Introducing Eunice Wright — Wait On Me

Introducing Eunice Wright
Wait On Me
Joyful Noyze Records 2009
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Last month, TBGB reported that “In Me,” the single from Delaware psalmist Eunice Wright, “is a hypnotically lullaby-like, contemplative ballad set to a lovely melody.” Turns out that it’s the crown jewel of her debut album, Wait On Me, released on Joyful Noyze Records.

With its orchestral prelude and tender-to-dramatic reading by Eunice, “In Me” is also the most original and memorable song on the album and really needs to be squeezed into radio rotation. The echoes of “In Me” barely fade from the speakers when Eunice returns with a bluesy rendition of the camp meeting hymn “Oh How I Love Jesus.” She sings the support beams off of the church with this chestnut.

“I Want God to Get the Glory” is another potential single off Wait On Me. It is a melodic, slightly jazzy contemporary praise song written by Donald Ashley, who graces the performance with his vocals. The title track and the catchy “Don’t Let Your Faith Fail” are cut from the inspiration and encouragement cloth that many popular worship songs are today. Eunice concludes her debut with “Praise Him,” an old school-style handclapper she wrote.

William “JB” Bratten III provides expert production and a coterie of background singers supports Eunice with panache. Most importantly, Eunice Wright’s lovely and powerful gospel voice demonstrates that the Lord answered her prayer when she stood in front of her church at age five and sang “Lord Make Me an Instrument.” He made her an instrument all right, and what an instrument it is!

Four of Five Stars