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- Date Released: June 22, 2004
- Genre: Spiritual
- Style: Gospel
- Label: Tribute Sounds / Koch Dist.
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The title and cover art of this album -- both more than a little similar to that of 2004's blockbuster film The Passion of the Christ -- prove that there's room for bandwagon-jumping in gospel just as there is in less spiritual forms of pop music. That said, The Passion of Jesus is yet another of Shirley Caesar's effortless-sounding updates of traditional gospel sounds. Though the album remains rooted in the black gospel tradition, synthesizers, drum machines, and other of-the-moment touches are subtly mixed into the arrangements, so that songs like "He's Got a Love That Will Last Forever" sound almost like quiet storm-format R&B love songs, and the funky, hip-hop-influenced "Heavenly Father" swings with an updated version of the '70s soul grooves that Al Green and Willie Mitchell perfected. None of it sounds like a cynical crossover attempt, however, because the focus of the songs is always on Caesar's phenomenal voice and her impassioned delivery of the testifying lyrics. Despite the cash-in suggested by the title and cover, The Passion of Jesus sounds 100 percent sincere.
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| 01. |  |
Salvation
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4:13 |  |
| 02. | |
You Changed Me
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4:47 | |
| 03. | |
Message To The People
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4:40 | |
| 04. | |
He's Got A Love That Will Last Forever
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2:48 | |
| 05. | |
Heavenly Father
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4:35 | |
| 06. | |
Nobody But Jesus
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3:17 | |
| 07. | |
Reach Out And Touch Somebody's Hand
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3:26 | |
| 08. | |
Lord We Need A Miracle
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4:16 | |
| 09. | |
He's A Friend
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3:59 | |
| 10. | |
He Can Do Everything But Fail
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3:14 | |
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