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During R&B's glory years -- the 1950s, '60s and '70s -- the African-American church provided one great singer after another. Church choirs served as a magnificent training ground for so many of the great soul shouters, and it clearly had a positive effect on Irma Thomas (arguably the greatest female soul singer to come out of New Orleans). At 52, Thomas celebrated her gospel heritage with this solid, heartfelt CD. Thomas' voice had held up quite well since the 1960s, and she brings an impressive range and a seemingly endless supply of emotion to songs like "Where We'll Never Grow Old," "Ask What You Will" and "Careful Hands." Walk Around Heaven reminds us that as impressive as her contributions to secular soul have been, Thomas hasn't forgotten the church.
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David Farrell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irma Thomas, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herman Ernest III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Doris Akers, ComposerLyricist - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer - Donald Ramsay, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Landrum, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tara Darnell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Berfect, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Elam, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Franklin, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl J. Smith, Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony R. Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records Corp.
David Farrell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irma Thomas, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herman Ernest III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer - Donald Ramsay, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Landrum, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tara Darnell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Berfect, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Elam, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Franklin, Producer, Arranger, Piano, Associate Producer, Vocals, Hammond B3, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Earl J. Smith, Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony R. Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records Corp.
David Farrell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irma Thomas, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herman Ernest III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Bessie Griffin, ComposerLyricist - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer - Donald Ramsay, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Landrum, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tara Darnell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Berfect, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Elam, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Franklin, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Earl J. Smith, Jr., Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony R. Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records Corp.
David Farrell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irma Thomas, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herman Ernest III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Franklin L. Eiland, ComposerLyricist - Jennie Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer - Pamela Landrum, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tara Darnell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Berfect, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Elam, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Franklin, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl J. Smith, Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony R. Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Baulden, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records Corp.
David Farrell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irma Thomas, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herman Ernest III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnson Oatman Jr., ComposerLyricist - George Hugg, ComposerLyricist - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer - Donald Ramsay, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Landrum, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tara Darnell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Berfect, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Elam, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Franklin, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl J. Smith, Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony R. Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records Corp.
David Farrell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irma Thomas, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herman Ernest III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer - Donald Ramsay, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Landrum, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tara Darnell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Berfect, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Elam, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Franklin, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Earl J. Smith, Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony R. Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records Corp.
David Farrell, Mixer, Tambourine, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irma Thomas, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herman Ernest III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cassietta George, ComposerLyricist - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer - Pamela Landrum, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tara Darnell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Berfect, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Elam, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Franklin, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Earl J. Smith, Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony R. Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Baulden, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records Corp.
David Farrell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irma Thomas, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adolphe Adam, ComposerLyricist - Herman Ernest III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer - Pamela Landrum, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tara Darnell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Berfect, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Elam, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Franklin, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Earl J. Smith, Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony R. Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lawrence Baulden, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records Corp.
David Farrell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eugene M. Bartlett, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irma Thomas, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herman Ernest III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer - Donald Ramsay, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Pamela Landrum, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tara Darnell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Berfect, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Elam, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Franklin, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Earl J. Smith, Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony R. Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records Corp.
David Farrell, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Coyne, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Irma Thomas, Producer, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Herman Ernest III, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Billington, Producer, Recording Producer - Donald Ramsay, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer - James C. Moore, ComposerLyricist - Pamela Landrum, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Tara Darnell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Sammy Berfect, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Charles Elam, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Dwight Franklin, Producer, Piano, Associate Producer, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Earl J. Smith, Jr., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony R. Brown, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records Corp.
Album review
During R&B's glory years -- the 1950s, '60s and '70s -- the African-American church provided one great singer after another. Church choirs served as a magnificent training ground for so many of the great soul shouters, and it clearly had a positive effect on Irma Thomas (arguably the greatest female soul singer to come out of New Orleans). At 52, Thomas celebrated her gospel heritage with this solid, heartfelt CD. Thomas' voice had held up quite well since the 1960s, and she brings an impressive range and a seemingly endless supply of emotion to songs like "Where We'll Never Grow Old," "Ask What You Will" and "Careful Hands." Walk Around Heaven reminds us that as impressive as her contributions to secular soul have been, Thomas hasn't forgotten the church.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:47:39
- Main artists: Irma Thomas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder
- Genre: Jazz Gospel
© 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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