Patrick Lundy and The Ministers Of Music – Standin’

The party is on by the time the album hits the track, Blessing Me. Chicago’s Adrian King and Cedric Thompson bring a bounce to this song that has you believin’ you’re blessed. On the title track, Standin’, all suspicions are removed regarding this little-known choir from the nation’s capital. Patrick Lundy & The Ministers Of Music are undoubtedly exceptional on all accounts with vocal harmony, lyrical genius and musical ingenuity in full display. The song reinforces the age-old proverb that we shall indeed stand through all adversity, regardless of the storms we face…amen !!!

Praise is magnified on Together to heights rarely heard on disc, while the song Worthy invites the listener into an intimate experience of worship through song.

And just when the CD seems to have delivered on all fronts, Patrick Lundy and the choir propels the listener to a golden age in Gospel music with a surprising little treasure from the eighties written by Percy Bady for the legendary Tommies on Miracle (Word) called There Is No Way. The album is consistently spectacular in its range, creativity and divinity on selections like In The Face, the awe-inspiring Stay In The Race and the reflective I’m Not Finished written by Evangelist Jackie McCullough and super-producer Kevin Bond. Revealing both the vocal prowess and a commitment to the music that preceded our current form of Gospel music is a Spiritual by the prolific Glenn Burleigh, Keep A Preachin’ The Word. And to ensure the choir remains a fixture in people’s minds and hearts, at least until the next release, is the benediction – Jesus Is A Rock – which rocks with fervor and feeling like few songs have in 2003. It’s an appropriate ending to an album that’s clearly set its sights on Standin’ head and shoulders above the clutter.

Patrick Lundy & The Ministers Of Music are definitely on to something special with their latest release. In a season when good choir albums are seldom released (or found), Standin’ offers the Gospel fan an alternative to the familiar solo projects that drop like a token in the turnstile each moment. Through fourteen songs and seventy-one minutes of pure ministry, the chorale unveils the undeniable power and presence that’s entirely unique to the community choir. At least for now, hope is once again restored in the familiar sound that defines Gospel music…thank God for Minister Lundy and the Ministers Of Music.

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