JOYOUS CELEBRATION - JOYOUS CELEBRATION 6 (2001)

- Group: Joyous Celebration

- Album: Joyous Celebration 6: Live in Durban

- Year: Recorded in the last months of 2001, released in february 2002

- Label: Sony

- Mark: 5,0/ 7,0

GOD BLESS YOU BROTHERS AND SISTERS ON JESUS CHRIST. I WILL TALK ABOUT THE 6TH ALBUM AND THE 5TH LIVE ALBUM FROM JOYOUS CELEBRATION. THE ALBUM IS CALLED "JOYOUS CELEBRATION 6". IT WAS RECORDED LIVE IN DURBAN, SOUTH ÁFRICA, IN THE LAST MONTHS OF YEAR 2001 AND RELEASED IN FEBRUARY 2002.

DETAILS:

- I DON'T HAVE THE PHYSICAL ALBUM. ONLY A FEW PEOPLE HAVE THIS ALBUM. THIS IS THE LESS KNOWN ALBUM BY JOYOUS CELEBRATION. THIS WAS RECORDED IN DURBAN BUT ONLY FEW PEOPLE KNOWS THE PLACE OF LIVE RECORDING. SOME PEOPLE SAY IT WAS RECORDED ON CHRISTIAN CENTER, BUT OTHER PEOPLE SAY THAT IT WAS RECORDED IN A HOTEL. ACCORDING TO THE PHOTOS FROM LIVE RECORDING IN THE FRONT COVER AND ACCORDING TO THE QUALITY LIVE SOUND, IT IS A REAL LIVE RECORDING.

- ON THE FRONT COVER THERE ARE PHOTOS FROM THE LIVE RECORDING. THIS IS THE LAST ALBUM OF JOYOUS CELEBRATION WHERE THERE IS NOT VIDEO VERSION. THE STAGE FOR JOYOUS 6 IS SIMILAR TO THE STAGE FROM JOYOUS 7. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT ON JOYOUS 7 MANY COLOURS WAS USED AT THE BACKLIGHT OF THE STAGE. BUT IN JOYOUS 6 ONLY THE RED LIGHT WAS USED IN THE BACKLIGHT FOR ALL THE LIVE RECORDING. TOO ORANGE LIGHTS KIND CONCERT WAS USED TO ILLUMINATE THE STAGE. 

- AS THE OTHER JOYOUS ALBUMS, IN JOYOUS 4 THERE ARE KNOWN HYMNS RECORDED, SUCH AS A COVER FROM ANOTHER SONGS THAT MADE HISTORY ON THE GOSPEL MUSIC, TOO THERE ARE SOME NEW SONGS WRITTEN BY JOYOUS CELEBRATION MEMBERS. IN EVERY ALBUM OF JOYOUS CELEBRATION THE PURPOSE IS THE SAME.

- THIS IS WEIRD BUT THE ALBUM OPENS WITH A COVER FROM CHRISTIAN CITY CHURCH (THEY ARE FROM SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. THEY ARE KNOWN FOR DOING THE SONG "FEAR NOT"). THE COVER SONG IS "I SEE THE LORD" AND THE DEBUT VERSION IS ON THE ALBUM "NOW" FROM CHRISTIAN CITY CHURCH, RECORDED LIVE IN 1993 ON SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. I SAID WEIRD BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A STYLE GOSPEL SONG BUT IT IS A CONGREGATIONAL SONG. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY CHRIS FALSON. HE WAS THE PRAISE DIRECTOR OF CHRISTIAN CITY CHURCH (ACTUALLY KNOWN AS C3 CHURCH) IN THE EARLY'S 90.

THE SONG WAS RECORDED AGAIN WITH THE SAME CHRIS FALSON ON THE ALBUM LIVE WITH MARANATHA SINGERS IN 1995. THAT IS THE SECOND ORIGINAL´VERSION RECORDED.

TOO THE SONG WAS RECORDED AGAIN WITH JOYOUS 7 BUT ONLY IT WAS INCLUDED ON VIDEO VERSION (DVD)

- THE SONG "WOZA MELI WAMI" (COME MY SAVIOR) HAS THE SIMILAR LYRICS TO THE SONG OF SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR. BUT THAT IS ANOTHER SONG WITH THE SAME NAME.

