Track Listing

1. Just For Me
2. Nothing Without You
3. Praise Festival
4. Unconditional (Mad Love)
5. Gotta Right...
6. Can't Take It
7. Jesus Is A Love Song
8. Jesus Is A Love Song
9. Balm In Gilead
10. Holy Thou Art Holy
11. Heaven
12. Couldn't Tell It If I Tried
13. Praying Spirit
14. Will Of God

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #208982 in Music
• Released on: 1997-11-12
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Studio
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

CD Description
Smoothed out on Jesus, Karen Clark-Sheard flavours her enthusiastic, inspirational message with the sounds of contemporary easy-listening soul. Dominated primarily by cool grooves, slinky bass and keyboard lines and acrobatically embellished vocals, Finally Karen bridges the gap between the pop andChristian genres. Tracks like "Nothing Without You" (featuring Faith Evans), "Unconditional (Mad Love)" and "Praise Festival" (which concludes with a rap) would sound at home bothat the altar and on the local Lite Soul radio station.
Clark-Sheard's voice sounds like a thing unleashed slick and purring one minute, growling, soaring, looping and diving through the heavens the next ("Jesus Is A Love Song" is a fineexample of her dexterity). Nods to traditional gospel are also included, like "Balm in Gilead", and "Holy, Thou Art Holy", and even the artist's daughter, Kierra Sheard, manages to sneak on for the last number. A wholly impressive effort, Clark-Sheard's first solo album celebrates being devout witha contemporary twist. Nominated for a Grammy in 1999.