Reviewed by Les M Wilkes

Musically, vocally and technically this album is of high quality but, perhaps surprisingly for a live recording, and in spite of the apparent enthusiasm of the audience, generally the Spirituals' performance didn't communicate, to this listener at least, the degree of passion one might have expected. The tracks are almost exactly of the slower variety with a couple of exceptions, the most notable of which is "Get Up In Me Jesus", a lively little number with a strong rhythm making it irresistible in the hand clapping, foot stomping department. The lyrics of many of the other songs deal with personal struggles and life's difficulties and I'm sure that almost everyone who listens to the album will find at least one with which they can identify in a deep way. For me this was the song entitled simply, "Flowers". By far the best song on the album musically and one which seemed to be sung with much real conviction and meaning, the song exhorts those of us with living parents to show them love and "give them flowers while they live." The song's interlude, "It's the little bitty things that sometimes go a long way." really struck home.

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