With a team of Michael Anderson and producer Eddie DeGarmo, I knew this would be a very hot album-and I was right. This heavy rockin' artist has gone back to his pseudo-Country-delta Bluegrass-kinda-twangy-yet-still-upbeat style.
Anderson used to keep a lot of hard guitar and pulsing drums coupled with a driving bass to produce a high-powered piece of wax. Now that he's back in Nashville, some more soulful songs are the order of the day. Anderson has not sacrificed any of his musical talent-this project is ripe with some serious guitar licks and some fancy drum work all blended with Anderson's very unique voice. It's not a gravelly or gritty voice, but it's certainly not a sweet melodious sound either. The overall effect is a sincere man singing with more emotion and feeling than plain old choirboy talent. At the end of some of his lines, he almost sings up and off-key, producing an effect that startles some-thereby driving home the point that he is making.
Speaking of points, Anderson drives home quite a few with this album. Quite simply, these are gut-wrenching, soul-searing lyrics. When Anderson asks "What You Gonna Do About Jesus?" you gotta answer-with either a bow of the knee or a face of defiance.
The songs are an emotional reflection of Anderson's life. They talk of how God remolded his earlier life, how Jesus filled all the holes in his life, and, of course, a new version of his old hit "Sound Alarm."
"I may be a prophet/But I won't die for your sins/I am not the answer/For the mess this world is in/Don't put me on a pedestal/Don't hang me on your cross/There is just one Shepherd/For the sheep that are still lost/As you stand as judge of saints and sinners/In truth which one are you/Maybe you don't need forgiveness/But I still do."
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