Prior to her success as an actress (including the TV series Touched by an Angel), Della Reese was primarily known as a singer and a recording artist.

She had her greatest commercial success while with the RCA Victor label, which issued a series of studio and live albums.

Billboard magazine found that Reese "made a tremendous impact" with her label debut album, noting that her delivery had hints of gospel music within it.

[1] Record World also gave the album a positive reception finding that "she mixes the new the old and gets a pleasant blend of attractive chanting.

"[6] However, Walt Friedwald (author of the book A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers) gave it a less favorable response when describing Reese's discography.

Friedwald criticized the album's production, finding it to be "well-chosen" material but "sabotaged by overdone strings-and-choir charts by Peter DeAngelis.