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Hillsong UNITED [MAIN REVIEW]AFTERMATH is the highly anticipated, 11th full-length album and second-ever studio recording from Hillsong UNITED that released Feb. 15, 2011....
Lanae' Hale [Back & Forth] | Posted May-19-2009 [MAIN REVIEW]
Out of Gainesville Florida, Lanae’ Hale who developed her style by playing worship in church and trying out her songs in coffeehouses, is the latest addition at Centricity records. Like a lot of young women Lanae’ felt the enormous pressure of living up to our material world’s 21st century expectations and sometimes that pressure sweeps you into a dark corner. “I was into cutting and if not for the grace of God I may not have made it through. It’s hard to explain but sometimes you don’t like yourself and do bad things to yourself, such as cutting. If I can reach out to God and change then others can as well. More than anything else, I would like to help young girls through my own music and my own testimony.”
Knowing Lanae’s background and having 3 young daughters myself, I found this album and the message of redemption and God’s love bringing light and hope out of darkness to be compelling. The title song “Back & Forth” is all about that theme of redemption. Here’s the chorus: “If I could, than I would run across the sea, So You'd speak to me, Back and forth, the waves keep crashing, Hold on, my head, I keep on sinking, I need Your hand to steady me to bring Your peace to this storm”. The song is so catchy and personal, I can’t get enough of listening to Lanae’s testimony and amazing singing voice. “Beautiful Things” sticks with the theme of redemption and the cry to “sing in the rain, love without pain, and live everyday”. “Here’s My Heart” is another one of my favorite songs and has the cry of my heart to “know me well and change me deeply”. The spiritual messages are subtle yet strong and the album listens like an autobiography of Lanae’s life. She has a couple of songs about her marriage, including “Let’s Grow Old Together” and “Headed Home” which are also stand-out songs on the album. As I’ve been married for fifteen years, the beauty of the husband and wife relationship is well-captured in these great songs.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
This is a great album. I am very impressed by Lanae’s ability to blend messages of love, redemption and hope throughout her story with catchy melodies and a fantastic singing style. If you like Jewel, Sheryl Crow and Plumb, you’ll love Lanae’ Hale’s album “Back & Forth”.
Rating: 9.1 out of 10 (91%, A-)
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Newsboys [In The Hands Of God] | Posted May-26-2009 [MAIN REVIEW]
To date, Newsboys have sold over 6 million albums, with five gold records and 25 No. 1 radio hits. As already announced on their website, “In the Hands of God “marks lead singer and founding member Peter Furler's final album as the band's lead vocalist and main songwriter. In March, the band announced the new vocalist will be former dc Talk singer Michael Tait. With both bands starting at the same time, Newsboys and dc Talk played over 100 shows together, so the change is a natural fit. Personally, as a collector of Christian music starting in the mid-1990’s, I have every album by both bands and will be interested in the creative direction of the band. Newsboys have truly been a pioneer in Christian music.
The band has undergone many changes from the mid-1990’s to now, most notably with original lead singer John James being replaced by original drummer Peter Furler as lead singer starting with 1998’s “Step Up To The Microphone”, which is one of my top 3 albums by Newsboys. Then, bassist Phil Joel left the band before 2006’s “Go”, which is also one of my top 3 albums by Newsboys, along with 2002’s “Thrive”, which is my favorite album by Newsboys. Guitarist Jody Davis left Newsboys after “Thrive” and was replaced by Bryan Olesen, now the lead singer of the band VOTA and was then replaced by Paul Colman for “Go” before Jody Davis returned for “In The Hands Of God”.
