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Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ includes: Fred Hammond (vocals, horns, keyboards, bass, programming); Resa Bell, Tosha Brown, Miautra Dias, Tamika Lucas, Pamkenyon Donald, Marsha Johns, Yoshaundala Parker, Davey Hammond, David Ivey, Bryan J. Pratt, Frederick J. Purifoy II, Kevin Wilson, Lisa Scott Bailey, Korye Brisco, Keeva Rene, Joann Rosario (background vocals).
Additional personnel includes: Darryl Dixon (acoustic & electric guitars); Tim Bowman (acoustic guitar); Noel Hall (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, keyboards); Eric Reed (organ); Tommie Walker (keyboards, programming); Terrance Palmer (bass); Marvin McQuitty (drums); Darius Fentress (percussion).
Principally recorded at Face To Face Studios, Southfield, Michigan and live at The Power Center, Houston, Texas.
PURPOSE BY DESIGN was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album.
Gospel with a slick pop hip-hop sheen. This album by the former Winans member is a dramatic snapshot of the genre as it enters the new millennium--which is to say that it appropriates a number of highly secular stylistic elements. If you weren't paying attention to the lyrics, you'd be excused for thinking you were hearing an En Vogue record.
In any case, Fred Hammond is a powerful singer and songwriter (and on several cuts, a monster bass player), and the album is eclectic in the best kind of way. There's a first-rate update of Sam Cooke's "Jesus Be a Fence Around Me" (originally a hit for the Soul Stirrers), while Hammond's "Press" is a sly piece of '70s funk (think the Ohio Players singing for the Lord). The album's best moments, however, are the slower ballads; "Give Me a Clean Heart" is a vocal showcase for Hammond, with a melody that could have been written by Christopher Cross (!), and "You Are the Living Word" is a dramatic choral workout that comes the closest to traditional gospel.
& Radical For Christ.
Engineers include: Fred Hammond, Ray Hammond, John Yaczc.
Personnel: Fred Hammond (vocals); Bricie Byars, LaShonda Lewis, Lisa Scott Bailey, Jerard Woods, JoAnn Rosario (vocals); Tosha Brown, Tamika Lucas, Resa Bell, Miautra Dias (soprano); Davey Hammond, David Ivey, Kevin Wilson (tenor).
Audio Mixers: Marcus Eason; Matt Wilson ; Ray Hammond.
Recording information: Face To Face Studios, Southfiel; Power Center, Houston TX.
Fred Hammond - Purpose By Design Album Track Listing
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Song
Time
Price
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I Want My Destiny (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
5:31
$0.99
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Let Me Praise You Now (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
5:12
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3
Give Me a Clean Heart (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
7:28
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4
Thank You Lord (For Being There For Me) (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
5:46
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Jesus Be a Fence Around Me (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
7:31
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6
I Know It Was the Blood (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
6:11
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I Press (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
4:57
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8
My Father Was/Is (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
2:53
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9
Our Father (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
2:58
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10
Willing To Follow You (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
4:31
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11
When You Praise (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
6:17
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12
You Are the Living Word (with & Radical For Christ)
5:28
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13
Yes He Will (with & Radical For Christ, Radical For Christ)
7:10
$0.99
Purpose By Design Music Review
Customer Purpose By Design Reviews
Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)
ONE OF FRED'S BEST CD'S THANK YOU CD UNIVERSE FOR HAVING THIS CD IN STOCK. MY FAMILY IS THOROUGHLY ENJOYING IT!!! Submitted by gerry.willis (Little Elm, TX) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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Top Gospel Record Every one of the songs on the CD was great. Our choir has sung majority of the songs. It's hard to find a CD where every one of the songs are terrific. Submitted by c_p_williams31 (Brunson, SC, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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