Reviewed by Tony Cummings

As we all know, Casting Crowns have come a long way since their eponymous 2003 debut to become one of the biggest acts in CCM history. Down the years they have been stalwarts of US Christian radio and such hits as "Voice Of Truth", "East To West" and "Glorious Day" ensured that they were seldom off the airwaves. In recent years though they have mellowed and although roaring, guitar-driven rock is still occasionally in evidence, you're as likely to get a Steven Curtis Chapman-styled song like their new radio hit here, "One Step Away", or a piano-led ballad like "Oh My Soul" as anything too youth orientated. But in Mark Hall they have a fine lead singer while lyrically Casting Crowns have not shied away from the hardship we can encounter in life. Both "God Of All My Days" and "No Other Name" (the latter a Hillsong Worship cover) truly bring the listener into worship while "Song The Angels Can't Sing" has more than a bit of Rend Collective in its rustic-style danceability. Possibly the most worshipful project the band have ever done, it's clear that Casting Crowns still have much to give the world Church.

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