My best description of “In The Hands Of God” is that to me it is the disappointing follow-up to “Go” in the same way I was disappointed in “Devotion” compared to “Adoration”. “The Way We Roll” is the first song and has a nice rock beat, but like most of the songs including “This Is Your Life”, “The Upside” and “Dance”, the lyrics and music didn’t engage me the same as “Go”. There are some highlights to the album, especially the title track “In The Hands Of God”, overall similar to hit song “Something Beautiful”. I also really like “No Grave”, sung in the person of Jesus and having a musical style and chorus that reminded me of “I’m Not Alright” by Sanctus Real. “Glorious” is another Newsboys original worship song but doesn’t match the intensity of “In Wonder” in my opinion. “Lead Me To The Cross” is another Newsboys cover song of the original by Hillsong United, but didn’t impress me as much as “I Am Free”. “My Friend Jesus” and “RSL 1984” are interesting lyrically and give glimpses of Peter Furler’s personal walk, but didn’t grab me musically.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
For me, the highlights are “No Grave” and “In The Hands Of God”, however neither song makes my collection of my all-time top 10 songs by Newsboys. Perhaps Newsboys set the bar so high with “Go” I was due for a letdown. Fans will still enjoy the highlights, however I was disappointed overall.
Rating: 8.6 out of 10 (86%, B)
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Jars Of Clay [The Long Fall Back To Earth] | Posted April-15-2009 [MAIN REVIEW]
Jars of Clay has built an extraordinary career based on the uncompromising integrity of its music, worldview, and humanitarianism. Jars of Clay’s last album, Good Monsters, was my favorite Jars of Clay album since the amazing self-titled debut. That album managed to reinvent the band’s sound while tackling subjects as diverse and demanding as social responsibility, spiritual doubt and the duality of the human heart. Now, three years later, Jars of Clay returns with The Long Fall Back To Earth. The album’s first single, “Two Hands,” builds on the duality theme from “Good Monsters.” Haseltine’s lyrics observe, “I use one hand to pull you closer / The other to push you away,” before going on to suggest that this internal conflict can be overcome with a simple, but profound course of action: “Two hands doing the same thing / Lifted high.” According to Dan Haseltine: “‘Two Hands’ was the last song we wrote for the record. We'd been trying to find a way to try to connect all the various themes of the album--relationships, faith, social justice--with one unifying anthem.”
That desire to connect is the primary theme of The Long Fall Back To Earth and nowhere is it more explicitly stated than in “Closer,” the first song recorded for the record. When Haseltine sings “I’ll drop out of the race for more personal space / ‘Cause the rockets we’re in get so cold, and I miss your skin,” he’s never sounded more direct or personal. One of the last songs written for the record is the instrumental opener “The Long Fall,” which gently introduces the theme of the record before giving way to the marching wake-up call of the song “Weapons.”
This is the most amazing album I’ve heard in the past year and ranks right with Third Day’s Revelation last year. Jars of Clay has managed to channel the best of themselves, almost unanimously agreed to be the self-titled debut album and give fans what they’ve come to expect with anthems like “Weapons,” “Two Hands,” “Safe To Land” and “Heaven,” the stand-out songs for me. However similar to Third Day, they’ve also mixed up their sound and pulled out all of the stops with inventive new electronic songs like the instrumental opener “The Long Fall,” “Closer,” “Don’t Stop,” “Boys (Lesson One)” and the closing song “Heart.” I immediately replayed the songs “Hero” and “Scenic Route,” which are both amazing instrumentally and lyrically.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
I’ll be measuring all other albums this year against “The Long Fall To Earth”. Whether you are a long-time fan of Jars of Clay or have recently discovered them, you won’t be disappointed with this album which for me is a 5 star masterpiece.
Rating: 9.7 out of 10 (97%, A+)
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Kristian Stanfill [Attention] | Posted April-15-2009 [MAIN REVIEW]
With sales exceeding five million, worship label sixstepsrecords, home to Chris Tomlin, David Crowder* Band, Charlie Hall, Matt Redman, and Passion, announces its first new artist signing since the label’s inception in 2000. Worship leader Kristian Stanfill will join the sixstepsrecords family, releasing his label debut, Attention, April 21, 2009. After graduating college in 2002, Kristian started leading worship at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, GA, also the church home of Dove Award nominated new artist Fee. In 2005, Kristian became actively involved with the Passion movement, first leading a community group at Passion ‘05, a conference for university students, then as a lead worshipper at Passion ‘06. He has also been featured on multiple Passion recorded projects including Passion: Everything Glorious (2006), with his song “Jesus Paid It All” and Passion: God of This City (2008), with his song “Beautiful Jesus”.
