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Like a Ripple On a Pond

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Download links and information about Like a Ripple On a Pond by Nikki Giovanni. This album was released in 1973 and it belongs to genres. It contains 10 tracks with total duration of 39:26 minutes.

Artist: Nikki Giovanni
Release date: 1973
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Tracks: 10
Duration: 39:26
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. Conversation 5:26
2. Communication 3:10
3. Prison Poem- Give It to Jesus 4:55
4. Africa 2 4:33
5. My House 4:22
6. Like a Ripple On a Pond 3:28
7. Legacies 3:43
8. Mothers 2:37
9. Scrapbooks 4:03
10. Straight Talk 3:09

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Nikki Giovanni's second album backed by the New York Community Choir, Like a Ripple on a Pond, didn't build on the success of the African-American poet's debut, but it did reach just outside the Top 50 on the black albums chart in 1973. It is just as strong as the debut, featuring Giovanni's voice up in front, while arranger and director Benny Diggs directs the powerful gospel choir behind her. The poet relates experiences both personal and of her people, but she's at her best when she speaks in the first person and describes the struggles she has gone through in a plainspoken yet warm manner — those struggles aren't far off from the struggles many others have gone through. Giovanni's ability to relate to her audience, combined with the sections where the choir is allowed to let loose, makes this album a timeless one.