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| Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement (Barack Obama) | 
enlarge | Artists: Various Artists, Barack Obama Label: Hidden Beach Category: Music
List Price: $18.98 Buy New: $8.49 You Save: $10.49 (55%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 12 reviews Sales Rank: 653
Format: Collector's Edition, Special Edition Media: Audio CD Discs: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.3
MPN: 70 UPC: 894096001504 EAN: 0894096001504 ASIN: B001IF269Y
Release Date: November 11, 2008 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| | Eternity - Lionel Richie (contains Barack Obama speech excerpts) | | | Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder | | | Waiting On The World To Change - John Mayer (contains Barack Obama speech excerpts) | | | American Prayer - Dave Stewart (contains Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speech) | | | Battle Cry - Shontelle (contains Barack Obama speech excerpts) | | | Make It Better - Los Lonely Boys (contains Barack Obama speech excerpts) | | | Pride, In The Name Of Love - John Legend | | | I Have A Dream - BeBe Winans (contains Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speech) | | | Am I All Alone? - Suai | | | One Is the Magic Number# - Jill Scott (contains Barack Obama speech excerpts) | | | Love And Hope - Ozomatli (contains Barack Obama speech excerpts) | | | Looking East - Jackson Browne | | | Out Of Our Heads - Sheryl Crow | | | Promised Land - Malik Yusef with Kanye West and Adam Levine | | | Hold On - Yolanda Adams | | | America The Beautiful - Keb' Mo' (contains Barack Obama speech excerpts) | | | America - Ken Stacey | | | Wide River To Cross - Buddy Miller (contains Barack Obama speech excerpts) |
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Album Description The 18-song disc, titled Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement, borrows its name from one of the campaign's central messages and boasts a stellar collection of artists from across genres, including such renowned, multi-platinum performers as Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Kanye West, Jill Scott, Los Lonely Boys, Jackson Browne, BeBe Winans, Lionel Richie, Adam Levine, Keb' Mo' and John Legend. The project features current and classic material as well as new music heard here for the first time including speech excerpts from President elect Barack Obama intertwined throughout the project. In collaboration with the Barack Obama presidential campaign, this first ever-political soundtrack has been produced by Hidden Beach Recordings. In this unprecedented approach to using music as an integral character within a political campaign to raise the awareness and importance of voting by utilizing the power and influence of music and its recording artists in support of various campaign initiatives, fundraising and voter registration campaigns, Hidden Beach Recordings has been selected to produce this monumental soundtrack. The historical precedence of the compilation, overwhelming support and participation by such superstar/multi-platinum recording artists spanning all genres of music, has positioned this CD to be an incredible body of work, which represents a worldwide cry for "Change" and will be a collectors' item cherished by generations to come. Special Collectors Edition features a 52 page booklet.
Album Description YES WE CAN: Voices of a Grassroots Movement featured exclusively on www.BarackObama.com with millions of hits per day. This first of its kind album inspired by a presidential campaign and its supporters' quest for a 'more perfect union' contains performances by some of the most talented recording artists alive today expressing themselves through instruments and voice. This special collector's edition features Deluxe Packaging with a 52 page book with exclusive photos documenting this historic movement. 2008. Featuring Lionel Richie , Stevie Wonder , John Mayer , Dave Stewart , Shontelle, Los Lonely Boys, John Legend and more.
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yes we can December 12, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yes We Can was just the thing to listen to after the election...So glad someone decided to pay a musical tribute....Most of the selections are good but the best part is hearing Pres. Elect Obama's speech exerpts in or above the music! Isn't this a time to sing and rejoice! Thanks for making it available! G Gumness
Enjoy! December 12, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have thoroughly enjoyed the Yes We Can CD I purchased. I like how they mixed some of Obama's speech into the song mix. I think Stevie Wonder's song-Signed, Sealed, Delivered, is the only song that doesn't have that. I am very pleased with this purchase.
Moving and Grooving! November 25, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this CD to support the campaign & for the memorabilia. Finally popped it in the player this week on the way to work. BIG MISTAKE! Hard to drive when you're crying! Not only moved by snippets of Obama inspiring in that way he does...but also by the most memorable words of Martin Luther King. I knew the CD would be a good campaign memory, but was really impressed and excited by the inspiration and great choices of the music. Except for the last track, I totally enjoy each cut and that Barack is woven throughout. I now have bought five more for presents...and may just have to pick up a few more now that I figured out I could save $5 here at Amazon vs. the campaign site. If you have any sense of history, you'll want to own this one, and will be surprised by how much you play it.
Yes We Can! Very Inspriational! A Work of Art! November 25, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got the album and I can't stop listening to it. The creativity behind it. And how parts of Obama's profounding speeches and Dr. Martin Luthur King's speeches were incorporated into the songs was so unique. Its an album I would never mind hearing over and over again. Its a legacy for your childrens children to listen and learn through music.
Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement (Barack Obama) November 18, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have to say that in the many years that I have been a record buying fan, I have never had such a strong reason to purchase a CD as this one. Not only are the songs great, but the passion behind the project is what really drove me to not only buy the CD but to make sure that all of my friends knew about it.
YES WE DID!!!!
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