“Butterfly”
Candi Staton
From the CD I Will Sing My Praise to You
Emtro Gospel 2008
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Candi Staton may be better known to the general public as a 1970s disco queen, but she is no stranger to gospel music.
Truth is, Candi cut her musical teeth as a member of the Jewell Gospel Trio, the group of “little girls” gospel enthusiasts remember from the 1950s. Candi herself likened the group to an early (and sanctified) version of the Jackson Five. Later, the songstress recorded a dozen gospel albums, and her latest project, I Will Sing My Praise to You, is the thirteenth.
The first single from the CD, “Jesus Jesus,” was a slow gospel packed with testimony, but the latest single, “Butterfly,” written by Shonna Stallworth of Grand Prairie, Texas, has the vibrancy of a Top 40 pop song. Its natural mid-tempo easiness and catchy chorus are propelled by exclamations of Pentecostal handclaps on the backbeat and superb female background vocals. Staton’s vocals are sassy and fresh.
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