New Orleans is a city with a rich Catholic history. It’s also a city with a rich musical history. That’s why we’re intrigued by the news that Pope Francis–who is currently in the middle of a historic first trip to the United States–will be releasing an album of contemporary music titled Wake Up! on November 27.

Yes, you read that correctly. The Pope is putting out a record and the Vatican fully approves.

Rolling Stone reports that the album’s first single, dubbed “Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!,” finds his holiness addressing a crowd of South Koreans in English “amid atmospheric synths, trumpeting horns and skyscraping electric guitars.” The publication also claims that the forthcoming album will feature 11 tracks recorded in a variety of other languages, including Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Those tunes will combine some of the Pope’s most upliftng speeches with musical accompaniment that ranges from “pop-rock to Gregorian chant.”

Italian musician Tony Pagliuca, who composed some of the songs on Wake Up!, told Rolling Stone, “In the Seventies, I founded the prog-rock band Le Orme and topped the charts, toured Italy and U.K. and had the chance to collaborate with international artists like Peter Hammil and David Jackson (Van Der Graaf Generator). During the years, I also made an important journey of faith. When Don Giulio Neroni asked me to collaborate on this CD, I immediately accepted with enthusiasm. Putting my music in the service of the words and the voice of Pope Francis has been a fantastic experience and a very interesting artistic challenge.”

Artistic director Don Biuli Neroni also told the publication, “For many years, I’ve been the producer and the artistic director of albums by the Pope. I had the honor to work with John Paul II, Benedict XVI and now Pope Francis… As in the past, for this album too, I tried to be strongly faithful to the pastoral and personality of Pope Francis: the Pope of dialogue, open doors, hospitality. For this reason, the voice of Pope Francis in Wake Up! dialogues music. And contemporary music (rock, pop, Latin etc.) dialogues with the Christian tradition of sacred hymns.”

Wake Up! tracklist:

1. “Annuntio Vobis Gadium Mangum”
2. “Salve Regina”
3. “Laudato Sie…”
4. “Poe Que’ Sufren Los Ninos”
5. “Non Lasciatevi Rubare La Speranza!”
6. “La Iglesia No Puede Ser Una Ong!”
7. “Wake Up! Go! Go! Forward!”
8. “La Fa Es Entera, No Se Licua!”
9. “Pace! Fratelli!”
10. “Per La Famiglia”
11. “Fazei O Que Ele Vos Disser”