| David Crowder and his band are at the pinnacle of Contemporary Christian Music today, standing heads and shoulders above Mercy Me, Third Day, and even Switchfoot. There. I said it.
The release of A Collision further asserts my believe in the above statement. Musically, this album is solid, and Crowder really does a good job of making you think about the collision when God and man meet, and furthermore, leading you to think about the afterlife. There are many nuggets of detail scattered throughout the album - one in particularly is the track entitled, "Come Awake" where it starts off with the sound of one of those vital signs machine blipping slower and slower until you hear the flatline. What follows is a well composed piece that one would easily connect the nusic with a sense of awakening, or re-awakening. Towards the end of the track, the piece comes to it's climax, and you hear the sound of an alarm clock while Crowder repeats the phrase "Wake up, wake up, wake up" with the music swelling - until finally, the music fades down, and you make out the bass drum mimicing the sound of a heartbeat.
I'm still trying to understand this album though - there are several songs that just seem out of place on first or second listening. I recommend listening to this album w/o interruption on a set of nice headphones. There's a lot of musical and sound effectual detail you'll miss if you were, say, listening to this album in the car for the first time. Also, this is a heavier album, with certain tracks sounding almost hard rock. If you were looking for a nice, happy worship CD like his freshman album "Can You Hear Us", look elsewhere, as there are only about two tracks that are worship friendly: "Here Is Our God", and "Wholly Yours".
All in all, I think this is a great album, definitely on par with his sophmore offering "Illuminate", and even more thought provoking.
Recomendation: Highly Recommended |
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