Name: Hero [Japan]
Brand: BMG (Japan)
SKU: 1372091
Price: 84.34 USD
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Hero [Japan]

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Album: Hero [Japan]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Intro
2)	Looking for You
3)	Hero with Dorinda Clark-Cole
4)	Interlude
5)	Let It Go
6)	Process
7)	Imagine Me
8)	Could've Been with J Moss & Tye Tribbett
9)	Better
10)	Afterwhile with Yolanda Adams
11)	Brokenhearted with Marvi L. Winans
12)	Without You
13)	Keep Your Head
14)	Why with Stevie Wonder
15)	First Love
16)	Appeal
17)	Brokenhearted (Reprise)
18)	Interlude
19)	Sunshine
20)	Outro
21)	Stomp
22)	Revolution
23)	Brighter Day
24)	Lean on Me/The Gospellers with Kirk Franklin Looking for You [Music Vid

Album: Hero [Japan]
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Intro
2)	Looking for You
3)	Hero with Dorinda Clark-Cole
4)	Interlude
5)	Let It Go
6)	Process
7)	Imagine Me
8)	Could've Been with J Moss & Tye Tribbett
9)	Better
10)	Afterwhile with Yolanda Adams
11)	Brokenhearted with Marvi L. Winans
12)	Without You
13)	Keep Your Head
14)	Why with Stevie Wonder
15)	First Love
16)	Appeal
17)	Brokenhearted (Reprise)
18)	Interlude
19)	Sunshine
20)	Outro
21)	Stomp
22)	Revolution
23)	Brighter Day
24)	Lean on Me/The Gospellers with Kirk Franklin Looking for You [Music Vid

Performer Notes

Includes 1 bonus track.
Personnel: Kirk Franklin (piano, keyboards, mini-Moog synthesizer, drum programming); Daphanie Wright, Nikki Ross (vocals, soprano); Jason Champion (vocals, tenor); Jana Bell, Erica Davis, Anthony Lavon Evans, Myron Butler, Ashley Guilbert (vocals); Jason Bell , Todd Parsnow (guitar); Katie Kirkpatrick (harp); Brent Fischer (violin, cymbals, timpani); Assa Drori, Brian Benning, Shari Zippert, Sally Berman, Robert Brosseau, Elizabeth Wilson , Irma Neumann, Armen Garabedian, Berj Garabedian (violin); Jorge Moraga, Kazi Pitelka, Karie Prescott, Renita Koven (viola); Don Smith , Earl Madison, Matt Butler, Miguel Martinez (cello); Sheridon Stokes (flute); Jeff Driskill (alto clarinet); Phillip D. Feather (bass clarinet, oboe); Paulie Cerra (saxophone); Lee Thornburg, Jamie Hovorka (trumpet); Humberto Ruiz (trombone); Shaun Martin (piano, keyboards, mini-Moog synthesizer, drums, programming, drum programming); Jerome Harmon (keyboards); Terry Baker (drums); Jason Boyd, Andre Harris, Ryan Toby, Sheila E., Vidal Davis (percussion); Chris Godbey (programming, drum programming).
Audio Mixers: Vincent Dilorenzo; Dave Pensado; John Jascz.
Photographer: Mark Mann .
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.