Reviewed by Tom Lennie

Sunday Best is a team of four young girls and two lads who have been persuaded by parents to record a bunch of old songs that have been popular in (American) Sunday School for aeons. It would appear therefore that the entire concept - as well as being aimed at kids themselves, is as much for parents who feel some nostalgia for their Sunday School days. The sleeve notes and album title say as much explicitly. So we get loads of seasoned favourites from days of yore - "Oil In My Lamp", "Jesus Bid Us Shine", "This Little Light Of Mine", "Wide, Wide As The Ocean", plus numerous more that aren't kids choruses as such ("This Is The Day", "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus", etc). Most are traditional melodies, being as old as the hills. The tunes are well enough sung, but it's all a bit too structured with little spontaneity or any sense that the kids are really loving this. By the time they get to the closing "Jesus Loves Me" they're practically nodding off, and so am I.......

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