GMWA Women Of Worship - When Praises Go Up

Wednesday 13th November 2002
GMWA Women Of Worship - When Praises Go Up
GMWA Women Of Worship - When Praises Go Up

STYLE: Gospel
RATING 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 6697-6586
LABEL: Aleho ALD2006
FORMAT: CD Album
RRP: £14.67

Reviewed by Tony Cummings

An all female gospel choir of no little soul power give up the praise on a set of songs recorded live. The accompanying band is good though it’s a shame that the opening track, "Let The Praise Fill The House", with its funky wah wah guitar groove, suddenly does a tempo change. Also, the theatric soprano who takes the lead on “Why Did He Do It” shows awesome Dottie Peoples-like chops but still reduces the song to OTT histrionics. But then, the gospel audience like their singers to engage in vocal pyrotechnics so who am I to argue? And when it works well, like on the simple, blues gospel song “A Delay Is Not A Deny” you've got something that sounds like a decades old classic. When they're hot they're HOT.

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