The Blind Boys Of Alabama - I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1982
Time: 50:17
Size: 115,5 MB
Label: Peace International
Styles: Blues/Gospel
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. (I'm a) Soldier (In the Army of the Lord) - 5:42
 2. God Said It (That's Good Enough For Me) - 5:31
 3. Somebody's Gone - 3:36
 4. Tears for Water - 4:44
 5. Jesus (He's Got What I Need) (AKA: Only You) - 2:41
 6. Sing a Song - 4:04
 7. I've Been Born Again - 3:31
 8. Holding On - 2:53
 9. God Is Movin' - 2:13
10. He Lives - 2:34
11. Love Lifted Me - 2:45
12. All on the Altar - 3:47
13. Satisfied - 3:06
14. Shine Your Light - 3:03

The   Blind   Boys   of   Alabama  hooked up with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff for the 1982 album  I'm   a   Soldier   in   the   Army   of   the   Lord , originally released on the Philadelphia International Records gospel subsidiary Peace International. Twenty-two years later, during a period of high visibility for the group, The Right Stuff/Philadelphia International re-released the album on CD with six previously unreleased bonus tracks. The collection sounds very much like a Philadelphia International release of the '70s or '80s, as  the   Blind   Boys  are placed in R&B arrangements that recall such PI acts as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Featuring Teddy Pendergrass. That effect is particularly notable in "( I'm   A )  Soldier  ( In   the   Army   of   the   Lord )" (co-written by Gamble and Cecil Womack) and the Gamble/Huff composition "Jesus, He's Got What I Need," both of which appeared on the original album. "God Is Movin'," another song from the LP, and the previously unreleased "Somebody's Gone" bear the influence of Earth, Wind & Fire with their lively horn charts. Elsewhere, especially on other newly released tracks such as "Shine Your Light,"  the   Blind   Boys  employ more traditional arrangements, some contributed by group member Clarence Fountain. But for the most part, the album represents a successful attempt to update  the   Blind   Boys ' sound for the '80s.

I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord