Praise N Glories (1991)

Two years after the release of ‘Training up the Troops 2’ and Ishmael was still in a loud and energetic mood. This album brought in more of the heavier guitar tracks but still managed to balance them out with a smattering of scripture songs and even a song directed at parents encouraging them to spend time with their children. It was very much a participation album and in ‘Little Lamb’ all the children were encouraged to throw their Glorie hats in the air as they shouted at the tops of their voices. Ishmael also wrote a song to go with his three ‘Children of the Voice’ novels and included it on this album. The song however that was undeniably the number one hit of this recording was: ‘The Glorie Train’. A children’s TV series was potentially developed from this song, but that’s another story!