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| DAVID CROWDER BAND REVIEW
THE NEW ALBUM: REMEDY
FANS HAVE HAD TO WAIT TWO ANXIOUS YEARS TO SEE THE NEXT PHASES OF THE GENIUS THAT IS: DAVID CROWDER.
COVER ART (THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE ALBUM)
GREEN IS WHAT THE EYES SEE. THERES A LOT OF SYMBOLISM IN THE GREEN CROSS. IN SOME INSTANCE GREEN STANDS FOR THE UNHEALED, BUT IN ALL INSTANCES "REMEDY" SEEMS FITTING FOR A THEME.
SONGS
GLORY OF IT ALL
BEAUTIFUL AND WELL ORCHESTRATED. WHAT FANS (AND PROBABLY GOD) EXPECT FROM A CROWDER ALBUM. GOOD BUILD, A VERY POWERFUL AND MOVING SONG. ONE OF THE FEW STANDOUTS.
CAN YOU FEEL IT?
A VENTURE TO THE UNKNOWN. WE UNDERSTAND THE BAND HAS STARTED TO PLAY WITH THE EFFECTS AND THEIR TOY KEYBOARDS, BUT PERHAPS THE SERIOUSNESS OF "GLORY OF IT ALL" MIXED WITH THIS CREATE AN EMOTIONAL TUG OF WAR. CHEESY FACTOR EXAMPLE NUMBER ONE.
EVERYTHING GLORIOUS
MOST FANS AND CHRISTIANS ALREADY KNEW THIS SONG WAS GOING TO BE INTRODUCED ON REMEDY. IM A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION. THE LIVE VERSION IS MUCH MORE CLEAN AND CATCHY. THE STUDIO VERSION IS WAY TO "CHRISTIAN-LIKE" WITH MORE CHEESY BEEPS AND WHISTLES. BRING OUT THE CHRISTIAN STEREOTYPES FOR THIS SONG.
NEVERENDING...
WORST SONG THE BAND HAS EVER MADE. HANDS DOWN. THIS WOULD BE A GOOD SHIFT OUT OF THE CHRISTIAN MARKET IF YOURE TRYING TO APPEAL TO NINTENDO GAME COMPANIES. DOESNT BELONG ON THE ALBUM AND JUST MIGHT BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR IN WHY FOLKS ARE TURNED OFF BY THE BANDS IMMATURITY. WORSHIP CAN BE FUN, BUT IT DOESNT HAVE TO BE TACKY.
NEVER LET GO
A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF CROWDER PRODUCING WELL THOUGHT OUT AND ARTISTIC LYRCIS WITH MUSIC STYLE AND TASTE THAT IS MODERN AND EXPRESSIVE. MAYBE THERE IS HOPE IN THIS ALBUM?
O, FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES TO SING
ONE OF MANY HYMN CONVERSIONS. ITS A GUARANTEE ON ANY STEREOTYPICAL CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ALBUMN - TAKE AN OLD HYMN AND MAKE IT MODERN. YET, SHOWS GLIMPSES OF STILL BEING ABLE TO CREATE SIMPLE HOOKS MUSICALLY.
RAIN DOWN
MAYBE LONG TIME FANS FEEL CHEATED, BUT RAIN DOWN IS AN OLD FAVORITE WITH A NEW TWIST. I WAS HOPING WE HAD MOVED PAST SONGS LIKE "RAIN DOWN" BACK IN THE LATE 90'S, BUT FOR SOME REASON IT WAS THROWN BACK IN THE MIX FOR THE NEW GUYS. THE ELECTRONICS DONT MAKE THE SONG SOUND ANYMORE APPEALING OR BETTER THAN IT DID BEFORE, HOWEVER, ONE COULD SAY ITS "A REFRESHING SOUND TO AN OLD SONG". WHATEVER, THE BEEPS AND BLASTERS CAN BE TONED DOWN A BIT.
WE WONT BE QUIET
THIS IS WHERE DISAPPOINT SETS IN KNOWING THE ALBUM IS ALMOST OVER AND THERE HASNT REALLY BEEN ANY FLOW IN MUSIC STYLES AND TASTES AND AUDIENCES AGES 6-12 ARE DROOLING - LEAVING ALL OTHER LISTENERS TO THINK IS THIS THE ALBUM? IM VERY UNSURE OF THE GOALS OF THE ALBUM AT THIS POINT.
REMEDY
FINALLY, IS THIS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO SAY? ALL OTHER SONGS HAVE DIGRESSED IN MATURITY, BUT THIS ONE HAS ITS PLACE AMONG THE TOP. TOO BAD ITS JOINED BY ONLY A FEW.
SURELY WE CAN CHANGE
GREAT SONG. VERY REFLECTIVE AND INSIGHTFUL. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW AN ARTIST RESPONDS TO THE WORLD AROUND US AND PUTS INTO A FORM THAT THE OTHER 99% OF THE POPULATION CAN UNDERSTAND AND COMPREHEND. WHERE WAS THIS THE PREVIOUS 9 SONGS?
OVERALL
IN CONCLUSION, THIS ALBUM WANDERS. ITS A REAL HEADACHE AND HEAP OF CONFUSION. A DISAPPOINTMENT IF YOU WILL. IF IT WASNT FOR A FEW SOLID EMOTIONALLY DRIVEN TRACKS, THEN THE ALBUM WOULD BE A FLOP. THE BAND WAS ALMOST THERE AND ON THE RIGHT TRACK FROM PREVIOUS ALBUMS, BUT I DONT SEE MANY HUMANS PICKING UP THIS CD BECAUSE OF THE APPEAL AND SOUND. IN FACT, I SEE THEM PUTTING IT DOWN FOR ITS VIDEO GAME METHODOLOGY (AND POOR GRAPHIC TASTE). AND FOR GOSH SAKES - 10 SONGS? I BELIEVE THEY HAVE HIT THEIR PEAK. THERE IS NO CLEAR FOCUS ON THE OBJECTIVES AND INTENTIONS. THERES A DISTINCT DIVISION IN THE ALBUM - SLOW AND SOPHISTICATED AND QUICK AND ADOLESCENT. COMPLETE CONTRADICTIONS. THE EXPERIMENTATION AND KIDDY STUFF NEEDS TO GO. END OF STORY. FOR MANY, THIS IS TWO YEARS OF LET DOWN AND DEFINITELY TWO MORE YEARS OF ONLY LISTENING TO OLD ALBUMS.
THE NEXT ALBUM I FEAR, IS MAKE OR BREAK.
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