Reviewed by Keren Perrott

London-based Tosh is undoubtedly a talented singer/songwriter and musician and this, his second collection of contemporary and worshipful African-inspired gospel grooves, is a consistently solid offering. The majority of the album is decidedly upbeat and Tosh kicks straight into two well crafted praise tracks, both backed by a high calibre chorus of singers providing just the right degree of depth to "Love Me So Much" and "I Have A Father". One of the standout tracks, "Push", has enjoyed significant airplay on a number of US TV channels and a well produced video has received thousands of hits. If you like the video, you will love the extended (nine minutes plus!) album version, packed full of praise and calypso rhythms. "Everything Will Be Alright" and "Prayer Of Joshua Tosh" take the pace down a notch but the groove never really departs and the album finishes on an unequivocally uptempo note; though inclusion of the track lyrics in English would be an added bonus to fans who are constrained by rather more limited linguistic capabilities. The only real bugbear on the album lies in the odd (and unnecessary) sound effects dotted through some tracks, but this does seem to be a regular occurrence on many independent contemporary gospel albums.

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