Long one of the most successful and respected voices in the world of African-American gospel music, with Purified CeCe Winans makes a bid for crossover success. Her seventh solo album is a mixed bag, thematically speaking, combining funky pop music, moderately gritty R&B, and more typical gospel fare. Things get off to a slightly awkward start with the hackneyed and maudlin "Mamma's Kitchen" ("Can't we just go back to the simple kind of living," etc.), but gradually finds its groove over the course of the next few tracks: "You Will" is a gorgeous expression of spiritual devotion and trust, and "Pray" (the album's first single) is a delicious pop-funk gospel confection. "All That I Need" invokes early Anita Baker with its surging quiet storm groove and throbbing vocals, but combines that seductively earthy sound with artfully ambiguous romantic-spiritual lyrics. The album peaks about halfway through with "Just Like That," a funk-gospel masterpiece that opens with a spare and strutting verse before exploding into a rich and densely arranged chorus. "You Are Loved" is a winner as well, but then the program bogs down just a bit, finally reaching its nadir with the eye-rolling string of multi-culti banalities that is "Colorful World." "He's Concerned" goes a good distance toward redeeming the album's last stretch, but not quite far enough. Definitely worth acquiring, but you'll want to be selective about what you put on the iPod. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
Purified
09/13/2005 | Integrity Media
All Music Guide Review
Purified Track Listing
Purified Notes
Winner - 48th Grammy® Awards (Feb 8, 2006)
- Best Gospel Performance
"Pray"
- Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album
Credits of Purified
- Jerry McPherson
- Guitar (Electric)
- Nashville String Machine
- Strings
- Kayla Parker
- Vocals (Background), Vocal Arrangement
- Tommy Sims
- Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Producer, Vocals (Background), Guitar
- Bill Whittington
- Engineer, Mixing
- Debra Winans
- Vocals (Background)
- Mario Winans
- Instrumentation, Producer
- Ken Lewis
- Mixing
- Tim Akers
- String Arrangements
- Lisa Cochran
- Vocals (Background)
- Dan Needham
- Drums
- Marcelo Pennell
- Mixing
- Giulio Turturro
- Art Direction
- Tom Coyne
- Mastering
- Dan Muckala
- Drum Programming, Keyboards
- Michael-Anthony Taylor
- Executive Producer
- Jerard Woods
- Vocals (Background)
- Andy Selby
- String Engineer, Engineer, Producer, Programming
- Darwin Hobbs
- Vocals (Background)
- Adam Anders
- Producer
- Tiffany Palmer
- Vocals (Background)
- LeAnne Palmore
- Vocals (Background)
- Michael Ripoll
- Guitar (Nylon String), Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
- Derrick Rutledge
- Make-Up
- Roni Burke
- Stylist
- Delores Cox
- Choir, Chorus
- Kwaku Alston
- Photography
- Melinda Doolittle
- Choir, Chorus
- Demetrus Alexander Stewart
- Executive Producer
- Darryl Bush
- Production Coordination
- Jovaun Woods
- Vocals (Background)
- Chris Yoakum
- MIDI Technician
- Nashon Fondren
- Choir, Chorus
- Josiah "Chuks" Bell
- Drums, Keyboards, Drum Programming
- Drew Douthit
- Engineer, Mixing, Digital Editing, Assistant Engineer
- Chandra Jamison
- Stylist
- Kenny Vereen
- Hair Stylist
- Debbie Selby
- Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus
- Eric Hunter
- Engineer
- Denise "Nissi" Allen
- Choir, Chorus
- Brandon Hill
- Rap
- Ryan Kyzar
- MIDI Technician, Digital Editing, Production Coordination
- Robert Torrez, III
- Choir, Chorus
- Nissi Walls Allen
- Vocals (Background)
- Danny Duncan
- String Engineer
- Eric Darken
- Percussion
- Keith Thomas
- Piano, Arranger, Producer, Guitar (Bass), Drums, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Executive Producer, Guitar (Acoustic), Bass
- Lloyd Barry
- Conductor, String Arrangements
- Carl Gorodetzky
- Contractor
- Chris Harris
- Choir, Chorus
- Ken Johnson
- Production Coordination
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