“I’ve had the opportunity to lead worship at North Point for more than seven years,” Kristian says. “There are some amazing worship leaders there, and just to have the opportunity to observe the way they lead people into the presence of God has been like attending seminary.
Kristian Stanfill’s album “ATTENTION” is an eleven-song collection of rock worship anthems, ballads and reverential hymns. The album starts off with two songs that are both calls to worship, “Alive And Running” and “Kingdom”, which reminded me of Fee’s “We Shine” and “All Because Of Jesus”. My favorite section of the album comes next with “Lord Of All”, “Go” and hymn-like song “Beautiful Jesus”, originally on Passion: God of This City. “Go” and “Beautiful Jesus” are both great corporate worship songs that I can imagine singing with fellow believers. Actually, we sang Kristian’s “Jesus Paid It All” at my church on Good Friday and many of these songs have that same sincere worship style.
“Faithful”, “Glowing” and “Lead Us On” are joyful, encouraging corporate worship songs. This is a very biblical worship album. Every song has bible verses listed and the messages are reflective and uplifting. Similar to Fee’s album “We Shine”, I found myself relating to the songs right away and enjoyed singing along in worship.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
The top songs for me are “Kingdom”, “Go”, “Beautiful Jesus”, “Faithful”, “Glowing” and “Lead Us On”. If you like worship artists Fee, Charlie Hall, Chris Tomlin and Tim Hughes, you’ll enjoy Kristian Stanfill.
Rating: 9.1 out of 10 (91%, A-)
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MercyMe [10] | Posted April-07-2009 [MAIN REVIEW]
It has been 10 years since MercyMe frontman Bart Millard penned “I Can Only Imagine,” a touchingly personal song based on his father’s early death. It has sold more than 2 million units, crossed over into multiple radio formats, and been adopted as an anthem by hurting people around the world.
To celebrate the epic anniversary of one of the most popular and powerful songs in Christian music history, MercyMe is releasing “10”, a must-have new CD/DVD set. The CD features 12 of MercyMe’s best-loved songs spanning their five studio releases as well as three bonus tracks—including a new recording of “I Can Only Imagine” with the London Symphony Orchestra, the never-released track “Only Temporary,” plus the kids’ tune “10 Simple Rules.” The DVD contains both live and concept videos of all their best songs.
The best opinion I can share about this collection comes from my nine year old daughter Natalie as we were watching the DVD together she asked me with intense interest: “they (MercyMe) really wrote and sang all of these songs?” She had heard all twelve ‘greatest hits’, including eleven #1 hit songs before and was surprised that so many hit songs were recorded by the same band. As a fan of this band for the past decade I gladly shared with her that yes MercyMe did in fact write and record all of these songs, making them one of the premier Christian artists. What’s amazing to me as a fan of MercyMe is how many songs I love that aren’t on the collection including “Here Am I”, “Love Of God”, “Keep Singing”, “You’re To Blame” and “Sanctified”. This is a truly great collection of songs. I like the mix as well, blending hit songs from “All That Is Within Me” (2007), “Coming Up To Breathe” (2006), “Undone” (2004), “Spoken For” (2003) and “Almost There” (2001). Rather than as a chronology, the songs are mixed almost by theme with songs about self-reflection, praise and worship and then personal prayer-songs.
I also liked the 3 additional songs, however I prefer the original or acoustic versions of “I Can Only Imagine” over the London Symphony version. The other 2 songs are nice rarities and the children’s song “10 Simple Rules” is a neat and catchy song about the 10 Commandments. The DVD is also great for collectors. In the same order as the CD, the songs are shown either as live performances or the music video accordingly. The concept video for “Here Am I” is a great depiction of my life verse Isaiah 6:8 and the story behind “I Can Only Imagine” is touching and personal, which is one of the reasons the song has had so much impact on people.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
If you want all the best songs by MercyMe, then this collection is for you. Even if you already have the songs, get the collection just for the extra songs and the great DVD.
