Remix versions? Old hat -- make way for the smashups! Yes, you read that right, not content just to release different versions of one song, we now have two songs smashed into one! Voila! New ways of parting cash from wallets with the minimal cost of studio jiggery. I'm sorry but I do not have any patience for this.
I mean, really, what is the point? Is Sparrow Records trying to tell us that they can't be bothered to get the artists on its roster to actually spend time and effort to write, perform and record new material anymore? Or does Sparrow think that the novelty factor alone should be enough to convince folk to fork out hard earned money for this album?
That said, the opening combination of Audio Adrenaline's "Get Down", Steven Curtis Chapman's "Dive," and Grits' "All Fall Down" does actually work, despite my reservations. But the novelty wears off and fast. Then you realize that it's mostly combining a rap with a guitar song and that's not even new (and a boring combination too). And so dc Talk, tobyMac, Grits et al. get featured quite a bit.
Hard to believe that this is the same label that released Keith Green's No Compromise all those years ago! But then again, it's not the same label really, is it?
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