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Kirk Franklin Presents: Songs For The Storm, Vol.1,Kirk Franklin

- Kirk Franklin Presents: Songs For The Storm, Vol.1
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Kirk Franklin
Released 2006

The Storm Is Over Now
05:47
38,797 plays

He'll Take The Pain Away
08:39
29,938 plays

Melodies From Heaven (With Kirk Franklin Interlude)
04:47
29,273 plays

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songs

- 1
- Intro
- 01:03
- 13,856 plays

- 2
- He'll Take The Pain Away
- 08:39
- 29,938 plays

- 3
- Let Me Touch You
- 05:26
- 26,110 plays

- 4
- When I Get There (With Kirk Franklin Interlude)
- 06:24
- 17,798 plays

- 5
- Conquerors
- 08:26
- 28,014 plays

- 6
- When You Fall
- 04:41
- 19,531 plays

- 7
- Blessing In The Storm
- 03:29
- 22,073 plays

- 8
- The Storm Is Over Now
- 05:47
- 38,797 plays

- 9
- You Are
- 03:53
- 23,891 plays

- 10
- The Family Worship Medley
- 07:55
- 17,654 plays

- 11
- Melodies From Heaven (With Kirk Franklin Interlude)
- 04:47
- 29,273 plays

- 12
- Look At Me Now
- 05:00
- 22,411 plays

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album review

It took gospel superstar Kirk Franklin 15 years in music and ministry to see the release of his first career retrospective, Songs for the Storm, Vol. 1. For someone like Franklin -- whose hits, sales, awards, and media coverage are more befitting an R&B celebrity than a self-proclaimed church boy -- that's certainly a long time. That lapse becomes an eternity if you consider the scattered array of groups, choirs, and offshoots the best-selling gospel entertainer has recorded with over the years, which have made it all the more imperative to have a comprehensive, one-stop source for all things Franklin. This includes his breakout material with the Family and God's Property, short-lived experiments like 1NC, and his own solo days beginning with 2002's The Rebirth of Kirk Franklin. All of these periods are covered in Songs for the Storm -- except his chart-topping Hero, notoriously excluded from the proceedings -- but don't think of it as a greatest-hits package. Zomba instead marketed the album as a "collection of songs that brought us through and carry us over," which, in gospel speak, means the anthology focuses largely on Franklin's biggest anthems and ballads, plus one or two upbeat pacesetters. Nothing wrong with drawing attention to the epics -- in fact, some of Franklin's best moments occur during heartfelt, earnest gospel balladry. But these in no way represent the full scope of Franklin's multi-dimensional persona, which spans dance-pop, hip-hop, urban gospel, classic R&B, and everything in between. That means fans looking for definitive Franklin staples such as "Stomp," "Revolution," "He Reigns," and "Looking for You" will have to go to the source recordings: four different albums in all. As it stands, though, Songs for the Storm is Franklin at his most reverent -- emotive enough for his more traditional audiences, no doubt, but far from the vivacious, tireless ring leader his younger fan base knows him to be. ~ Andree Farias, All Music Guide