Donnie McClurkin...Again
Donnie McClurkin
Yolanda Adams
Producer: Donnie McClurkin
Verity, 2005
1 CD
Catalogue #: 68879
EAN: 0828766887921
UPC: 828766887921
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Personnel includes: Donnie McClurkin (vocals, piano); Lynette Hawkins-Stephens, Yolanda Adams (vocals); Jonathan DuBose Jr. (acoustic guitar, guitar); Rick Watford, Joey Woolfalk (acoustic guitar); Doc Powell, Ray "The Weeper" Fuller, Dsabata Robinson (guitar); James Cheeks (alto saxophone); Clifton Brokington (trumpet); Marvin Thompson (trombone); Kevin Bond (keyboards, programming); Shaun Martin, Bobby Sparks, David Foster (keyboards); Nelson Jackson (organ); Keith Taylor, Darrell Freeman, Andrew Gouche (bass); Terry Baker, Jeremy Haynes, Dana Davis (drums); Andre Hickman (percussion); Olivia McClurkin, Andrea McClurkin-Mellini, Sherry McGhee, Myron Butler, Sheila Ravenel Carpenter, Terry C. Middleton (background vocals).
AGAIN won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album.
This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other.
Personnel: Donnie McClurkin (vocals); Doc Powell (guitar); Keith Taylor (bass instrument); Terry Baker (drums).
Devotional music can be a hit-or-miss prospect at the best of times, so when one comes across a winner, it's an occasion for rejoicing. Here, providing such an occasion, is Donnie McClurkin's ...AGAIN, which sets subtly religious lyrics against the restrained and tasteful backdrop of small group and choir. As a former protege of gospel giant Andrae Crouch, McClurkin puts his grounding to good use with a collection of songs for all emotional seasons, from the unworthy sinner personified in "Create in Me a Clean Heart" to the uplifting encouragement of "Yes You Can." There's an example of the pastor in action live on the sanctified "Holy," while on the monumental "I'm Walking," he's even confident enough to delve into Jamaican dancehall territory. On this showing McClurkin has enough charisma to fill a dozen churches.
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Yolanda Adams
Contemporary gospel singer Yolanda Adams hails from Houston, Texas, where she spent her young adulthood teaching, modeling, and singing in choirs. Adams's debut, JUST AS I AM, was released in 1987, followed by SAVE THE WORLD (1989), and MORE THAN A MELODY (1995). Adams continued recording and releasing albums into the late `90s when she had a commercial breakthrough with her major label debut, MOUNTAIN HIGH.VALLEY LOW (1999). The album went platinum and netted Adams a Grammy award. THE EXPERIENCE (2001), a live album, also won a Grammy, while that year's BELIEVE, 2005's DAY BY DAY, THE BEST OF ME (a greatest-hits package), and 2007's WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME, a holiday album, continued to enjoy impressive popularity and sales.
