Reviewed by Paul Poulton

Thin production - that's pretty standard for gospel vocal groups: sparse drum pattern with hi-hats to the fore, bass parts that have longer gaps than Jonathan Edwards could jump, soft Rhodes style piano, Stratocaster licks, the occasional strings and aching vocals exposing the fact that these three ladies have seen almost 20 years as a gospel group. (The voices are on the verge of breaking up, emotive with a wide vibrato that begins at the note's outset.) Those at least are the ingredients; it's the alchemy that counts. Lisa Page-Brooks (lead vocals), Leah Page and Lou Ann Stewart from Detroit have turned base metal into gold. Witness stamp Scripture upon the psyche. They have a way of making Scripture stimulating, more exciting than hearing the pizza van arrive outside your house. It's interesting to note they don't create this atmosphere by speed, of the 12 tracks there's not much up-tempo material on here at all. But as Yoda would say, "Capture something they do."

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