Rating: 9.3 out of 10 (93%, A)
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John Waller [While I'm Waiting] | Posted March-24-2009 [MAIN REVIEW]
John Waller is a singer/songwriter/worship leader who originally gained national attention fronting According to John. After the band ended, John and his family moved to Denver, Colorado, and focused on writing songs for his church congregation. The people at SouthLink Church loved John’s music so much, they raised the money to finance his record. He eventually signed to Beach Street Records after Mark Miller—label owner and Sawyer Brown front man—was captured by John’s powerful songs. Waller's distinctive sound reflects the praise-oriented heart of a humble, devoted servant. As one who has previously struggled with depression, Waller conveys his message with refreshing authenticity and unabashed openness.
Discussing his smash hit single "While I'm Waiting," featured in the hit movie “Fireproof”: "I'm sure most people can relate to this song, but the important thing to remember while we're waiting on God, is to not just wait, but to actively wait. Serve, worship and be faithful with what you have, where you are, even while you wait."
If you like the song “While I’m Waiting”, then you’re in for a real treat with the entire album including the original and Fireproof Remix of the title song, originally released on “The Blessing”. Musically, I feel that the album is a slight step up, in particular with the songs “Hands Of The Healer”, “Cling To The Call”, “Quest”, “House Of God” and “Our God Reigns Here”, which are my other favorite songs on the album in addition to the title song, which is an amazing song. In particular I was struck by the song “Cling To The Call” which was one of the songs considered for the album title. The song continues the theme of “waiting” in that John waited 17 years to become a music artist and has held strong to that calling. John’s songs tend to be personal and based on real-life situations. “Quest” is a fun story-song that even references Don Quixote. The second half of the album builds to another very memorable song “Our God Reigns Here” which will have you singing along in praise to our Savior!
The message of the album is extremely biblical and uplifting and worthy of the highest message rating of any album I’ve heard this year. Almost every song has bible verses listed in the liner notes to go with the songs. For example, “Faith Is Living” is based on Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” That type of encouragement is throughout the album, especially in songs like “House Of God” and the worshipful closing song “Perfect Peace”.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
This is a great adult contemporary worship album. If you like Steven Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns, Bebo Norman and MercyMe, then you should really enjoy John Waller.
Rating: 9.6 out of 10 (96%, A)
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FM Static [Dear Diary] | Posted March-24-2009 [MAIN REVIEW]
What’s the difference between FM Static and Thousand Foot Krutch? Singer-songwriter Trevor McNevan and drummer Steve Augustine lead both bands, but the former is a side project to the latter. More than anything, having two names makes it easier to take some fun creative chances. Like pursuing the idea for a concept album where every lyric is the innermost thought of a soul-searching teenager. When that spark of inspiration entered Trevor’s head last year while TFK was on tour with Skillet, he knew Dear Diary was a perfect job for FM Static. This album is totally creative and so incredibly catchy, it reminded me of some of the best punk rock impact albums of the past 15 years, including Weezer’s “Blue Album”, Relient K’s “Mmhmm” and Plain White T’s “All That We Needed”. The album caught me off guard as I have “What Are You Waiting For?” and “Critically Ashamed” and consider them more guilty pleasure type punk rock albums, similar to Relient K’s first three albums leading to the critically acclaimed “Mmhmm”.
