2003. The album was expected to have (and it did have) a solemn touch (it was the first album release after the murder of leader Joseph Shabalala's wife Nellie, in May 2002).

As well as a standard CD release (HUCD 3083), the album was also released in a Hybrid SACD version (HUSA 9183).

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Wenyukela (Raise Your Spirit Higher)"
  2. "Uqinisil' Ubaba (The Lord is the Light and the Truth)"
  3. "Selingelethu Sonke"
  4. "Wangibambezela (Don't Waste His Time)"
  5. "Wenza Ngani? (How Did You Do That)"
  6. "Udidekil' Umhlaba (Lord's Work)"
  7. "Iyahlonipha Lengane"
  8. "Wamlul' Umshado (Beautiful Wedding)"
  9. "Because I Love You"
  10. "Black Is Beautiful"
  11. "Music Knows No Boundaries"
  12. "Fak' Ibhande (Don't Drink and Drive)"
  13. "Tribute"
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Joseph Shabalala (founder and musical director)
Members
Studio albums
Amabutho | Imbongi | Umama Lo! | Isitimela | Ukukhanya Kwelanga | Amaqhawe | Ukusindiswa | Shintsha Sithothobala | Phezulu Emafini | Ushaka | Indlela yaseZulwini | Ezinkulu | Intokozo | Ulwandle Oluncgwele | Phansi Emgodini | Umthombo Wamanzi | Induku Zethu | Ibhayibheli Liyindlela | Inkazimulo | Inala | Ezulwini Siyakhona | Shaka Zulu | Thandani | Zibuyinhlazane | Journey of Dreams | Izigqi Zendoda | Two Worlds, One Heart | Inkanyezi Nezazi | Liph' Iqiniso | Gift of the Tortoise | Thuthukani Ngoxolo | Ukuzala-Ukuzelula | Heavenly | Live at the Royal Albert Hall | Lihl' Ixhiba Likagogo | Wenyukela | Raise Your Spirit Higher (2003) | Raise Your Spirit Higher (2004) | No Boundaries | Long Walk to Freedom | Ilembe | Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu
Compilations
Nqonqotha Mfana | Favourites | Classic Tracks | The Best of (Vol. 1) | The Best of (Vol. 2) | Best of - The Star and the Wiseman | Gospel Songs | Favourites (No 2) | The Very Best of - Rain, Rain Beautiful Rain | The Best of: Essential Tribute | The Hits (CD/DVD)
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