STYLE: Hip-Hop RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 3123-3706 LABEL: Forefront FFD5274 FORMAT: CD Album RRP: £14.67
Reviewed by Peter Bate
In being both church culture-shaping pioneers and shape-shifting genre-hoppers, dc Talk have taken CCM to new heights but largely failed to impact the mainstream. The trio's journey from hip hop to grunge to Europop has sprouted sparkling standards like "Luv Is A Verb'" and "Jesus Freak" (a fierce Generation X alternative to "Smells Like Teen Spirit"), but they have still to really snap the shackles musically and wow a cynical world. Yep, it's brilliantly produced, hooky and memorable, but if the radicalism of their lyrics was matched by a dangerous artistic leap they'd be awesome. Buy this worthy introduction and judge for yourself.
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Posted by Don in state of Delaware @ 16:31 on Sep 17 2013
This first of many "Greatest Hits" to be released is on the
market in November of 2000. A nice and lengthy collection of
songs,more than the usual for any single cd collection of
works. "In The Light" will always be a top fave as well as
"Between You & Me", & "What If I Stumble. Great cover of
the late Larry Norman's
"I Wish We'd All Been Ready"; great video also.
This collection of songs would not be complete without
another great cover song "Jesus Is Just Alright"; a super
old 70's Doobie Bros. tune.
God Bless, Don
This first of many "Greatest Hits" to be released is on the market in November of 2000. A nice and lengthy collection of songs,more than the usual for any single cd collection of works. "In The Light" will always be a top fave as well as "Between You & Me", & "What If I Stumble. Great cover of the late Larry Norman's
"I Wish We'd All Been Ready"; great video also.
This collection of songs would not be complete without another great cover song "Jesus Is Just Alright"; a super old 70's Doobie Bros. tune.
God Bless, Don