| Many Different Roads | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 3, 1998 | |||
| Length | 52:16 | |||
| Label | Many Roads | |||
| Gladys Knight chronology | ||||
| ||||
Many Different Roads is the fifth studio album by American singer Gladys Knight. It was released by Many Roads Records on November 3, 1998 in the United States. [1] The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album at the 42nd awards ceremony. [2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Allmusic editor Dacia A. Blodgett-Williams wrote that "as one would expect from a seasoned artist like Knight, the entire album is musically sound from a critic's standpoint, and the messages of the lyrics leave an indelible impression on the listener [...] The music on this album cannot be neatly confined to any one genre. It has a little bit of soul, a bit of rock, and a bit of gospel. And the result is an album that has a huge amount of appeal for not only her longtime fans, but for the new audience she attracted in 1997 when she joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It's representative of a new focus at that time of her life, but is not representative of her entire body of work." [1]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mercy's Arms" | 4:27 |
| 2. | "Open Up Your Eyes" | 4:02 |
| 3. | "Precious Lord" | 5:48 |
| 4. | "Everybody" | 4:36 |
| 5. | "Mr. Love" | 3:47 |
| 6. | "What Would I Do Without You (Interlude)" | 2:04 |
| 7. | "He Never Will" | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Jesus' Love Is Like a River" | 4:41 |
| 9. | "Good Morning Heavenly Father" | 3:53 |
| 10. | "Many Different Roads" | 5:03 |
| 11. | "With a Smile" | 3:50 |
| 12. | "Saints Madley" ("Just a Little Talk With Jesus"/"By and By"/"When the Saints Go Marching In") | 3:53 |
| 13. | "Worship You (Interlude)" | 1:59 |
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Top Gospel Albums (Billboard) [3] | 21 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | November 3, 1998 | Many Roads Records | [1] | |
Amy Lee Grant is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She began in contemporary Christian music (CCM) before crossing over to pop music in the 1980s and 1990s. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop".
The Grammy Award, or just Grammy, is an award presented by the Recording Academy to recognize "Outstanding Achievement in the music industry" of the United States. The trophy depicts a gilded gramophone.
Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". With global sales of over 75 million records, Franklin is one of the world's best-selling music artists.
Gladys Maria Knight, known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer and actress. A seven-time Grammy Award-winner, Knight is known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s with her group The Pips, which also included her brother Merald "Bubba" Knight and cousins William Guest and Edward Patten.
Patricia Louise Holte best known as Patti LaBelle, is an American singer and actress. LaBelle is referred to as the "Godmother of Soul".
Lucinda Gayle Williams is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She recorded her first two albums: Ramblin' on My Mind (1979) and Happy Woman Blues (1980), in a traditional country and blues style that received critical praise but little public or radio attention. In 1988, she released her third album; Lucinda Williams, to widespread critical acclaim. Widely regarded as "an Americana classic", the album also features "Passionate Kisses", a song later recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter for her 1992 album Come On Come On, which garnered Williams her first Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 1994. Known for working slowly, Williams' fourth album; Sweet Old World, appeared four years later in 1992. Sweet Old World was met with further critical acclaim, and was voted the 11th best album of 1992 in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of prominent music critics. Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, ranked it 6th on his own year-end list, later writing that the album, as well as Lucinda Williams, were "gorgeous, flawless, brilliant".
Deniece Williams is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Williams has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC. She is best known for the songs "Free", "Silly", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" and two Billboard Hot 100 No.1 singles "Let's Hear It for the Boy" and "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late". Williams has won four Grammys with twelve nominations altogether.
Saints Unified Voices (SUV) is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel music choir based in the Las Vegas Valley of Southern Nevada. The Saints Unified Voices Foundation, the governing organization of the choir, is directed by a board of directors, which includes Gladys Knight.
