SUNDAY SERVICE / KANYE WEST - Jesus Is Born 2LP (Coloured Vinyl - Unofficial)

Unofficial import on Coloured vinyl -

WHITE COLOURED VINYL

Kanye West’s executive-produced gospel album is the most realized music to come from this era of his career. The production and the choir’s dynamic power creates an almost hallucinatory effect.

One of the most radical elements of the album is what’s absent: Kanye’s voice. Instead, he’s assembled a massive choir to channel his Christian message in a joyous, all-consuming wave of sound. Although there are no samples here, per se, it’s as if Kanye is using the choir as a living, breathing sampler. He’s still selecting old songs, whether they’re traditional hymns or late-’90s R&B hits, and recontextualizing them. The voices almost seem to warp in real-time as though Kanye were at the sampler tweaking speed and pitch. The effect can be hallucinatory, like on the opening track, “Count Your Blessings”—a rendition of Rev. Timothy Wright’s original—when the choir climbs scales that reach notes so high it makes you feel like you’re staring directly into the sun.

A1 Count Your Blessings

A2 Excellent

A3 Revelations 19:1

A4 Rain

A5 Balm in Gilead

B1 Father Stretch

B2 Follow Me - Faith

B3 Ultralight Beam

B4 Lift Up Your Voices

C1 More Than Anything

C2 Weak

C3 That's How The Good Lord Works

C4 Sunshine

C5 Back To Life

D1 Souls Anchored

D2 Sweet Grace

D3 Paradise

D4 Satan, We're Gonna Tear Your Kingdom Down

D5 Total Praise