Pronounced Toe-Nay
Studio album by
Tonéx
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000
RecordedMarch–September 1997 at Golden Track Studios
San Diego, California
GenreR&B
Gospel
LabelJive Records/Verity Records
MSS Records
Rescue Records
ProducerTonéx[1]
Tonéx chronology
Damage
(1995)		 Pronounced Toe-Nay
(2000)		 Circu$$
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[3]

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.

It peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.[5]

Critical reception

In 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

  1. Radio
  2. Pronounced Toe-Nay
  3. It's On Like That (featuring Jaz)
  4. One Good Reason (featuring Big J)
  5. The Good Song
  6. Personal Jesus
  7. Trinity
  8. U Send Me
  9. The 1 U Need
  10. Real 2 Me
  11. Why?
  12. Waiting
  13. Taxi
  14. As I Played
  15. Real With U
  16. Cry No More
  17. Make Me Right (featuring ATaQ)
  18. Restoration
  19. Untitled (featuring E.B. Williams)
  20. One Good Reason (92105 Myx)
  21. P.T. 2001

References

  1. 1 2 "Tonex Aims For Mainstream Audience With Hip-Hop Gospel On His MSS Label". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 9, 2000 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Pronounced Toe-Nay - Tonéx | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ "Music Review: 'Pronounced toe-nay'". EW.com.
  4. ↑ "Tonéx | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ "Tonéx". Billboard.
  6. ↑ Sanneh, Kelefa (Feb 8, 2010). "REVELATIONS". The New Yorker. 85 (48).
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