Staying Power (album)
Staying Power is the twentieth and final studio album by American R&B singer Barry White, released on July 27, 1999.
The album was White's first release for five years, and his only recording for the Private Music label, with whom he had signed following a four- album deal with A&M which had culminated in 1994 with the acclaimed" The Icon Is Love", his most successful album since the 1970s.
" Staying Power" features duets with Chaka Khan and Lisa Stansfield.
These are the only White tracks with a shared vocal credit, apart from the 1981 duet album" Barry and Glodean".
Lead single" Staying Power", although not a significant hit, won White two Grammy Awards in 2000 in the categories Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.
It also contains covers of War's" Low Rider", which seems tailor- made for White's voice and a slowed- down version of Sly and The Family Stone's" Thank You( Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)"( done the same way Sly recorded it on his" There's A Riot Goin' On' album) with a rap by a rapper solely identified as Mr. Rogers.
" Staying Power" was less successful than" The Icon Is Love", peaking at# 13 on the R&B chart and# 43 on the pop chart.
Similarly, its critical reception was more mixed, the overall opinion tending to the view that while there is little to find fault with, the material and production is less distinguished than had been the case with" The Icon Is Love".
( Allmusic reviewer Stephen Erlewine for example describes" Staying Power" as" ... classy and entertaining, but[ it] does n't add to the legacy".)
Icon (Cher album)
Icon is a greatest hits album by Cher, released in 2011 by Geffen Records.
It is part of the" Icon" album series by Universal Music Enterprises.
Theotokos of Tikhvin
The Theotokos of Tikhvin is one of the most celebrated Orthodox Christian icons.
It is said to be one of the icons written by St. Luke the Evangelist.
According to tradition, in the 5th century, the icon was transferred from Jerusalem to Constantinople, where a church was built specially for it.
These are the same traditions as accrue to the Hodegetria icon, suggesting the stories have become conflated; in terms of composition the Tikhvin icon is of the Hodegetria type.
Some art historians prefer a date of about 1300, and a Russian artist.
This matches a further tradition that the icon miraculously appeared, hovering over a lake, in Russia near Tikhvin in 1383.
Since the 14th century, the icon was held in Tikhvin, where eventually Tikhvin Assumption Monastery was founded to host the icon.
In 1941, during World War II, for a month Tikhvin was occupied by German troops, who looted the monastery and, in particular, took the icon to Pskov, and in 1944 transferred it to Riga.
The icon eventually was taken out of Russia for safety by a Russian Orthodox bishop from Kolka parish and later Bishop of Riga- John( Garklāvs) of Chicago.
In the period between 1949 and 2004 the icon remained at Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral in Chicago, IL United States.
It was returned to Tikhvin, Russia in 2004 by his adopted son, Fr. Sergei Garklavs of Chicago.
The icon is kept at the Tikhvin Assumption Monastery, where it was kept prior to 1917.
Most of the icon, except the exposed skin of Jesus and Mary( the two faces and necks, both sets of hands, and the feet of Jesus), is normally covered by a chased frame of precious metals and jewels(" riza").
Alles Liebe
Alles Liebe(" Everything is Love" or" All is Love") is the second studio album released by German Schlager group Die Flippers.
The album was not as successful as the group's first album, but still did respectably well.
This Is Love
This Is Love may refer to:
The Icon Is Love
The Icon Is Love is the nineteenth studio album by American R&B singer Barry White, which was released on October 4, 1994 on A&M Records.
The album represented a major comeback for White both critically and commercially, and went on to become easily his most successful album since his 1970s heyday.
Theotokos of Port Arthur
Theotokos of Port Arthur( Our Lady of Port Arthur, also known in Russian as" Theotokos upon Swords" and the" Far Eastern Gatekeeper") is an Eastern Orthodox icon, representing the Theotokos( Virgin Mary) with the Mandylion and God the Father, flanked by two angels.
The icon's dimensions( without frame) are approximately 124×77 cm.
The icon is associated with the vision of an old veteran sailor, who came to pray in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra on December 11, 1903.
In his dream, the sailor reportedly saw the Virgin Mary, who warned him about the upcoming Russo- Japanese War.
Mary instructed to make an exact depiction of the vision and deliver it to Port Arthur( now Lüshunkou District) so that the Russians would gain her patronage and protection in the war.
Following the onset of the Russo- Japanese War, the devotees donated money for materials needed for making the icon.
The image itself was painted free of charge by icon painter Pavel Shtronda in 1904 according to the sailor's vision.
The icon, however, was not delivered to Port Arthur in time and the Siege of Port Arthur, as well as the war in general, ended with Russian defeat( for this reason the icon is also called the Unachieved Victory).
Nonetheless the icon continued to be venerated and six copies were made.
The icon was considered lost for more than 90 years.
In 1998 Christian pilgrims from Vladivostok came to Jerusalem and fortuitously saw the icon in an antique shop.
Expert examination confirmed its identity and the icon was bought and brought back to Russia.
The original icon can be found now in Vladivostok in Pokrovsky Church( 44 Okeansky Ave.).
The feast day of the Theotokos of Port Arthur is 29 August( 16 August in the Old Style calendar).
In 2003 and 2014 the icon, together with another significant Theotokos Derzhavnaya icon, were brought to the Portuguese city of Fátima, where the Catholic high- priority Fátima Marian apparition was registered in 1917.
Alles Liebe
Alles Liebe(" Everything is Love" or" All is Love") is the second studio album released by German Schlager group Die Flippers.
The album was not as successful as the group's first album, but still did respectably well.
The Icon
The Icon may refer to:
Meteorites (album)
Meteorites is the twelfth studio album by British band Echo& the Bunnymen.
It was released on 3 June 2014 and produced by Youth and Andrea Wright.
It was the band's first UK Top 40 album entry since 1999( peaking at# 37).

Question: Which album was released earlier, The Icon Is Love or Meteorites (Album)?
Answer: The Icon Is Love