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Track Listing
1. Intro
2. Lookin' For You
3. Hero - (with Dorinda Clark-Cole)
4. Interlude
5. Let It Go
6. Process, The
7. Imagine Me
8. Could've Been - (with J. Moss)
9. Better
10. Afterwhile - (with Yolanda Adams)
11. Brokenhearted - (with Marvin L. Winans)
12. Without You
13. Keep Your Head
14. Why - (with Stevie Wonder)
15. First Love
16. Appeal, The
17. Brokenhearted (Reprise)
18. Interlude
19. Sunshine
20. Outro
Album Notes
Personnel: Kirk Franklin (vocals, rap vocals, keyboards); Dorinda Clark-Cole, J. Moss, African Children's Choir, Stevie Wonder, Tye Tribbett (vocals); Doc Powell, Todd Parsnow (guitars); Matt Butler (cello); Paulie Cerra (saxophone); Dave Monsch (baritone saxophone); Lee Thornburg, Jamie Hovorka (trumpet); Humberto Ruiz (trombone); Shaun Martin (keyboards, drums); Jerome Harmon (keyboards); Braylon Lacy (electric bass); Terri Baker (drums); Andre Harris, Sheila E., Vidal Davis (percussion).
Though testimonies of faith and questions of morality are still at the heart of Kirk Franklin's message, 2005's HERO represents something of a musical departure for the gospel superstar. Recorded with a full orchestra--complete with lush strings and driving horns--HERO is one of Franklin's most musically ambitious outings.
Featuring guest appearances by Stevie Wonder ("Why"), Dorinda Clark-Cole ("Hero"), and Yolanda Adams ("Afterwhile"), not to mention a song that utilizes a Tears for Fears sample ( "Let It Go"), the album offers plenty of variety, and a few surprises, in addition to its large-scale arrangements. Franklin manages to integrate these new elements perfectly into the celebratory and healing music on which he's built his career.
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