Yolanda Yvette Adams is an American gospel singer, actress, and host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show. She is one of the best-selling gospel artists of all time, having sold nearly 10 million albums worldwide. In addition to achieving multi-platinum status, she has won four Grammy Awards, four Dove Awards, five BET Awards, six NAACP Image Awards, six Soul Train Music Awards, two BMI Awards and sixteen Stellar Awards. She was the first Gospel artist to be awarded an American Music Award.
Ann Nesby is an American R&B, gospel and dance music singer and actress. She is the former lead singer of Sounds of Blackness; a songwriter with credits including hits sung by Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight; plus she co-starred in the 2003 romance musical The Fighting Temptations with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé Knowles. Nesby had various appearances on the hit television series American Idol. In 2000, she duetted with Al Green on "Put It on Paper". Nesby has been nominated four times since her departure from Sounds of Blackness, most recently for her 2007 album This Is Love; plus the lead single "I Apologize" was nominated for a Grammy at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
BeBe & CeCe Winans are an American gospel music brother and sister duo. BeBe and CeCe Winans are the seventh and eighth of the Winans family's ten children, most of whom have had gospel music careers. Together, they have received several awards, including three Grammys.
Regina Elaine Belle is an American singer-songwriter who started her career in the mid-1980s. Known for her singles "Baby Come to Me" (1989) and "Make It Like It Was" (1990), Belle's most notable for two hit duets, both with Peabo Bryson: "Without You", the love theme from the comedy film Leonard Part 6, recorded in 1987 and "A Whole New World", the main theme of the Disney's animated feature film Aladdin, recorded in 1992, with which Belle and Bryson won the Grammy award. The theme song "Far Longer than Forever" from the animated movie The Swan Princess, performed with Jeffrey Osborne, was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for Best Original Song.
Hilary Weeks is an American Christian musician and Latter-Day Saint singer, who primarily plays a worship and gospel music version of Christian country and Christian pop. She has released ten musical works, with eight of those being studio albums, He Hears Me (1996), Lead Me Home (1998) and I Will Not Forget (2000), Day of Praise (2004), If I Only Had Today (2008), Every Step (2011), Say Love (2013), Say Love (2013), and, Love Your Life (2016), while she released two holiday albums, Christmastime (2006) and Christmas Once Again (2009). Her last four musical works charted on various Billboard magazine charts.
Renee Spearman is an American gospel, Christian, recording artist, singer, songwriter and producer. Her solo music career began in 2012 and has since released one album which charted at number 4 on the Billboard Gospel Album Chart, number 37 on the Billboard Independent Albums Chart and Billboard Top 200.
Koryn Mattanah Hawthorne is an American contemporary Christian music and gospel singer. Hawthorne was a finalist in season 8 of NBC's singing competition The Voice, at the age of 17, as a member on Pharrell Williams's team. After placing fourth on the show, Hawthorne got signed to RCA Inspiration, a division of Sony Music dedicated to gospel music recordings. Her debut studio album, Unstoppable, was released on July 13, 2018, and earned her multiple awards nominations, including two Grammy nominations.
Jean Johnson Witherspoon is a Grammy nominated solo and background vocalist in the music industry. Her voice has been used on many historic Grammy Award-winning, gold, and platinum albums, as well as performing live with many artists such as Elton John, Andraé Crouch and Martha Reeves.
At Last is a studio album by American singer Gladys Knight. It was released by MCA Records on November 21, 2000 in the United States. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album at the 43rd awards ceremony.
Just for You is the fourth studio album by American singer Gladys Knight. It was released by MCA Records on September 13, 1994 in the United States. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 37th awards ceremony, while "I Don't Want to Know" earned a nomination in the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category.
Good Woman is the third studio album by American singer Gladys Knight. It was released by MCA Records in 1991 in the United States. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 34th awards ceremony, while their rendition of "Superwoman" Knight, Dionne Warwick and Patti LaBelle a nomination in the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal category.
One Voice is a studio album by American singer Gladys Knight along with the Saints Unified Voices music choir. It was released by Many Roads Records on January 4, 2005 in the United States. Aat the 48th Annual Grammy Awards, the album became the last recipient of the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album.