THE SONG WAS RECORDED AGAIN IN JOYOUS 7 BUT ONLY IT IS AVAILABLE ON VIDEO VERSION

- DURING THE HALF OF THE SONG "LIFT HIM UP" THERE IS A RAP MOMENT. 

- IN THE SONG "JESU JOY" THERE IS A PART THAT BELONGS TO THE CLASSIC SONG HALLELUJAH BY HANDEL WRITTEN IN 1741. MARCOS WITT RECORDED THE CLASSIC HYMN IN SPANISH LANGUAGE ON THE ALBUM "PREPARAD EL CAMINO (PREPARE THE WAY") RECORDED LIVE IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, IN YEAR 1997.

- VUYO MOKOENA (1968-2008) PARTICIPATED SINGING ONE OF THE SONGS THAT MADE SO MUCH IMPACT IN JOYOUS CELEBRATION MUSIC. THE SONG IS CALLED "MAKABONGWE (BE PRAISED") AND IT IS A SONG THAT TALKS ABOUT GIVE PRAISE TO JESUS BECAUSE OF HIS SACRIFICE IN THE CROSS. THE SONG ENDS WITH A FADE OUT. 

- "ESIPHAMBANWENI (IN THE CROSS") IS A HYMN WRITTEN BY FANNY CROSBY. ORIGINALLY THE SONG IS CALLED "NEAR THE CROSS". THIS SONG WAS A POEM WRITTEN IN YEAR 1820 BUT LATER THE POEM WAS CONVERTED INTO A SONG. THE MUSIC WAS MADE BY W. HOWARD DOANE IN 1832. IN JOYOUS 6 THE HYMN IS SUNG IN ZULU LANGUAGE AND LATER IT IS SUNG IN THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH LYRICS. 

IN THIS ALBUM NTOKOZO MBAMBO SINGS THAT SONG. SHE HAS MADE IMPACT ON THE NEXT JOYOUS CELEBRATION ALBUMS. SHE PARTICIPATED WITH JOYOUS UNTIL YEAR 2010 (HER LAST PARTICIPATION WAS ON THE ALBUM JOYOUS CELEBRATION 15: MY GIFT TO YOU, RECORDED LIVE IN DECEMBER 2010, IN DURBAN, AT ICC ARENA).

THE SONG ESIPHAMBANWENI WAS RECORDED AGAIN IN JOYOUS 19 INCLUDED IN AUDIO AND VIDEO VERSION BUT IN JOYOUS 19 THE SONG WAS SUNG BY JOYOUS CELEBRATION CHOIR AND MTHUNZI NAMBA. IN JOYOUS 19 AFTER SINGING THE SONG, MTHUNZI PREACHES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE TO OFFER OUR LIVES TO JESUS AND THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION TO ALL PEOPLE. 

ADVANTAGES:

- THIS ALBUM HAS DYNAMISM IN SOME SONGS

- THE ALBUM HAS A GOOD DURATION

- THIS ALBUM HAS A BEST QUALITY SOUND

DISADVANTAGES

- THIS IS THE LESS KNOWN ALBUM BY JOYOUS CELEBRATION

- FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE PHYSICAL ALBUM, THERE IS NOT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLACE OF LIVE RECORDING SHAME. ONLY IT IS KNOWN THAT IT WAS RECORDED LIVE IN DURBAN AT THE END OF YEAR 2001.

List of songs:

1. I SEE THE LORD

2. WOZA MELI WAMI (COME MY SAVIOR)

3. PRAISE HIM WHILE YOU CAN

4. LIFT HIM UP

5. KANYE NAWE (WITH YOU)

6. JESU JOY / HALLELUJAH HANDEL

7. MAKABONGWE (BE PRAISED)

8. VUMA (AGREE)

9. UNDER THE BLOOD

10. HOLY HOLY

11. MEDLEY 1

12. AYIKH' INDLELA (THERE IS NO WAY)

13. NGIYEKELENI (LET ME GO)

14. NGIYATHOKOZA (I REJOICE)

15. ESIPHAMBANWENI (NEAR THE CROSS)

16. THANK YOU