Glory Defined: The Best of Building 429

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There are good and 'worth the buy' Greatest Hits albums out there and then there are
Greatest Hits albums that really aren't worth buying. Is Building 429's new release, Glory
Defined:The Best Of worth the buy? Yes and no. Yes, all of the hits on here. The radio
hits. With the album's title track, "Glory Defined", the CD really delves into the success of
radio hits the band has enjoyed in it's five year (major label) career.

It's often times in my opinion that the really good songs on an album, are often the ones
overlooked by the record labels to be sent out as 'the next single'. Rise is a perfect
example of what I am talking about. While songs like "Searching for a Savior" (which was
missing from this release, surprisingly), "I Believe" and "I Belong To You" were somewhat
of successes on radio, it was the songs like "Now That It's Over", "Empty" and "Alive" (the
last three tracks of Rise) that really moved me. But unless you own the CD, you would
never have heard these tracks. That's where the Greatest Hits label kind of gets lost with
the question, are these really the 'greatest' of the hits? In the case of this album, they are
pretty mu...

[MAIN REVIEW] There are good and 'worth the buy' Greatest Hits albums out there and then there are Greatest Hits albums that really aren't worth buying. Is Building 429's new release, Glory Defined:The Best Of worth the buy? Yes and no. Yes, all of the hits on here. The radio hits. With the album's title track, "Glory Defined", the CD really delves into the success of radio hits the band has enjoyed in it's five year (major label) career. It's often times in my opinion that the really good songs on an album, are often the ones overlooked by the record labels to be sent out as 'the next single'. Rise is a perfect example of what I am talking about. While songs like "Searching for a Savior" (which was missing from this release, surprisingly), "I Believe" and "I Belong To You" were somewhat of successes on radio, it was the songs like "Now That It's Over", "Empty" and "Alive" (the last three tracks of Rise) that really moved me. But unless you own the CD, you would never have heard these tracks. That's where the Greatest Hits label kind of gets lost with the question, are these really the 'greatest' of the hits? In the case of this album, they are pretty much all there. So I am kind of stuck in the middle on this one. So the question is, is it worth the buy? I explained the 'Yes' part. Now here's the 'No' part. While I like most of the songs on the Greatest Hits CD, it's the songs that I really like that are missing. I mean c'mon, a B429 Greatest Hits CD without the song "Free"? How about "Empty"? These are the songs I think really got me hooked on B429 for the long haul. I absolutely loved Space In Between Us and Rise, not so much with Iris To Iris, however the message was very clear on that one. In my opinion, this is not a complete B429 Greatest Hits collection, but for those of you who hung on every note of the radio play songs, this CD is definitely one to pick up if you're a fan. Or if you like the group, but just hate switching through 4 different CDs to listen to you favorite songs, this one is a good one to have in that situation as well. Keep an eye out in the fall 2008 for the release of Building 429's fourth studio album, which is set to hit stores in October on the group's new label, INO Records. CLOSING THOUGHTS I absolutely love Building 429. Their message has never been questionable in my mind. Their music is both entertaining and ministering and this CD is one to get if you are a fan or if you just want all the 'good stuff' on one disc. On the exception of a few songs (mentioned in the review) this one is worth buying. Go pick it up June 17th! Rating: 8.8 out of 10 (88%, B+) Review written by: Jay Heilman | Review can also be found here. This review has been reprinted on NRT with permission from ChristianMusicReview.org. Click here to visit ChristianMusicReview.org today!