Track Listing

1. Be Sure
2. Only Call On Jesus
3. I've Been Changed
4. If I Can't Say A Word
5. I'll Be Right There
6. Higher Ground
7. Brand New Day
8. So Good
9. 2nd Chance
10. A Secret Place
11. I Won't Let Go
12. Sacrifice
13. It's Not Over

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5966 in Music
• Released on: 2004-01-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Customer Reviews

Good
This is not a bad album at all, I especially like the beats... think they are very nice and the lyrics are smash'n.

Ecellent album!
This is an excellent album. This album has mainly an R'n'B feel to it, with a few worship/churchy songs on there! My personal favourites are "I'll be right there" which is a laid back R'n'B song, with beautiful encouraging words and "Sacrifice" which is a duet with her daughter, which has a churchy feel to it, being sung over an organ accompaniment. "Secret place" is a beautiful song, which encourages you, and reminds you of that secret place we have in God. This is an uplifting and inspiring album, and will definitely bless you.

Second Chance
As one of the Clark Sisters, Karen Clark-Sheard has for more than three decades, along with her siblings, continued to create a standard for others to aspire to; her voice is indeed a powerful instrument of praise, one I'm sure a great deal of contemporary artists both Gospel and Secular would delight for a chance to play.
Her legacy too is ever-apparent from the jazzy wailings of Kim Burrell to the RnB arrangements of one Faith Evans, with whom Clark duetted on her debut CD, 1997's "Finally"; her legacy is no more apparent than in the mouth of her fourteen year old offspring Kierra Sheard, who appears on the albums standout track, 'Sacrifice.'
The problem with this album is that Mrs Clark-Sheard seems to have become victim to her very own standard. Though the album contains its powerful demonstations of the anointing (Secret Place, Second Chance, Higher Ground) it also seems to fall behind the aspiring standard of such artists as Yolanda Adams and Donnie Mcclurkin, and rather ironically her very own daughter whose vocal maturity against her mothers vocals more than stands up to the challenge.
Although Sheard has crafted an album of sustainable material, one cannot help but feel the depth behind her previous releases is lacking somewhat; though her vocals are as wistful as ever it is her own daughter who sets the standard on this album.
By no means is this coat of arms befitting an artist of Clark-Sheard's prestige and the obvious commercial element seems to damage the spirit behind it. One cannot help but feel Clark has wasted her second chance.