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Hope In Front of Me

Danny Gokey

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Nearly a half-decade removed from American Idol, Danny Gokey -- the second runner-up from season eight -- has abandoned the pop mainstream and focuses on Christian music for his sophomore set, 2014's Hope in Front of Me. Gokey doesn't devote the entirety of Hope in Front of Me to inspirational music -- he attempts to cop a bit of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" swagger on the ebullient "Better Than Gold," a deliberate evocation of Off the Wall-era disco that grabs attention because it, along with the Yacht Rocking "Take It to the Limit," sound nothing like the rest of the Hope -- but the majority of the record is dedicated to messages of love, faith, and hope. Sometimes, he gets a bit mawkish -- "One Life," where accidental deaths are used as an example of living just for today -- and the arrangements could never be mistaken for subtle, as all the vocals on synthesizers are pushed right into the red, egged along by circular arpeggios that never let up. This glassy, immaculate, professional pop suits the CCM MOR mainstream, but Gokey fairs the best when Hope in Front of Me steers away from the pack and into a bit of early-'80s disco-kitsch; the touch is lighter, the hooks are sharper, and the feel is bright and open, not clean and claustrophobic.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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1
Hope in Front of Me
00:03:37

Keith Thomas, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer, Bass - Aaron Sprinkle, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, MixingEngineer - Bernie Herms, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Programmer - Luke Brown, Background Vocals - Danny Gokey, Vocals, MainArtist - Drew Ramsey, Guitar - Dan Needham, Drums, Engineer, Percussion - Mitchell Solarek, ExecutiveProducer - Josh Crosby, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, MixingEngineer - Jason Eskridge, Background Vocals - Phil Moore, Bass - Vicki Hampton, Background Vocals - CORNELIUS, Composer - Wendy Moten, Background Vocals - Phil King, Background Vocals - Luke Fredrickson, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, MixingEngineer - Jonathan Crone, Engineer, Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Herms, Composer - Jacob Lowery, Bass - Johnathon Lucas, Drums - Penny Railey, ExecutiveProducer - Richard Blackstone, ExecutiveProducer - Gokey, Composer

© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

2
More Than You Think I Am
00:04:04

Danny Gokey, Vocals, MainArtist - Nichols, Composer - Herms, Composer - Gokey, Composer

© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

3
Tell Your Heart To Beat Again
00:03:53

Randy Phillips, Composer - Ken Johnson, Production - Bernie Herms, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, RecordingEngineer - Luke Brown, Backing Vocals - Danny Gokey, Vocals, MainArtist - Fred Williams, Programmer - Andy Selby, Editor - Sean Moffitt, MixingEngineer - MATTHEW JOSEPH WEST, Composer

© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

4
Better Than Gold
00:04:17

Danny Gokey, Vocals, MainArtist - Ramsey, Composer - Herms, Composer - Gokey, Composer

© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

5
One Life
00:03:36

Danny Gokey, Vocals, MainArtist - Thomas, Composer - Hummon, Composer - Gokey, Composer

© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

6
This is What it Means
00:04:15

Danny Gokey, Vocals, MainArtist - Lewis, Composer - Thomas, Composer - Gokey, Composer

© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

7
Love Will Take You Places
00:03:36

Danny Gokey, Vocals, MainArtist - Stennis, Composer - Bollinger, Composer - Gokey, Composer

© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

8
Take It to the Limit
00:03:44

Danny Gokey, Vocals, MainArtist - Crosby, Composer - Gokey, Composer - Sprinkle, Composer

© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

9
Pretty Beautiful
00:03:07

Danny Gokey, Vocals, MainArtist - FRANCIS CABREL, Composer - Pierre-Dominique Burgaud, Lyricist

© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

10
Because of You
00:03:17

Danny Gokey, Vocals, MainArtist - Reed, Composer - Pardo, Composer - Gokey, Composer

© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

11
It's Not Over
00:04:21

Danny Gokey, Vocals, MainArtist - Lewis, Composer - Thomas, Composer - Gokey, Composer

© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

Album review

Nearly a half-decade removed from American Idol, Danny Gokey -- the second runner-up from season eight -- has abandoned the pop mainstream and focuses on Christian music for his sophomore set, 2014's Hope in Front of Me. Gokey doesn't devote the entirety of Hope in Front of Me to inspirational music -- he attempts to cop a bit of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" swagger on the ebullient "Better Than Gold," a deliberate evocation of Off the Wall-era disco that grabs attention because it, along with the Yacht Rocking "Take It to the Limit," sound nothing like the rest of the Hope -- but the majority of the record is dedicated to messages of love, faith, and hope. Sometimes, he gets a bit mawkish -- "One Life," where accidental deaths are used as an example of living just for today -- and the arrangements could never be mistaken for subtle, as all the vocals on synthesizers are pushed right into the red, egged along by circular arpeggios that never let up. This glassy, immaculate, professional pop suits the CCM MOR mainstream, but Gokey fairs the best when Hope in Front of Me steers away from the pack and into a bit of early-'80s disco-kitsch; the touch is lighter, the hooks are sharper, and the feel is bright and open, not clean and claustrophobic.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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© 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 Danny Gokey under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC

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