2nd Chance

Infobox Album
Name = 2nd Chance
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist = Karen Clark Sheard


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Released = July 30, 2002
Recorded =
Genre = gospel
Length = 59:40
Label = Elektra
Producer = Donald Lawrence, J Moss, Timbaland, Tim & Bob, Walter Millsap III, Missy Elliott, Nisan Stewart, Richard Smallwood
Reviews = * All Music Guide rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5uq5g4sptv2z~T0 link]
* Christianity Today rating|4.5|5 [http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2002/2ndchance.html link]
Last album = "Finally Karen"
(1997)
This album = "2nd Chance"
(2002)
Next album = "The Heavens Are Telling"
(2003)

" 2nd Chance " is the second album of gospel singer Karen Clark Sheard, released on July 30, 2002. The release was much ballyhooed for several reasons. Sheard was only the 2nd gospel artist signed to Elektra Records, and this was her debut for the label. It was also her first release since the success of her Grammy-nominated debut "Finally Karen", and a long bout with illness had delayed any releases from her since. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard Gospel Charts, #3 on the Billboard Contemporary Christian Charts, and #82 on the Billboard 200. [cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:5j27gjvrj6iv~T5|title=Charts & Awards for Karen Clark Sheard|publisher=All Music Guide]

Though the release performed well on the charts and Clark-Sheard's vocals were in excellent form, the slick contemporary R&B production was not openly-embraced by Sheard's core audience of traditional gospel music listeners. The 2003 followup release "The Heavens Are Telling" returned to the formula of her hugely successful, well-received, and Grammy-nominated debut "Finally Karen" by offering half of the album as a collection of live tracks, and half as a collection of upbeat studio productions.

Track listing

# Be Sure - 3:56
# Only Call On Jesus - 4:09
# I've Been Changed - 4:03
# If I Can't Say A Word - 5:30
# I'll Be Right There - 4:40
# Higher Ground (featuring Missy Elliott, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark Cole, Mary Mary, and Tweet) - 5:01
# Brand New Day (featuring Yolanda Adams) - 4:04
# So Good - 4:05
# 2nd Chance - 4:15
# A Secret Place - 5:30
# I Won't Let Go - 5:12
# Sacrifice (featuring Kierra "Kiki" Sheard) - 4:31
# It's Not Over - 4:39

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