Reviewed by Chris Berry

What is it about Stateside at the moment? Everywhere you turn another husband and wife duo is crawling out of the Christian music undergrowth. The amazing thing is that most of them are doing a terrific job - Tavani, Out Of The Grey and others, but now Dream Of Eden. Most of the tracks on here are typical pap which any one of the other duos could have recorded and probably have, but where DOfE are a little different is that they seem to have a wider range. Witness Diana Pemelton's (the wife) superb rock performance on "What Do You Want From Me" and you'll wonder why she wastes herself on some of the earlier stuff. This one is Rachel Rachel style top drawer material, and she should concentrate on similar gear in the future. At the other end of the spectrum, try out Bret Pemelton's (the husband) delightful yet poignant ballad "Regina" and you can tell that the variety of this album is what makes it that bit more special than usual. The album gets going in track three "Under Your Sky", but I'd skip the first two - where some US record company (Essential in this case) have got the idea that this should be packaged like all the rest. Good debut guys.

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