Track Listing

1. Did You Pray Today - Patti LaBelle, McKinney, Sami
2. Where Love Begins - Patti LaBelle, Chambers, Gordon
3. Anything - Patti LaBelle, Haddon, Gerald
4. Walk Around Heaven - Patti LaBelle,
5. More Than (He Loves You) - Patti LaBelle, Allen, Keisha N.
6. God Ain't Through - Patti LaBelle, Soul Seekers
7. I Just Love Him So - Patti LaBelle, McKinney, Sami
8. Walking Away - Patti LaBelle, Chambers, Gordon
9. My Everything - Patti LaBelle, McKinney, Sami
10. Anything - Patti LaBelle, Haddon, Gerald
11. You Are My Friend - Patti LaBelle, Edwards, Armstead

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #79287 in Music
• Released on: 2006-11-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

Patti putting the Soul into Gospel Music.
There is no question that Miss Patti Labelle is probably the most soulful singer alive and it is evident in this long overdue Gospel Cd from the one and only Patti Labelle. It is hard to describe what soul is but when you hear Patti sing, you know what it is. This CD is yet another turn in Ms. Labelle's long career. The songs are an excellent mix with both contemporary Christian songs and more standard classical Gospel. On the opening Track "Did You Pray Today" , Patti delivers an engergetic performance. My favorite tracks are "Anything", "Walking Away" with CeCe Winans, and "Walking Around Heaven", "My Everything" with Wynonna Judd. Patti gives consistent great performances throughout the CD. This is a great effort and hopefully we'll hear another Gospel Album from miss Patti real soon. And as it was stated in another review on here...this CD is Grammy worthy in my opinion.
The only complaint I have about the Cd is the production. While Patti sounds great, A little more time in the mixing room would have made a big difference on this CD. I'm also not crazy on the backing choir on most of the songs. While Patti sounds real soulful, many times on this Cd the choir in the background sounds like something I'd hear at Disney or Great Adventure. The production doesnt match Patti's soulful singing. However this is not the case on "Did You Pray Today", where was this soulful choir for the rest of the CD?
Overall though, this CD is highly enjoyable and hopefully a major label will pick Patti up and give her the production and promotion Patti deserves. Patti has one thing a lot of Christian contemporary artist and even gospel artist of today are missing...soul!

What Happened Miss Patti ?!?
I luv me some Miss Patti just like everyone else..... but what happened? Where's that voice that goes bezerk in concert when she sings gospel? I waited years for Miss Patti to deliver an out-n-out gospel album and have to say I am very disappointed in this. Sorry, but I have to be honest. We didn't need a 27th version of You Are My Friend. Besides whoever said that was a gospel song?! This is the same kind of disappointment I had with Jennifer Holliday's "gospel" album. Please LORD, let Martha Wash's upcoming gospel album be a great one with all songs being top ten material. We get enough filler on the regular releases, we sure don't need it on a gospel album. Sorry Patti, I will continue to buy your music, but this is not a gospel album. It was a cop-out to call it The Gospel According To... because then you can put whatever you want on the album and call it "gospel". Perhaps I expected too much. I put Miss Patti high on a pedestal with the greats- Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston, Martha Wash, Donna Summer, etc. I guess I should thank someone that there isn't a gospel version of Lady Marmalade on here.

Contemporary Christian Pop at its Best.
I have been a Die-Hard Patti fan since I was kid. This Gospel project has been a 16yr wait for me. I pretty much figured if Patti wouldnt release a "Traditional Gospel CD" in the 90's,then her fans would probably never see any type of CD of that stature. Now unlike 50% percent of the reviews on this site I happen to like this CD. No,it's not the type of Production that I DREAMED for this Legendary Diva. But I have listened to the album maybe 5 or 6 times in the last 3 days and I'm feeling it..

My favorite stand-outs are "Did you Pray Today"..."Where Love Begins".."Heaven"...& "I just love him so".....The Duets are spectacular. Patti chose the most popular artists on the scene who happen to have the Greatest pipes. The added bonus "The Lords Prayer" was not included on my CD...

What Patti's Fans & Critics need to understand is that unlike most Artists who live for their next Hit single and Album Patti LIVES for today. Perhaps 15 or 30yrs ago someone might have convinced Patti to do a Traditional Gospel LP or even a string of Traditional R&B LP's. But Patti is one of those rare & Unique Entertainers that Live for the blessings she receives daily. Patti doesnt look back at yesterday and say "Maybe I shoulda done this or that."...That's simply not Patti LaBelle. Patti is 62 but she has the energy & drive of a 32yr old..Patti likes young energy and she loves the young up & coming "Under-dogs". Today's Producers and Song writers are conditioned to keep artists they are working with as relevant as possible.

So to assume that Patti's going to follow suit like Aretha and many of her peers is a false sense of hope. The Late Great Luther Vandross once said,"What i always love about Patti LaBelle is that when she became a Solo performer she stuck with her Vision in how she saw herself"...Patti is not trying to be LIKE anyone else but herself. Patti is different from the rest of the bunch and always stands-out in the crowd. That's why we have come to love her so much.

The CD is not Traditional Gospel but it is Traditional Patti doing what she wants to do. If you're a fan of Contemporary Christian music,then you will enjoy this CD from a Living Icon.