Power in the Blood (Buffy Sainte Marie album)

Reception

In a review of the album for NPR, critic Ann Powers wrote that "those who know her mostly by reputation as a standout of the early '60s folk revival will be delighted to discover an artist who's more Bjork than Baez, more Kate Bush than Laurel Canyon. Sainte-Marie is a risk-taker, always chasing new sounds, and a plain talker when it comes to love and politics."

The Canadian music magazine Exclaim! also praised the album, with Stuart Henderson writing that "in fact, Power In The Blood might just be the best album she's made since the late 1960s."

Awards

It won the 2015 Polaris Music Prize on September 21, 2015.

At the Juno Awards of 2016, the album won both Aboriginal Album of the Year and Contemporary Roots Album of the Year, and Sainte-Marie was nominated for Songwriter of the Year for "Farm in the Middle of Nowhere", "Ke Sakihitin Awasis (I Love You Baby)" and "Love Charms (Mojo Bijoux)".

Track listing

1. "It's My Way" (3:55)
2. "Power in the Blood" (4:03)
3. "We Are Circling" (3:04)
4. "Not the Lovin' Kind" (4:11)
5. "Love Charms (Mojo Bijoux)" (4:06)
6. "Ke Sakihitin Awasis (I Love You Baby)" (4:08)
7. "Farm in the Middle of Nowhere" (2:43)
8. "Generation" (3:54)
9. "Sing Our Own Song" (4:52)
10. "Orion" (3:00)
11. "The Uranium War" (3:33)
12. "Carry It On" (3:01)