Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace
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Artist: Aretha FranklinEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Atlantic / Wea
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Mary Don't You Weep
- Precious Lord (Take My Hand)/You've Got a Friend [Medley]
- Old Landmark (Spoken Introduction)
- Give Yourself to Jesus
- How I Got Over
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus
- Amazing Grace
- Precious Memories
- Climbing Higher Mountains
- Remarks by Reverend C.L. Franklin - Rev. C.L. Franklin
- God Will Take Care of You
- Wholy Holy
- You'll Never Walk Alone
- Never Grow Old
Music reviews of Amazing Grace
Music Review: The Bridge Between The Old Time Gospel Of Mahalia, Marion, Clara & Others and What Became Known As Contemporary Gospel!!
Rating: 5 Stars
This album is timeless, powerful, poignant and very very signifigant
in the evolution of gospel! What you are witnessing on this album is not
just soulful and brilliant singing in the true old school gospel tradition,
but also a changing of the guard!---Mahalia Jackson, the reigning and (in my book)
the eternal queen of gospel, passed away right before this album was released in January of 1972,
and Aretha, the heir apparent and reigning queen of soul sang at her funeral.
I would call that a passing of the baton.
If that weren't enough, both her mentor in gospel singing, the legendary Clara Ward
and Sister Rosetta Tharpe both passed away in 1973.
Aretha also sang at Clara Ward's funeral.
So if that wasn't the flame being passed on and kept, I don't know what is!
And keep the flame she did!---What you have in this amazing 2-CD set is some
soul-stirring, heaven-inspired, transcendant singing by Aretha accompanied by her
other mentor, the late great and equally revolutionary Rev. James Cleveland and his
very capable Southern California Community Choir!
The arrangements are still moving and anchor Aretha's raise-the-rafters voice to the tee!
This was Aretha when she was ARETHA!!---The unparalleled voice of a generation!
She was without peer during this time...before age, weight, cigarettes, etc.,
took their toll on her once magnificent vocal instrument!---Aretha to the 100th power!
Not only does she make you hear her!---She makes you FEEL HER!!
Just put it on from start to finish and be taken on a spiritual journey!
If ever there was a marking of when the old school gospel became the new school
contemporary kind, then this surely was the first wave!
This album stayed on the R&B/Soul as well as the gospel charts for almost 10 years!
That is a feat that has yet to be topped by anybody in gospel today!
To say that this album is a landmark is an understatement of the highest order!
If you don't already have it, buy it!---You won't regret it!
Let the church say AMEN!! (-:
Description of Amazing Grace
Originally released as a double LP in 1972, Amazing Grace cracked the Billboard Top Ten upon its release, making it one of the bestselling gospel records of all time. Grace was recorded in a large Baptist church with an ultraenthusiastic, loving audience in the pews and a full, funky, band as well as the Southern California Community Choir under the direction of her mentor Rev. James Cleveland. Her voice is melismatic and intensely emotional, yet pure and controlled--as if she were directly channeling the Holy Ghost. Aretha's father, the brilliant preacher Rev. C.L. Franklin, makes a brief, proud appearance, remarking how "she has never left the church!" Highlights include the beautiful "Wholy Holy," an 11-minute, heart-stopping "Amazing Grace," and Inez Andrews's stirring song "Mary, Don't You Weep." Way more than a return-to-the-roots record, the set is an inspired gospel-soul workout that arguably showcases Aretha's strongest singing ever. --Mike McGonigalGeneral CDs
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