Track Listing

1. Excellent Lord
2. Excellent Lord (Reprise)
3. You Get The Glory
4. I Never Lost My Praise
5. Medley; Come Holy Spirit/Worship You
6. Worship Medley; Praise The Name Of Jesus/ There Is None Like You/There's Something About That Name/ You're Everything To Me
7. I Need You
8. Oh Happy day
9. Lord You Are
10. Like Never Before
11. Don't Count Me Out

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56177 in Music
• Released on: 2007-03-06
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Album Description
The golden voice which has touched so many lives over the last 20 years rings out again on her latest release and first live Gospo Centric recording, I Never Lost My Praise. Produced by Kurt Carr and her son Jamie, Tramaine's stellar musical back up on this album includes Jamie, Maurice Rogers and Jonathan DuBose. Recorded live at Reid Temple, this album has literally been five years in the making. Sidelined by physical concerns and spritual snares, Hawkins persevered to give us her most intimate and passtionate performance yet.

Customer Reviews

Blessed ! ! !
I was so encouraged by this music. Especially "Don't Forget Your Praise"
God Bless Tramaine Hawkins.

I have the distinct pleasure of introducing,
I have the distinct pleasure of introducing, without question, the greatest female voice to EVER sing gospel music... living legend Tramaine Hawkins!' as declared by Kurt Carr is what you'll first hear when you put this on. It's possible that he's not exaggerating here as Tramaine sits somewhere near the very top of the Gospel tree, in terms of unique tone and vocal ability as well as services to modern and traditional gospel. I Never Lost My Praise (Live) is a welcome recording from this diva stateswoman in her field.

Sticking to what she does best, Tramaine lays down the gospel gauntlet of power praise without attempting to out-riff the young guns. The first four tracks are a blast, classically showing where experience and testimony has the edge over youth in this business. The title number and Lord You Are are superb examples - you can't blow with conviction like that without decades of tough experience.

She has a TBN moment with the Worship Medley but even that still had a raw edge about it, especially revisiting the Walter Hawkins classic You're Everything To Me. I Need You was another welcome cover, not so sure about Oh Happy Day though, happily, it was kept close to the original than other interpretations I've heard.

No shy and retiring album, this is Tramaine showing she still has, and never lost, what she has always had - and all done in the best possible taste.

Good
This CD was overall good. I mainly got it for the first track, "Excellent Lord" and I loved that song.