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Letters from heaven

Pieter | Johannesburg | 12/26/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

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This collection represents the early Staple Singers, before they had their famous hits like Respect Yourself, I'll Take You There and If You're Ready, Come Go With Me. The sound is wrapped in warm assurance and the lovely harmonies flow straight from the heart. The atmospheric This May Be The Last Time is full of soulful vocals over a solemn guitar whilst If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again is a slow, brooding song with stirring vocal harmonies. Uncloudy Day is a slow but urgent gospel song, a quiet storm of love and devotion and I Know I've Got Religion is a mid tempo ballad with divinely jangling guitar. Pray On is prime gospel delight over a bouncy rhythm, Calling Me has a lilting beat and an exulting message of hope. This uplifting gospel collection concludes with an awesome version of Will The Circle Be Unbroken. These delightful devotional songs are like letters from heaven!

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