Hero (Kirk Franklin album)

Hero
Studio album by Kirk Franklin
Released October 4, 2005
Recorded July 2005
Genre Urban contemporary gospel
Length 73:13
Label B-Rite, GospoCentric
Producer Kirk Franklin, J Moss
Kirk Franklin chronology
A Season of Remixes
(2003)		 Hero
(2005)		 Songs for the Storm
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Hero is an album released by Kirk Franklin, released October 4, 2005 on GospoCentric Records.

Hero was certified as Gold by the RIAA on December 2, 2005 and Platinum on December 14, 2006.[2]

In 2007 Hero won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album and "Imagine Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song.[3]

Synopsis

Produced by Franklin and J. Moss, the album features songs with several urban contemporary gospel and R&B artists including Dorinda Clark-Cole, Tye Tribbett, Marvin Winans (member of the Winans), Stevie Wonder, and Yolanda Adams.[4]

Track listing

# TitleTimeNotes
1. "Intro - America the Beautiful" 0:45 vocals by the African Children’s Choir
2. "Looking for You" 4:06 Samples "Haven't You Heard" by Patrice Rushen and appears on the soundtrack to "Norbit".
3. "Hero" (with Dorinda Clark Cole) 5:20
4. "Interlude" (with Fred Hammond)0:55
5. "Let It Go" (with Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. and tobyMac) 4:59 Samples "Shout" by Tears for Fears
6. "The Process" 1:08
7. "Imagine Me" 5:18 2007 Grammy Award for Best Gospel Song
8. "Could've Been" (with J Moss and Tye Tribbett) 6:47
9. "Better" 4:00 Produced By Dre & Vidal
10. "Afterwhile" (with Yolanda Adams) 2:51
11. "Brokenhearted" (with Marvin L. Winans) 6:01
12. "Without You" 5:02
13. "Keep Your Head" 4:36samples Keep Your Head to the Sky by Earth, Wind, and Fire
14. "Why" (with Stevie Wonder) 4:36
15. "First Love" 5:52
16. "The Appeal" 7:21
17. "Brokenhearted (Reprise)" 1:09
18. "Interlude" 0:30
19. "Sunshine" 4:59
20. "Outro" 1:11

Personnel

*Note: Personnel listing from Hero album liner.[4]

Vocalists

Instrumentalists

Orchestra

Notable Singles

Hero featured the singles "Looking for You" and "Imagine Me". "Looking for You" was released as a single on September 20, 2005 in the U.S. and was a top-five hit on the Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[5][6]

Charts

Hero peaked at No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart on October 22, 2005, [6] It also reached No. 4 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[6]

Chart Peak
position [6]
U.S. Billboard 200 13
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 4

Awards

In 2006, the album won a Dove Award for Urban Album of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. The song "Looking for You" also won a Dove Award for Urban Recorded Song of the Year.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ RIAA official website
  3. ↑ "49th Annual Grammy Award Winners".
  4. 1 2 "Looking for You". Hero (CD liner). Kirk Franklin. Inglewood, CA: GospoCentric Records. 2005. p. 1.
  5. ↑ Hero at AllMusic
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Kirk Franklin". Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  7. ↑ 37th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations & Winners on About.com; Jones, Kim

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