Jeff Carnie & Spectrum - My Passion

Published Thursday 17th June 2010
Jeff Carnie & Spectrum - My Passion
Jeff Carnie & Spectrum - My Passion

STYLE: Gospel
RATING 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 88339-16335
LABEL: Independent
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1

Reviewed by Alastair McCollum

There is a certain retro appeal to this worship selection, something about "My Passion" has a 'well produced '80s vibe to it all, though I couldn't exactly say why. It's not the tracks themselves, all of which are from the past few years, but something about the arrangements and production that gave this child of the '80s a flashback moment! This is, though, an enjoyable collection containing some soulful, energetic and carefully worked out arrangements of worship songs from the past 10 years or so. The mellow "Rescue", upbeat arrangement of Tomlin's "Everlasting God" the horn-filled "You Are Good" and the rocky "I Am Free" are standouts on this album of consistently listenable tracks. With crisp horns, strong funky keyboard, solid bass, gently overdriven guitar and strong vocals from both Carnie and the rest of the band it's a feel good worship album and certainly worth listening to. Though his name is prominent on the album, this Worship Pastor from Elk Grove First Baptist Church, California doesn't use it as a vehicle for self promotion, his gentle bass vocals are always present yet never intrusive and carefully worked in amongst the other vocals - the only noticable exception to this being "Say So" where Carnie sings in a slightly grating falsetto. Despite being a studio recording it does feel as though this is very much an act of worship and though Carnie was nominated "Best Local Gospel Artist" in April 2009 and has worked with the Winans, Andrae Crouch, 4Him and Anointed this isn't a Gospel album, it is a contemporary worship album. Worth a listen.

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