2nd Chance

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2nd Chance

Studio album by Karen Clark Sheard

Released

July 30, 2002

Genre

gospel

Length

59:40

Label

Elektra

Producer

Donald Lawrence, J Moss, Timbaland, Tim & Bob, Walter Millsap III, Missy Elliott, Nisan Stewart, Richard Smallwood

Professional reviews

All Music Guide link
Christianity Today link

Karen Clark Sheard chronology

Finally Karen
(1997)

2nd Chance
(2002)

The Heavens Are Telling
(2003)

2nd Chance is the second album of gospel singer Karen Clark Sheard, released on July 30, 2002. The release was much ballyhooed for several reasons. Sheard was only the 2nd gospel artist signed to Elektra Records, and this was her debut for the label. It was also her first release since the success of her Grammy-nominated debut Finally Karen, and a long bout with illness had delayed any releases from her since. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard Gospel Charts, #3 on the Billboard Contemporary Christian Charts, and #82 on the Billboard 200.^[1]

Though the release performed well on the charts and Clark-Sheard's vocals were in excellent form, the slick contemporary R&B production was not openly-embraced by Sheard's core audience of traditional gospel music listeners. The 2003 followup release, The Heavens Are Telling, returned to the formula of her hugely successful, well-received, and Grammy-nominated debut Finally Karen, by offering half of the album as a collection of live tracks, and half as a collection of upbeat studio productions.

[edit] Track listing

Be Sure - 3:56
Only Call On Jesus - 4:09
I've Been Changed - 4:03
If I Can't Say A Word - 5:30
I'll Be Right There - 4:40
Higher Ground (featuring Missy Elliott, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Dorinda Clark Cole, Mary Mary, and Tweet) - 5:01
Brand New Day (featuring Yolanda Adams) - 4:04
So Good - 4:05
2nd Chance - 4:15
A Secret Place - 5:30
I Won't Let Go - 5:12
Sacrifice (featuring Kierra "Kiki" Sheard) - 4:31
It's Not Over - 4:39