by James Hales | Feb 18, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
As we enter the second half of the 90’s, the Inspirations began to experience some renewed success that began with their 1996 recording, “Thank You Lord”, mostly spurred by the hit title song. During the 1970’s, the Inspirations enjoyed enormous success with close to...
by James Hales | Feb 11, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
Due to the demand from the fans for more music by the Inspirations each year, the Inspirations released 2 recordings in 1993, but ironically, they did not release any new music in 1994, which coincidentally, would have been their 30th anniversary year! By 1994, after...
by James Hales | Feb 4, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
During the 1960’s and 1970’s, it wasn’t uncommon for the Inspirations (or any other group, for that matter) to release multiple albums within a year’s time. During the 80’s and 90’s, most groups generally released only one recording per year, with a few exceptions....
by James Hales | Jan 28, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
After back-to-back changes with the Inspirations’ vocal line-up in 1991 and 1992, “He Brought Me Out” would be the first recording by the group with this line-up being involved completely from beginning to end. On this recording you can definitely hear a difference in...
by James Hales | Jan 21, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
As I have mentioned in previous articles, I sort of lost interest in the Inspirations around this time, and I just wasn’t as “into” their music as I once was. Their music was always playing in the background of my life’s soundtrack, but the music they were making...
by James Hales | Jan 14, 2026 | LP Review, Reviews
Following the release of one of their most popular recordings, “What’s That I Hear” in 1989, the Inspirations would not record anything new in 1990, but they would release “My Anchor Still Holds” in early Spring of 1991. If my facts are correct, it is likely this was...
