A year ago Enter the Worship Circle was released independently. While many praise and worship offerings contain covers of well-known worship standards, Enter the Worship Circle features original songs written by 100 Portraits (an indie alterna-folk duo) and Waterdeep (Squint). All of the songs were recorded live and unplugged and the instrumentation is composed solely of acoustic guitars and the rhythms of hand drums. The project has a cohesive feel to it but its main problem is there isn't enough variety as the songs all seem to flow into one another. Next time try for a little more variety. Still, if you are involved in worship, you are sure to want to give this album a listen as this is the real thing without having all those overused CCM cliches.
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ReAL Magazine 1999Reviewed by Kevin D. Hendricks"Worshipping God cannot be borrowed or 'faked.' Singing Christian songs with enthusiasm is not worship, and neither is bowing reverently in a chapel… they are only outward exercises. True worship can never be a rehearsal of someone else's experience or tradition… we must hunger to touch God for ourselves!" And so begins an intimate project that asks you to lay it all down and worship God. Enter…Similar sounding releases
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