Reviewed by Andy Cooper

Ross Parsley is a worship leader at New Life Church in Colorado, USA. He has a smooth voice, but not particularly identifiable as Darlene Zchech's or Martin Smith's would be. Perhaps more like Michael W Smith? Anyway, the slick production, anointing (if that can be measured) and performance of the musicians is as good as has been heard from Hosanna! and is just about up there with the Hillsong benchmark. Having said that, the production seems to suck some of the life and dynamics out of the band, making it seem a bit blander than they probably would be live. There are so many albums like this now that it's hard to find something unique about this one to make it stand out from the crowd. Some interesting new songs are presented here, as well as some refurbished classics, but nothing that the average UK church congregation couldn't live without. It's a safe "vanilla" album: liked by most, but rarely a favourite.

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