This is an interesting project that I don’t really understand. Apparently Peter Jacobs wanted to “feature more pop-influenced covers of popular songs sung in churches during the 1980s and 1990s”. Quite frankly I don’t know that any of these tracks were being sung in any church anywhere. Maybe they were but I kind if doubt it. Anyway he was able to assemble a great collection of multiple labels artists to perform these “traditional” tracks along with some new content. As much as I’m confused by the project I can not deny how good it is. This is a great bunch of pop tracks and even a few rock tracks. There are a few tracks that are not covers but are brand new tracks and the production on them sounds a little rushed. I would assume they didn’t get a lot of rehearsal before recording. All that aside this album is really a display of some great vocalists and it spawned 2 more in the series so it deserves much credit for that.
Tracklist
1 – Crystal Lewis – Shine, Jesus, Shine
2 – Rick Florian – Let All The Earth
3 – Various – Praise The Name Of Jesus
4 – Rick Florian, Christi Jacobs – Our Mighty God Will Come
5 – Lisa Bevill – More Precious Than Silver
6 – Al Denson – A Heart Of Compassion
7 – Lisa Bevill, John Schlitt – The Battle Belongs To The Lord
8 – Julie Bonney – The Strength Of My Life
9 – Christi Jacobs, Carlos Martin – In Your Name
10 – Julie Bonney, Jon Randall – No More Compromise
11 – John Schlitt – We Believe
12 – Various – Blessed Be The Lord God Almighty
Companies, etc.
Record Company – Frontline Music Group
Distributed By – FMG Distribution
