''Losing My Religion'' is the eleventh
studio album from
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Dewayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970) is an American songwriter, choir director, gospel singer, and rapper. He is best known for leading urban contemporary gospel ensembles such as The Family, God's Property, and One Nation Crew (1NC) ...
.
RCA Inspiration
RCA Inspiration (formerly Verity Gospel Music Group) is a gospel music group operating under Sony Music.
History Inception
In late 2002, BMG completed the purchase of the Zomba Group for US$2.74 billion and as a part of that deal, acquired the ...
a division of
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...
alongside Fo Yo Soul Recordings released the album on November 13, 2015. It won the
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album
The Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the Gospel music genre. Honors in s ...
in 2017.
Critical reception
Signaling in a ten out of ten review from
Cross Rhythms, Tony Cummings called the album "a great comeback".
Matt Conner, indicating in a four star review by ''
CCM Magazine
''CCM Magazine'' is a twice-monthly online magazine focusing on contemporary Christian music, published by Salem Publishing, a division of Salem Communications.
History
''CCM'' was first published in July 1978, as a printed magazine. It has be ...
'', stated "''Losing My Religion'' is every bit the spirited, charismatic and powerful album you’d expect (and hope for) from the seven-time GRAMMY winner."
Awarding the album five stars at New Release Today, Dwayne Lacy stated, "This is vintage Kirk!"
Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, praising the album for its message and concept saying "It's a rhyming, socio-political-spiritual manifesto, an admonition to evangelists that religion masks God's love and mercy; it's a barrier rather than a bridge."
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 35,000 copies.
Track listing
Personnel
Vocalists
*Faith Anderson
*Melodie Davis
*Chelsea West
*Michael Bethany
*Amber Bullock
*Caltomeesh "Candy" West
*Crystal Aikin
*Myron Butler
*Niya Cotton
*Anthony Evans
*Nathan Myers
*Shawlesa Amos
*Darian Yancey
*Joy Hill
*James Henderson
*Dalon Collins
*Deonis Cook
*Maurice Brown
*Adrian Oneal
*Patron Thomas
*Shaun Martin
*Deon Yancey
*Darius Dixon
*Elgin Johnson
*Sydnii Raymore
*Teaira Dunn
*Emoni Wilkins
*John Montes
Instrumentalists
*Kirk Franklin – piano, keyboards
*
Shaun Martin Shaun Martin is an American composer, arranger, producer, and multi-instrumental musician. Martin is a member of the jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy, as well as music director for Gospel music star Kirk Franklin, and former Minister of Music at Dal ...
– keyboards, piano
*Keith Taylor – bass
*
Robert Searight
Robert "Sput" Searight (born c. 1976) is an American drummer, composer and producer best known for his work with jazz fusion band Snarky Puppy and as co-founder of the percussion-based band Ghost-Note. His background spans several genres inclu ...
– drums
*Braylon Lacy – bass, upright bass
*Mark Lettieri – lead guitar
*Kermit Wells – Hammond B-3
*Max Stark – programming
*Philip Lassiter – trumpet, flugelhorn
*Tyler Summers – tenor and baritone saxophone
*Roy Agee – trombone and bass trombone
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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2015 albums
Kirk Franklin albums
RCA Records albums
Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album