Kirk Franklin & the Family

Infobox Album
Name = Kirk Franklin & the Family
Type = live
Artist = Kirk Franklin


Released = Start date|1993|06|29
Recorded = Start date|1992|07|25, Grace Temple Church, Fort Worth, Texas
Genre = Urban contemporary gospel
Length =
Label = Sparrow Records
Producer = Rodney Frazier
Arthur Dyer
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = Kirk Franklin & the Family
Next album = Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas

'Kirk Franklin & the Family' is the first album released by Kirk Franklin. This is also the first album by Franklin in collaboration with the vocal ensemble "The Family". The U.S. release on Sparrow Records occurred on Start date|1993|06|29.

Background Info

The album was recorded live on Start date|1992|07|25 at Grace Temple Church in Fort Worth, Texas and produced by Rodney Frazier and Arthur Dyer.

All songs on the album were written and arranged by Kirk Franklin. "Speak To Me" includes partial adaptation of a Stanley Brown/Hezekiah Walker composition. [cite album-notes|title="Kirk Franklin & The Family"| Bookletalbumlink=Kirk Franklin & the Family|bandname=Kirk Franklin|year=1993|notestitle= |url= |first= Kirk|last=Franklin |pages=6 |format=CD inset|publisher=GospoCentric Records/Sparrow Records|publisherid= |location=|mbid= ]

Track listing

Certification and Chart Success

The album was certified Platinum on Start date|1995|11|14. [http://www.riaa.com RIAA website] ]

Personnel

Vocalists

*David Mann
*Elder Jonathan Drummond
*Dalon Collins
*Byron Cole
*Minister Darrell Blair
*Tommy Colter
*Duwan Stalings
*Sheila Brice
*Ramona White
*Nelda Washington
*Terrir Pace
*Carrie Young-Davis "Mousie"
*Kiesha Grandie
*Tamela Mann
*Janette Williams
*Demetrius "Dee" Hereford
*Yolanda McDonald
*Teresa Young
*Cassandra Cleveland-Robertson

Musicians

*Bass: Jerome Allen
*Drums: Eric Morgan
*Keys: Jerome Morgan, Bobby Sparks
*Lead: Anthony Thomas

Awards

The album won a GMA Dove Award for Traditional Gospel Album of the Year in 1993

References