Pronounced Toe-Nay is a studio album by the American gospel music singer Tonéx.[4][1] It was released via Verity Records and Jive Records in 2000.
| Pronounced Toe-Nay | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 26, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | March–September 1997 at
Golden Track Studios San Diego, California | |||
| Genre | R&B Gospel | |||
| Label | Jive Records/Verity Records MSS Records Rescue Records | |||
| Producer | Tonéx[1] | |||
| Tonéx chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[3] |
It peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.[5]
Critical reception
editIn a 2010 profile, The New Yorker called Pronounced Toe-Nay a "breakthrough album ... [that] marked the arrival of a major new voice in gospel music," writing that "'Personal Jesus' had a spaced-out funk groove that recalled Sly & the Family Stone."[6]
Track listing
edit- Radio
- Pronounced Toe-Nay
- It's On Like That (featuring Jaz)
- One Good Reason (featuring Big J)
- The Good Song
- Personal Jesus
- Trinity
- U Send Me
- The 1 U Need
- Real 2 Me
- Why?
- Waiting
- Taxi
- As I Played
- Real With U
- Cry No More
- Make Me Right (featuring ATaQ)
- Restoration
- Untitled (featuring E.B. Williams)
- One Good Reason (92105 Myx)
- P.T. 2001
References
edit- ^ a b "Tonex Aims For Mainstream Audience With Hip-Hop Gospel On His MSS Label". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 9, 2000 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Pronounced Toe-Nay - Tonéx | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ "Music Review: 'Pronounced toe-nay'". EW.com.
- ^ "Tonéx | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Tonéx". Billboard.
- ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (Feb 8, 2010). "REVELATIONS". The New Yorker. 85 (48).