STYLE: Gospel RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 188- LABEL: Malaco MCD 6030 FORMAT: CD Album ITEMS: 1
Reviewed by Trevor Kirk
The Florida Mass Choir is one of the top outfits in the USA, with each of their eight albums for Malaco selling like the proverbial hot cakes. This one crackles with so much raw passion and energy, that it ought to carry a Government health warning! So if you're used to the more sanitised choir music that comes our way from the USA, you may struggle to come to terms with some of this, but persevere and you'll be rewarded. This is gospel music as it used to be performed, and if you're not convinced, listen to "Jesus Is Mine", six minutes of the best call-and-response gospel I've heard for some time. You certainly get value for money; the CD runs to over 79 minutes, only two of the 11 tracks are less than six minutes, and the longest checks in at 14 minutes and 25 seconds. If you're a true gospel aficionado, you'll want this one.
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