Lakewood Church - The Best Of Lakewood Live: Better Than Life
STYLE: Gospel RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 43784-14009 LABEL: Integrity 000768435021 FORMAT: CD Album ITEMS: 1 RELEASE DATE: 2008-02-04 RRP: £12.99
Reviewed by Tony Cummings
The Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, with over 30,000 attendees, is reported to be the largest evangelical church in the US. Certainly, it's a place of atmospheric live recordings with Michael W Smith for one having recorded there. This compilation has a sleeve which lacks information as to how it was sourced but I can report that both Israel Houghton and Cindy Cruse Ratcliff are both clearly in evidence. The material ranges from Bill & Gloria Gaither's "There's Just Something About That Name" oldie through to Houghton and Ratcliff originals with the old hymn "Oh How I Love Jesus" thrown in for good measure. The musical elements here range from pop to black gospel with the latter sound dominating. Some may find the whole sound a little overblown but there's no doubting the professionalism of the singers and musos.
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Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas is the largest evangelical church in America with a congregation of approximately 30,000 people. The church’s worship services are seen weekly on television by millions of viewers around the world who tune in to worship with Cindy Cruse-Ratcliff and Israel Houghton and to hear dynamic sermons by Pastor Joel Osteen. Now consumers can experience Lakewood’s best worship music anytime as they listen to Better Than Life – The Best Of Lakewood
Live.