Reviewed by Pauline Muir

According to the website this "Enhanced CD (was) created to serve as (a) worship resource for churches, individuals: (the) album provides music for entire order of service." The enhanced CD comes supplied with lyrics, chord chart and video segments and is the third in a series of 'Joe Pace Presents' where this acclaimed artist, producer and songwriter has produced an album which takes you through a typical order of service with a mixture of congregation and choir numbers. The result is fantastic! It encapsulates what is being increasingly known as urban praise and worship and contains some personal favourites such as "Lord I lift Your Name On High" and material that was new to me. In my opinion is it a fabulous resource providing congregations with a raft of new material. However it has to be said that a number of the tracks would be challenging for the most musically competent of congregations unless they involved professional or semi-professional musicians and singers. Whether you use this album as a congregational resource or just for a listening experience of authentic black church this is a must have.

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