Playlist: The Very Best of Fred Hammond

by Fred Hammond

Overview

As a singer, writer, arranger, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Fred Hammond has fashioned a pretty good template for how to be a professional and successful gospel performer in the 21st century. He began as the teenaged bassist for Detroit's Winans in 1980, and then formed the influential praise & worship group the Commissioned later in the decade before easing into a solo career in the mid-'90s. His recordings have increasingly moved closer to the live feel of an active ministry, but his writing, arranging, and singing skills give his sides a broad appeal even beyond that. This 13-track playlist does a good job of selecting key sides from nine different albums Hammond recorded between 1991 and 2010, and the intelligent sequencing gives it the feel of a live Sunday morning gospel show, all of which makes this set a nice introduction to one of contemporary gospel's most accomplished performers. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	03/22/2011
Label:	Sony Bmg
UPC:	0888751492721
Rank:	41559

Tracks

1. Let the Praise Begin
2. Please Don't Pass Me By
3. I'm Not Afraid
4. When the Spirit of the Lord
5. Glory to Glory to Glory
6. Mender of Broken Hearts
7. My Heart Depends on You
8. No Weapon
9. I Really Love the Lord (Interlude)
10. Jesus Be a Fence Around Me
11. Praise Belongs to You
12. We're Blessed/Shout Unto God; We're Blessed/Shout Unto God
13. A Song of Strength [Live]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fred Hammond   Primary Artist