Geoff Moore & The Distance - Greatest Hits

Wednesday 1st October 1997
Geoff Moore & The Distance - Greatest Hits
Geoff Moore & The Distance - Greatest Hits

STYLE: Rock
RATING 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 5405-5229
LABEL: Forefront FFD5151
FORMAT: CD Album
RRP: £2.50

Reviewed by Mike Rimmer

Always had a soft spot for this American stadium rock combo, especially since I sang one of these greatest hits, the beautiful ballad "If You Could See What I See" to my wife Pip as she walked down the aisle to marry me! But pure sentimentality aside, if you've never checked out this band and you like AOR, you've been missing a treat and this is the best way to catch up. Melodic rock'n'roll pitched somewhere between Bryan Adams and Huey Lewis is mixed with a few more sensitive songs and there're some crackers here! "Life Together" has a punch-the-air chorus, "Evolution Re-defined" is an attack on Darwin's theories and great rock. Even when they mellow out on "The Vow" or "Listen To Our Hearts", Moore and his compatriots marry depth and melody. Even the stabs at a more dancy feel for "House Of Faith" or the new song "More Than Gold" manage to combine a groove with the band's more familiar rock feel. Their best songs are here combined with a live recording made for a CMTV live performance, which captures the band rocking in front of a huge crowd. Some songs are obviously repeated but here in a rawer live context. There's a good cover of Larry Norman's "Why Should The Devil" and plenty of fun. Not sure how the baseball metaphor of "Home Run" or the jingoistic "New Americans" translates over here but Britain has yet to appreciate what a good band Geoff Moore & The Distance have become in recent years!

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Reader Comments

Posted by Don in state of Delaware @ 01:04 on Sep 17 2010

I have this amazing 2 cd set in my huge ccm collection. One cd sports great hits and the other is a live set. The great hits cd contains the memorable duet with Steven Curtis Chapman "Listen to our Hearts", plus Steven also is a guest on "A Friend Like U"; these are among my fave cuts. "The Vow" and "If you could see what I see" are great songs also! The "Live" cd has "Evidence of GOD" and "Why Should the devil have all the good music", and "When all is said and done"; neither of these 3 songs are on the Greatest hits cd. I have several cd's by this group, including vinyl; I also have several videos. I missed not seeing the 1993 song "Heart to GOD, Hand to Man"; I luv this song! "Heart to GOD...." also features ccm pioneer Pam Mark Hall, who is also seen in the video format. This group has given ccm most memorable songs heard on ccm radio, thanks guys!!
GOD Bless! -Don



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