Avalon, Avalon, Avalon. What can I say….. I love that word. Ever since I was hooked on to King Arthur when I was a little boy. Thing is, I have been a fan of Avalon for both the wrong reasons and right reasons. I have this little huge admiration towards this particular female singer in this group. She’s really pretty to me. And when she sings…..sigh….I become weak. I think this is some sort of voice crush. Sad thing is that she left Avalon. And ever since then its not been the same for me. I still bought two other albums that came out after she and another guy left but I must say I didn’t get the wow feeling out of those.

This is Cherie Adams. Isn’t she pretty? So sad she left. So So sad

So when I saw this album on the rack….I was like….should I really spend the money on something I may not like? Well I turned to the back to read first before I decided. First thing you should look for is the producer. This usually determines how good the album will be. What kind of style it would be. What kind of sound it will have. Most of the time this works. Not all the time though. So start looking out for producers. You will hear what I mean.

Then I saw the song list. I was like man! These are my favorite songs. I mean I have been listening for years and there are songs that become your favorites. This album contained so many songs I love. So I decided to buy it praying that they didn’t ruin my favorite songs. Hahaha. It’s already done how to change that fact….hahaha pray also no use.

First song….ok ok la. They didn’t do too much to change it. It has the same feel as the original for those of you who heard it before. But of course with better quality. As I went on, hearing these old time favorites sparked something in me I cannot describe. As I heard the album as a whole I must say I like this album so much more than the past two ones. One reason being the vocals seem to be giving me the old Avalon feel again which I loved. I’m glad for that. I must say nothing particularly stood out as impressive to me. But I liked the album very much. Still somehow the song ‘El-shaddai’ still gives me a kick every time.

They brought a guest artist Russ Taff in to do an old song and that was so nice. So if you want to hear some of the old favorites but don’t appreciate the old sound. I think this album did those songs justice. It is also very pleasurable to hear the Avalon sound again. I’ve heard this album through 5 times now. I haven’t got bored with it so that must be a good sign. Though I must say I have fallen asleep on the train while listening to it too. It is either I’m too tired or it is too soothing hahaha.

So what do I think of this album? Get it. It is one of the better album’s I’ve heard among the new ones. Also I want listeners to hear these marvelously written songs with tremendous meaning. These songs itself make the album well worth it.

Rating : 8/10

If any of you wonder whether you are young or old….I have come up with a formula that works! The type of music that drives you will tell. Hehe. This album can be a good judge of that! So those of you who dare takes the risk get this album.

When I put it into my player and turned up the volume the first thought was this sounds so alike to Parachute Band’s - Roadmap and Revelations album. Rock based music that is more of the popular music side than hardcore rock. I like it a lot. Tracks like ‘All because of Jesus’, ‘Faithful’ and ‘You are the Light’ are my favorites and I hope to see them being used in my church someday for worship. Young people will love the energy!!

Oh I forgot to mention that this supposed to be a worship song album. My personal opinion is that not all songs here can work in a church unless they are all young people. Even so I may not agree as a Pastor to some of them being sung in our congregation. That being said, I like the songs as they drive so much power into the theme of the song making it somewhat like powerful anthems.VERY NICE!

Musically, this album was well produced but I kinda felt like it was an anti climax at the end. Still I was not wowed at anything in particular except the energy. I also wished that they included the sheet music like other worship albums.

But this album is getting rather popular…so maybe I am wrong. Still I was not caught like I was with Parachute’s Album. I must say though that there aren’t many rock worship song albums that are good out there and indeed this is one of the better ones. So if you like rock and are tired with the worship style albums that don’t suit you. Get this one.

Album Rating: 6.8/10

At last behold it is within my grasp!!! Muahahaha

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