Bonjour, vous les gens charmants!
Today, I review the latest Jesus Culture Album, "Come Away"
Aujourd'hui, je passe en revue le dernier album de Jésus Culture, "Come Away"
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Yes, the perennial thought has encroppéd 'pon my mind: "yeah, of course I can do a music review! It's well easy." Oh dear.
Run, save yourselves.
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Still here? Well then! Pull up a chair, get comfy, chill out, max, relax all cool, shoot some b-ball outside of the school. Prepare yourselves for half-formed opinions on an album I've listened to like twice - opinions that will have changed in a few weeks, causing me to look back and think, "what? what the jeff? What am I on about?"
Right, let's crack on.
Album: Come Away
Artist: Jesus Culture (Chris Quilala, Kim Walker-Smith et al.)
Genre: "Worship", Rock
Year: 2010
Tracks: 10
Rating: ***** (But I only review albums I really like, so that's a bit arbitrary)
Artist: Jesus Culture (Chris Quilala, Kim Walker-Smith et al.)
Genre: "Worship", Rock
Year: 2010
Tracks: 10
Rating: ***** (But I only review albums I really like, so that's a bit arbitrary)
Well well well well well well well.
Well.
I do rather like this album.
It's the latest addition to the Jesus Culture catalogue - with they as a ministry (as opposed to the individual members) having released 5 full albums and one EP - and the continuation of what I now realise, thanks largely to this record (explanation in a bit), is an epic tale of love told through music. The Jesus Culture band pour out their love for and from God on this record, and, having attended one of their conferences, I can attest that the same is true whenever they play in worship.
For that is significant: you can hear in this album the aching, the longing, the pull two lovers feel (um, I assume....). Chris and Kim pour out the heart to God here in an astounding way, leading the way for those in the meetings in which these tracks were recorded (judging by the sounds the crowds make) and for me as a listener.
"The tale of epic love..." - here is where it gets good. In the titular album opener (written by Brock Human), Chris Quilala has the audacity to sing, for just shy of 8 minutes, a song straight from the Heart of God, filled with His passion for us, filled with His desire for companionship with His kids. And blimey, what a bloody tune it is too! My goodness, it is absolutely fantastic. Cor. Wowzers. Bazinga. The song invites the listener on a mad and amazing journey with their Dad, and gracious if it doesn't make you want to run after Him! Gosh.
In the album closer, One Thing Remains, the powerful reciprocation comes - not only does God want us to run away with Him, but the love that motivates this desire "never fails, never gives up, never runs out on me"! This track is filled to the point of overflowing with gratefulness, love, and trust; with knowledge of what God is, what He has done, and who He is.
On a purely technical note, the band sounds musically amazing on this record, and both Chris' and Kim's voices have unbelievably improved - yes, somehow Kim Walker-Smith's voice is now even better!
This album is such a fantastic worship album because that is what it does. It worships. It is full of worship. I've only mentioned a couple of tracks here, but the theme for the rest is the same - it is, in a phrase, jeff-arseing brilliant.
On a purely technical note, the band sounds musically amazing on this record, and both Chris' and Kim's voices have unbelievably improved - yes, somehow Kim Walker-Smith's voice is now even better!
This album is such a fantastic worship album because that is what it does. It worships. It is full of worship. I've only mentioned a couple of tracks here, but the theme for the rest is the same - it is, in a phrase, jeff-arseing brilliant.
SF
"Come Away" is © 2010 Jesus Culture Music, and can be found on iTunes and on the Bethel website at http://tiny.cc/p5ktp
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