TBGB Pick of the Week: November 27, 2006

“Sunnyside Up”
Yvonne Burgess
From the CD Sunnyside Up
Melodies Christian Recording 2006
http://www.melodiesrecording.com/

Yvonne Burgess certainly knows how to turn a lyric. Her CD Sunnyside Up is chock full of everyday lessons, each delivered in five minutes or less. On the title track, she even uses the humble egg as a life metaphor: “Ask me how would I like my life, sunnyside up/If it can’t be over easy, then sunnyside up.”

Sure it’s corny, but the song’s hip groove, Yvonne‘s smoky alto (think Gladys Knight), and the instantly memorable chorus combine to convince you that Yvonne believes it, and that you should, too.