''Number 7'' is an album by the American
urban contemporary gospel
Urban/contemporary gospel is a modern subgenre of gospel music. Although the style developed gradually, early forms are generally dated to the 1970s, and the genre was well established by the end of the 1980s. The radio format is pitched prima ...
group
Commissioned, released in 1991 on
Benson Records
Benson Records was founded by Bob Benson and John T. Benson, who formed the John T. Benson Music Publishing Company in 1902. The record label started out as Heart Warming Records, creating house labels such as Impact Records, Greentree Records, R ...
.
At the time of the album's release, Commissioned's line-up included four of its six original members (
Fred Hammond
Frederick William Hammond (born December 27, 1960) is an American gospel singer, bass guitar player, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most popular figures in contemporary gospel music. He is known for using a variety of differe ...
, Mitchell Jones, Mike Williams and Karl Reid) along with newer members
Marvin Sapp
Bishop Marvin Louis Sapp Sr. (born January 28, 1967) is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career. Sapp is also the founder and former sen ...
, Maxx Frank and Eddie Howard.
Track listing
# "Second Chance" – 5:37
# "Love U With the Rest of My Life" – 5:51
# "We Are Overcomers" – 5:40
# "I Really Love the Lord (Interlude)" – 0:51
# "Hold Me" – 5:56
# "King of Glory" – 5:57
# "Please You More" – 6:29
# "Be an Example" – 5:23
# "I Can't Live Without U" – 4:34
# "Secret Place" – 4:15
# "I Really Love the Lord" – 2:42
# "I Love Thinking of U" – 4:39
# "Please You More
nstrumental – 6:26
Chart positions
Album
Personnel
*Fred Hammond: vocals, bass, keyboards, drum programming, drums
*Mitchell Jones: vocals, keyboards, drum machine, drum programming
*Marvin Sapp: vocals
*Karl Reid: vocals
*Maxx Frank: keyboards, piano, strings overdub
*Michael Williams: drums, drum programming, drum overdubs, cymbals
*Eddie Howard, Jr.: keyboards, bass, synthesizer bass
Additional Musicians
*Transformation Crusade: rap on "King of Glory"
*Randy Poole: Keyboard programming
*Paul "PDA" Allen: keyboard programming
*Valdez Brantley: drum programming, keyboards, programming
*Skip Pruitt: saxophone
*Bernard Wright: drum programming, keyboards, key bass, keyboard bass
*Dave Ward: drum programming, keyboard programming
*Anson Dawkins: drum programming, drums, programming
*Eric Dawkins: keyboards
References
Commissioned (gospel group) albums
1991 albums
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