The first song “Boy Moves to a New Town with Optimistic Outlook” introduces the never-named star who hopes to find something or someone worth living for. Over a punk tempo and pop melody he wonders: “What will we leave behind but the pages of our life? “ I can’t stop listening to this song and it has the most catchy bridge and chorus I’ve heard in this genre in many years. The next song “The Unavoidable Battle of Feeling on the Outside” drills into the psyche with a simple guitar riff and his simple social truth: “I’m not an idiot, but I feel like one a lot.” You have to listen to the whole album in sequence and I recommend having the lyrics handy as you’ll most likely find yourself singing along at the top of your lungs as you follow along with this very hook-filled album, one of my top albums of 2009. Some other highlights for me are “The Voyage of Beliefs”, which is an amazing duet between McNevan and Superchick’s Tricia Brock where the characters both step up in faith, proclaiming a belief in God that is their own, not just the one their families have handed down. Also, Dear Diary’s first single, “Take Me As I Am” is another highlight.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
Although this is a surefire hit for the younger audience, I highly recommend Dear Diary for all fans of the punk rock genre, like myself. Trevor’s songwriting and singing is top notch and for me, this is my new “Blue Album” by Weezer, which was the soundtrack album of my twenties when I wasn’t saved. I love that Christian themed punk rock can sound this amazing!
Rating: 9.4 out of 10 (94%, A)
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Phillip LaRue [Let The Road Pave Itself] | Posted March-24-2009 [MAIN REVIEW]
Young but uniquely experienced, Phillip LaRue has an admirable grip on how to live, and the proof is written all over his debut solo album, “Let the Road Pave Itself”. The album is catchy without trying to sound commercial, Phillip writes stay-in-your-head songs from the heart; real life musical stories about open-book faith, his closest loved ones, and struggling friends who don’t always believe as he does. Phillip and his sister Natalie released 3 albums as LaRue, and charted several pop hits including “Reason”, “Waiting Room” and “OK To Cry” and called it a day after Natalie wed. Phillip moved to Florida and produced notable indie acts like Over the Rhine and Dave Barnes for a worship project based on the Psalms. Now back in Nashville, he has recently written hit songs “Love Is Here” and “By Your Side” and produced rising band Tenth Avenue North.
“Let the Road Pave Itself” starts off with the first single “Chasing The Daylight”, a great song which includes the lyric “I want to chase the daylight like it’s the last day of my life”. “It’s in the unraveling of life that we find God even more”, Phillip says of the song. The next song “Home” is one of my favorite songs on the album and has a catchy chorus and his emotional vocal style reminded me of Shaun Groves and the entire album resembled the introspective style of Shaun’s debut Dove Award nominated album “Invitation To Eavesdrop”. Vocally, Phillip sings with raw vulnerability and is comparable to Adam Duritz of Counting Crows and Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, both in vocal tone and style of songs. The song “Erase And Rewind” is for a friend with suicidal thoughts and encourages him to know he’s loved by God. The other love songs on the album, “Don’t Be Deceived”, “All I Want” and “Sleeping Beauty” are love songs to Phillip’s wife. There are great parallels of God’s love for us with the love of a husband and wife. “All I Want” vocally reminded me of “Crack The Shutters” by Snow Patrol.
The last 2 songs, “Black and Blue” and “Mountains High Valleys Low” are stripped down and personal songs. In “Black and Blue”, Phillip’s sister Natalie wrote a poem about their younger sister Brianna who has cerebral palsy and an inoperable brain tumor. The song includes the lyrics “you deserve to walk to run to fly – all the things I wanted for you in this life”.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
Phillip’s personal and relevant lyrics and vulnerable singing style made this a memorable and enjoyable album for me.
Rating: 9.2 out of 10 (92%, A)
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Delirious? [My Soul Sings] | Posted March-10-2009 [MAIN REVIEW]
Filmed and recorded in front of 12,000 people in a Colombian auditorium, “My Soul Sings” takes you on a musical journey with Delirious?. The collection includes favorites such as the anthemic “History Maker”, “Deeper” and “Majesty” alongside offerings from the last album “Kingdom of Comfort” including "My Soul Sings", "Love Will Find A Way" and "God Is Smiling". With Delirious? taking a break at the end of 2009 this is the last live project from one of the pioneers of the modern worship movement. Since 1997’s “Cutting Edge” I have greatly enjoyed the Brit-Rock music and lyrical worshipfulness of Delirious?. “I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever”, “My Glorious”, and “Majesty” have become staples in church services, and as a long-time fan of fellow British rockers U2, Coldplay, Radiohead and worship leader Matt Redman, I have eagerly anticipated every album by Delirious?.
