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Andrae Courch & The Disciples
"The Best Of Andrae"
© Light/Compendia Records
Year of Release: 1993
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track listing
Take A Little Time
Everything Changed
Tell Them
I'm Gonna Keep On Singin'
My Tribute
Bless His Holy Name
(Psalm 1:30)
I'm Coming Home
Just Like He Said He Would
If Heaven Never Was
Promised To Me
Take Me Back
Jesus Is The Answer
Through It All
Satisfied
I Don't Know Why
Jesus (Every Hour
He'll Give You Power)
I Come That You Might
Have Life
I Didn't Think It Could Be
Oh I Need Him
I've Got Confidence
It Won't Be Long
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Andrae Courch & The Disciples
"The Best Of Andrae"
Andrae Crouch truly defines Gospel/Christian music. Just as Bill Gaither does for this genre of music, Andrae Crouch
is easily in the same category as Gaither when it comes to great, recorded Gospel & Christian Music. Andrae Crouch achieved
many #1 albums on the Billboard Gospel charts. The Best Of Andrae, credited as Andrae Crouch & The Discipes,
gives a great offering to those not familiar with Crouch's music. Many tracks are very soulful, adding another great
ingredient to the Gospel & Christian mix.
The basic 1970s Gospel/Christian sound is heard on various tracks, such as "Take A Little Time," "Tell Them,"
"I'm Coming Home," and ""I Don't Know Why." Yet having its basic sound, it's Crouch's voice that makes them
soulful. Speaking of Soul, there is plenty of soulful sounding songs here. Blending with the traditional Gospel/Christian
styles, it must makes listening to this album more enjoyable: "Everything Changed," "Take Me Back," "Satisfied,"
"Jesus (Every Hour He'll Give You Power)", "I Come That You Might Have Life," "I've Got Confidence."
For the softer sounds, these songs are just as exceptional: "My Tribute," "If Heaven Never Was Promised To Me,"
"Oh I Need Him." "Bless His Holy Name (Psalm 1:30)" has the church gospel approach, and the Preacher of the
Gospel has "Jesus Is The Answer."
"I'm Gonna Keep On Singin'" sounds more of a Children's song for Gospel/Christian, and is another very good track.
"Just Like He Said He Would" is a rockin' gospel tune, and "Through It All" is just plain awesome! "I
Didn't Think It Could Be" combines Rock with Soul, and the last track, "It Won't Be Long: is a nice song to end
the album.
From the opening track to its end, this best of definitely provides great Gospel/Christian music. This is not the
first time Andrae Crouch will get the nod of approval for the WSVNRadio Album Pick of the Week. We look forward in reviewing
more of his work. And coincendentally, he has a new album due for release on September 27, entitled The Journey.
UPDATE: In early December 2014, Andrae Crouch was hospitalized for pneumonia and congestive heart failure.
As a result, his December 2014 tour was postponed. He was hospitalized again on January 3, 2015, in Los Angeles, as the result
of a heart attack. On January 8, 2015, Crouch died at Northridge Hospital Medical Center. He was 72. As mentioned from 2011,
he released The Journey, and released Live In Los Angeles in 2013, before his death.
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