Nitro Praise 2

Description

Nitro Praise 2 is the second installment of the American electronic dance music series Nitro Praise, released on N•Soul Records in 1995, distributed in the US by Diamante Music Group. Also marketed and distributed by Alliance Music in Europe. The album was recorded and mixed by Aaron De La Cruz, Keith Robertson, Matthew Daniel Frizane, and Scott Blackwell at N*Soul Studios in Los Angeles, California; with De La Cruz and Blackwell producing. Keyboards and programming by Aaron De La Cruz and Scott Blackwell with J. Hans Ives providing guitar. Featuring eight vocal tracks as well as instrumental tracks for all songs.

The long awaited successor to the “sanctified, funky, fun, get up and dance till you can’t dance no more” Nitro Praise I continues into Nitro Praise II without pausing for breath and with an even funkier bottom end bass line that keeps on coming at you like a swarm of persistent bees. Some of those familiar Clubhouse Choir favourites reappear including Sandra Stephens with a voice that strips paint at 50 paces, plus the excellent Stephanie Watring and Gina. Nitro Praise II may lack the pioneering, mould-breaking impact of NP 1 but, sure as Jesus is Lord, will certainly not disappoint the faithful with its unashamed sop to traditional P&W. Subtle changes are the key to a prolonged lifespan, and Messrs Blackwell and De La Cruz have kept these to an absolute minimum. A male voice here and there, perhaps, but the songs are familiar if a touch less melodic than those on NP 1. I’ll tell you this for nothing, however, Nitro Praise might well be targeted at the youthful clubhouse culture but old ’60s fogies like yours truly are hooked line, rhythms and every driving beat. [Steve Cox, Cross Rhythms, April 1996]

CD tracklist:

01. Give Thanks (feat. Stephanie Watring)
02. More Love, More Power/The Name Of The Lord (feat. Gina)
03. I Will Celebrate (feat. Sandra Stephens)
04. I Believe In Jesus (feat. Keith Robertson)
05. Holy And Anointed One (feat. Stephanie Watring)
06. I Waited For The Lord (Ps. 40:1-6) (feat. Aaron DeLaCruz)
07. Lord I Lift Your Name On High (feat. DaVine)
08. As The Deer (feat. Keith Robertson)
09. Give Thanks (Instrumental)
10. More Love, More Power/The Name Of The Lord (Instrumental)
11. I Will Celebrate (Instrumental)
12. I Believe In Jesus (Instrumental)
13. Holy And Anointed One (Instrumental)
14. I Waited For The Lord (Ps. 40:1-6) (Instrumental)
15. Lord I Lift Your Name On High (Instrumental)
16. As The Deer (Instrumental)

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by N*Soul Records.

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