The Experience [ENHANCED]

Yolanda Adams

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 20, 2001)
• Original Release Date: March 20, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B00005A8MR
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #81,990 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com's Best of 2001
Recorded live in Washington, D.C., The Experience delivers a breathtaking dose of Yolanda Adams's sensational voice and praise-leading charisma. Featuring the classic song "I Believe I Can Fly," performed as a duet with Gerald Levert, most of these tracks are augmented renditions of songs from the Grammy Award-winning Mountain High...Valley Low. The passion of a gospel-style celebration puts this record into a category all its own as Adams hovers in sweet praise, eggs the audience on to shouts of joy, and sings her testimony with a grit that has been reserved for the most fiery preachers. Backed by an orchestra, choir, and punchy rhythm section, these songs weave Adams's soul-gospel grooves with dramatic climaxes and pared-down interludes. The combination of these various dynamics with songs like the Latin-influenced "Ye of Little Faith," the smooth gospel hit "Open My Heart," and the hymn-like "That Name" paints a holistic picture of Adams's vision and artistry that is captured on no other recording. --Israel Button

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It really is an EXPERIENCE!!!!, March 26, 2001

By	Joseph Brown (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For anyone who has experience the ministry of Yolanda Adams then you probably can attest to everything that I am about to say! If you have not, then I suggest that you just continue reading. First of all, I appreciate the production of this cd! For a live project, the sound and the music is tight! The background singers are singing and have a nice blend. Often times with a live project, you tend to get either too much music, too much of the soloist, too much of the background singers and not enough of something...you don't get that with this project. It's a nice balance of all three!

The songs you may have heard before but not quite like this! You may think you shouldn't get it because they are remixes or you've heard them before..don't make that mistake! Yolanda presents these songs in such a way that it doesn't take away from the original version but it's been refreshened for enjoyment, for encouragement and for enlightment. Yolanda opens with the duet with Gerald Levert that is a nice arrangement with strings! The Live Experience kicks off with a bang with the rockin' "Already Alright" that nicely flows into "Continual Praise". Yolanda squashes these two songs nicely! You may not have time to notice because you'll be too busy bobbing along with her. Then comes the wonderful tender ballads of "Fragile Heart" and "What About the Children". Yolanda ever so sweetly sings both of these until "....the children" actually tugs at your heart and causes you to wanna help any child that you see out of anything. She goes back and pulls up the latin flavored "Ye of Little Faith". This was a nice surprise and flows nicely with the Experience! Yolanda adequately delivers this song and you'll wind up doing the salsa or the mambo in your living room! Then she does her mega-hit "Open My Heart" with a live twist! She sings this song with such an intensity that you have no other choice but to respond somehow. Whether meditation on the Words, tears, vocal expression...somehow this song draws a response from you. As she leaves that song, she nicely flows into "That Name" where God's presence just manifested itself and then she moves into "In the Midst of It All" where God's manifested presence just heightens! It this song where Yolanda let's her hair down and let us know exactly who she's singing for, why she's singing for him and exactly how much she loves him!!!! As she said, she loves her mother and she has a wonderful husband but when she needs a Saviour, it's all about Jesus! That's what this cd is about...Jesus! She then moves to her two closing numbers...the rousing "Yeah". The band is just playing out of this world and she has you clapping and dancing on your feet before she just melts your heart with her uplifting, inspirational closure of the live performance of "I Believe I Can Fly". Now I do appreciate the talents of Gerald Levert; however, I prefer the live version. Yolanda ministers this as only she can and it really lifts your heart to know that you can do whatever it is you set your mind too!

My friend, grab the Experience! It really is an Experience that you need to have! It will touch your emotions and cause you to touch God! It's also just plain good music! I was at the concert and I remember the anointing being presence very strongly...I remember the folks crying, waving their hands, rejoicing and standing in awe as God used Yolanda! So grab the Experience, pop it in your cd and Experience another level of the God given ministry of Yolanda Adams!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IT BLOWS YOU AWAY, March 21, 2001

By A Customer

Yolanda Adams: The Experience Positive: IT BLOWS YOU AWAY right out of the box. The first 2 live tracks are so tight, you might want to scream because your ears just aren't accustomed to such high doses of quality music. The old school jams "What About the Children" and "Ye of Little Faith" are awesome. Even the spanish verse in the latter song is off the hook. The Band and Background singers are just amazing. I was asking myself if it could really be as good as my ears were telling me. Negative: If there are any, it would be that Yolanda started to get a little hoarse on a few tracks.

Overall, the CD is her best one yet. Yes, even better than Mountain High... Valley Low. Rating out of 10 stars: 9.5

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Experience..... (not just a remix), June 14, 2001

By	Lorenzo (Memphis, TN) - See all my reviews

Being a long time Yolanda fan and knowing the talents and growth this woman has gone through, I'll admit, I was a little dismayed that THE EXPERIENCE was only a rendition of songs already featured on Mountains High, Valley Low. Still supportive of Yolanda, I went out and bought the album. I must say, I am elated at the fact that I bought it. The CD is far from just a remix. Yolanda adds her own flavor to this live CD. The Experience will make you feel like you are at a Yolanda's concert. For those of you who have been to a Yolanda's concert, you can certainly attest to this. For those of you who have never been, this is certainly the closest thing to witnessing Yolanda live in concert. The only difference is when you are at a concert and surrounded by all the anointment, there is no telling what the blessings of Yolanda will do to you. She sings, prays and will even stop to give you a few sermons. My advise to you is to go to Yolanda's website and look for concerts within commuting distance to your town and attend one of them. You will certainly get your money's worth! ... ... ...