Best of Daryl Coley: Ten Songs

by Daryl Coley

Overview

Coley is a legendary vocalist and a world-class psalmist who has raised the standard of solo male performances in gospel music -- a perfect addition to Verity's New Gospel Legends Series. Many of the tracks here are from Live in Oakland: Home Again, and thus offer the irresistible combination of the raw power of Coley's voice and a more spontaneous sense of arrangement. The first two tracks, "I Will Bless Your Name" and "Don't Give Up on Jesus," epitomize the two basic vibes here, the jumpy and toe-tappin' and the intense guttural ballad anthem. Coley gives powerful, guttural interpretations of both original material and classic hymns, the latter most notably in the a cappella "Medley of Praise" (from Verity Records: Live at the Apollo) and the album-closing Christmas medley. In this context, the holiday songs take on a much richer spiritual meaning -- even if his solo sections slow down the spunky joy of the other part of the songs. ~ Jonathan Widran

Product Details

Release Date:	08/08/2002
Label:	Bmg / Bmg / Sbcmg / Sony Music / Sony Music Entertainment
UPC:	0886975068722

Tracks

1. I Will Bless Your Name
2. Don't Give Up on Jesus
3. Jesus Saves
4. Oh, the Lamb
5. II Chronicles
6. Because He's God
7. Removal of the Mask
8. No Fear
9. The Medley of Praise: We Exalt Thee/Welcome Into This Place/Reign Jesus Reign
10. Carol of the Bells/Silver Bells; Carol of the Bells/Silver Bells

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Daryl Coley   Primary Artist
The Beloved   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Vanessa Bell Armstrong   Featured Artist
New Generation Singers Reunion Choir   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Fred Hammond   Composer,Producer
Pete Sanchez   Composer
Ray Evans   Composer
Noel Hall   Composer
Peter J. Wilhousky   Composer
Dan Cleary   Producer
Daryl Coley   Composer,Producer
Jay Livingston   Composer
V. Michael McKay   Composer
Kevin Bond   Producer
Kim Rutherford   Composer
Thomas Whitfield   Composer
Jerry Mitchell   Producer
James Brown   Producer,Songwriter,Composer
Chris Haggerty   Digital Editing
Chaz Harper   Remastering