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Shakin' the Rafters | 
 enlarge | Artist: Alex Bradford & The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 14992
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 47335
UPC: 074644733525
EAN: 0074644733525
ASIN: B0000027JY
Release Date: July 2, 1991
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| Tracks:
| • | I Want to Ride That Glory Train | | • | You've Got to Bear the Consequence | | • | Heaven Belongs to You (If You Live Right) - Prof. Alex Bradford, | | • | Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody | | • | He Stays in My Room | | • | Sweet Jesus | | • | You Can't Make Me Doubt Him | | • | He Is Such an Understanding God | | • | I Can Call Him (He Always Answers Me) | | • | Restore Unto Me (The Joy of Thy Salvation) | | • | The Lord's Prayer - Prof. Alex Bradford, | | • | The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Lifts you off your seat! October 18, 2008
Although this large choir must rehearse a lot, this album is not a studio recording. This is live church and every ounce of their joy, love and praise to God is poured into it.
If "Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody" doesn't lift you out of your seat, you should check your pulse to see if you're still alive.
The rest is a sure testimony of comfort strength and love.
The music is the best of call and response style, with ample improvisation, hand clapping and the sound of over 100 voices in full strength makes this one of my favorites.
I'm sitting and working and have this on full blast right now and can't wipe the smile off of my face.
An Awsome Classic January 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love classic Black Gospel Music and have been a collector of such for more than 20 years. This CD takes me back to the time when I first attended a Holiness church. One can feel the Spirit through the songs, especially Heaven Belongs To You, Said I Wasn't Gonna tell Nobody, He Stays In My Room, and He Is Such An Understanding God. One feels the genuineness, sincerity, and soulfullness in the voices. Prof. Alex Bradford is in a class with such foundationary greats as Roberta Martin, Mahalia Jackson, Thomas Dorsey, and Clara Ward. For any serious lover of choir albums, this CD is a must for your collection.
Perfect title for the perfect CD January 4, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I agree with a previous reviewer who wished he could give it ten more stars. This CD will get you going whether you want it to or not---even my teenagers, who usually groan when I put my music on, like it. One of the other things I really like about it is what you hear after the song is over--they laugh and talk and you can tell they are having just as great a time as it seems. When I listen to this CD I feel like I've just gone to church, but I also feel like I've just been to a really good party. Can't recommend it highly enough.
Tom Waits is always right December 13, 2005
Gospel music, as anyone who's visited the gospel tent at the N.O. Jazz Fest knows, can be amazingly rockin', and this, my friends, rocks like a big dog. "Shaking the Rafters" is about right. And, it isn't about technical excellence in singing - it's about the, if you will, spirit...
No matter your religious affiliation, you will be sweating, shouting, foaming at the mouth and writhing on the floor in ecstasy. Then, wait till you put on the disc...(rim shot)...Just kidding - this music will do all of the above, and in the privacy of your own living room...
 Soulful Gospel Music October 13, 2005
I found my way here through Tom Waits' recommendation. He calls this the greatest Rock 'n Roll Album but that's probably only because he's allowing for a much broader spectrum, one that allows for rock music's roots to be included. Your category might be smaller and more exclusive. If that's the case go with his other recommendation - "Little Richard/The Specialty Sessions"
Now onto "Shakin' The Rafters". You don't have to be a Christian to appreciate the music. Heck, you don't even have to like Christianity to appreciate it, which would put you in pretty much the same boat I'm in. What you have to like is hearing people's joyousness shine through their work and you would have to look past the flaws in the recording and the occasional "who stepped on a duck?" notes that can happen when one isn't concerned with making the "ideal" record, where imperfections are digitally re-mastered away, but rather with capturing the spirit of the occasion.
Basically, if you like Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Ottis Redding, Irma Thomas or Smokey Robinson then you'll like this. And you can like it just fine without being a Christian.
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