Reviewed by Jonathan Evans

About half of the tracks are reworked hymns, the rest being original material, and to my ears, the original tracks won hands down. The hymns were OK as background, but didn't grab the lugholes, although I did like their version of "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands". Most of it is instrumental, but there are some vocals, notably on the title track which is an absolute cracker, reminiscent of Level 42 with some very effective use of male and female vocals singing in octaves. In fact the arrangements are excellent, with plenty of space for each instrument to shine; I particularly liked the drumming which reminded me of Billy Cobham way back in the mid 70s (if anyone remembers him). It has grown on me, but I wouldn't have thought there is enough good stuff to shell out the hard earned readies. Overall, the whole thing falls between about four stools, but it doesn't seem to know it's own mind. Is it jazz, pop, easy listening or rock? If they could come up with half a dozen original songs of the same quality as the title track they would have a gem.

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