Virtue - Testimony
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Artist: VirtueEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-06-20
Music Label: Integrity Music/Gospel
Soundtracks:
- Follow Me
- Testimony
- The Sky Is The Limit
- 123 Praise!
- Give Him The Praises
- Thank You Jesus
- Fall Again
- Nothing Ever Mattered
- Get Up
- Praises To You
- Praises To You (Reprise)
- Holy Holy
- Down With It
Music reviews of Testimony
Music Review: Virtue Get the Darkchild Treatment on Testimony
Rating: 3 Stars
I'm not sure how to characterize this new Virtue album. They certainly got the Darkchild treatment on this outing, for better or for worse.
Darkchild is okay, but their songs always have an over-produced, tin can, electronic, synth sound, which can get old fast. One song here and there on an artist's album is okay, but for a whole album to sound this way is just over-the-top. I love Virtue, but often times on this album they sound like they are beating the music back with a stick. Other times they sound a bit shrill as they sing over the synthetic bleeps and claps. Jerkins's music (either Rodney's or Freddie's) can deluge the vocalist who is trying to sing over such overbearing arrangements.
Overall, I don't think there are enough tight harmonies on this album, which were the trademarks of Virtue's first two albums. Even if their material was not that good, their harmonies always made up for it. The Trotter sisters, Ebony, Karima, and Heather, have beautiful and powerful voices to start with, so why mess it up by computerizing their vocals only to make them sound like those new-school R&B chicks that can't carry a tune in a bucket?
The crunk-n-b flavored "123 Praise" f/T-Bone just missed being a favorite, because the song goes on a little too long and languishes at the end with Karima's attempts to find various ways of singing "1-2-3 Praise!" She starts out with "1-2-that's-2, 2-2-that's-3," tries "3-2-1 Praise!" and then finally gives us a Spanish lesson and calls it a day.
Compared to their previous efforts, I rank this album behind Free, which to me was their breakthrough album as far as vocal maturity and expression. Testimony is contemporary to be sure. It's not as worshipful as their other work, but it certainly may catapult them into the forefront of the ever progressing contemporary gospel music industry.
***And on a side note, I'm just not feeling the cover art either. The stained glass look and the unsmiling faces are not working for me...
Favorite Picks:
"Testimony" Ebony sings the chorus with a light airy vocal quality. Very nice.
"The Sky Is The Limit" Contains the same chorus lyrics as Kiki's "Have What You Want"
"Thank You Jesus" Reminds me of an R. Kelly joint.
"Fall Again" Beautiful lead piano.
"Nothing Ever Mattered" A clumsy love song, but kind of cute.
Description of Testimony
Since their formation in the 90?s, this vocal group of sisters has released four projects and received multiple nominations for Grammy, Stellar and Dove Awards. Their latest project, Testimony, was produced by and features the irresistible songwriting of Fred Jerkins III (Destiny?s Child, Toni Braxton and Whitney Houston) and LaShawn Daniels (Destiny?s Child, Brandy, Michael Jackson).These infectious songs transcend musical boundaries with masterful segues from R&B to pop to contemporary Gospel. Testimony showcases Virtue?s signature harmonies and worshipful emotive style with club-savvy, groove-driven songs. Their authentic message is evident as they set out to seize the music scene and move into the greatness of their calling.Miscellaneous CDs
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