“My Soul Sings” begins with the worship classic “Rain Down” and the energy and enthusiasm of the crowd is infectious. I knew when I started singing and clapping along with the live recording that I was in for a real treat. The next 65 minutes and 13 songs kept me hooked with Martin Smith’s vocals, Stu G’s guitar playing and the amazing audience participation. This is what a live recording is all about. I also enjoy “Now Is The Time: Live At Willow Creek” and “Accesse:D” and this album is a perfect complement to those amazing recordings.
The album beautifully builds to a 9 minute version of the classic “History Maker”. During the song Martin explains the application of what it means to live out the gospel: “to break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, what I’m interested in seeing you do is share your food and feed the hungry…”. The Spanish translation of Martin’s dialog is wonderful. One of my favorite songs of the decade is “Majesty”. Martin sings the chorus in Spanish: “Majestad, Majestad”. This is now my favorite version of “Majesty”. This amazing collection ends with the worship song “My Soul Sings” and has all 12,000 people singing “my soul sings” in English and Spanish.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
This is an amazing collection of songs from one of the greatest bands in Christian music. If you like Brit-Rock and praise and worship live albums, then you can’t go wrong with “My Soul Sings”.
Rating: 9.3 out of 10 (93%, A)
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Revive [Chorus of the Saints] | Posted March-06-2009 [MAIN REVIEW]
The band Revive officially got together in the (Australian) summer of 2004, after playing local churches and schools for the better part of 2003. They had been having a lot of fun doing these smaller shows, but began seeing that perhaps there was something more to this band than they had originally thought. In July 2004, they released their first full album as Revive titled “Where I Belong”. With more offers coming in, it was getting difficult to balance work/university with the band commitments, so in January 2006, the boys took the leap of faith and went full time Revive! It is often said that God uses those willing to be used – and they quickly found out that this was indeed true for them. Mac Powell (Third Day) produced the debut release “Chorus Of The Saints”, coming out March 10, 2009.
Through its music, Revive is about ministry and reminding people of the message in Psalm 85. “It says, ‘He will revive their hearts.’ We love that,” says lead singer Dave Hanbury. “We want people to be refreshed, like what our name means, to be revived. It would be great if someone would listen to “Chorus Of The Saints”, and feel like they could walk closer with the Lord.” The album starts with the first single and title song “Chorus Of The Saints” which is about God’s faithfulness and opening our eyes to the beauty of God . “This is the chorus of the saints singing Hallelujah our God is faithful”. The album flows nicely into the next two songs “Can’t Change Yesterday” and “The Truth Is” that both feature a gentle reminder and rebuke “But the Truth is”, a biblical phrase used by Jesus: “I tell you the truth”. Both songs are about finding our peace and hope and trust to God. The song “You Know”, sung with Mac Powell, is my favorite song on the album. The song is based on Matthew 6:25 and is a wonderful prayer to God that we don’t need to worry, God knows and loves us. “There is nothing in my life You haven’t known”.
The message of all of the songs is hope-filled and the songs are catchy, uplifting and biblical. Another theme in the songs “Don’t Look Anywhere Else” and “You’re All I Need” , is that both songs are about finding meaning, life and peace in our relationship with God. I like every single song on the album and the closer “Promise of Tomorrow” is a great alternative rock style song with a cool vibe and style that reminded me of After Edmund, one of my favorite new bands.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
This is my favorite new album of the year from a great new band that I expect to be nominated for Best New Artist. If you like Rush of Fools and Tenth Avenue North, then you’ll enjoy Revive.
Rating: 9.5 out of 10 (95%, A)
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