Huddersfield Christian Fellowship - Great Salvation: Live Worship From Huddersfield Christian Fellowship

Tuesday 1st May 2001
Huddersfield Christian Fellowship - Great Salvation: Live Worship From Huddersfield Christian Fellowship
Huddersfield Christian Fellowship - Great Salvation: Live Worship From Huddersfield Christian Fellowship

STYLE: MOR / Soft Pop
RATING 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 3222-3811
LABEL: Independent
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1

Reviewed by Mike Rimmer

As a general rule, worship albums recorded by British churches have a tendency to be a bit of a disaster. Even recent albums recorded at some of the bigger resourced churches like Paul Scanlon's ALC in Bradford and Ken Gott's church in the north east have ended up churning out music that sounds like formulaic, watered down Hillsongs. How refreshing then that Huddersfield Christian Fellowship have turned in such an accomplished album as 'Great Salvation'. 12 original songs written by members of the church tap into a beautiful spirit of worship that permeates through everything here. An excellent songbook (available for £6.99) accompanies the album and trust me, there are songs here that deserve to be sung in your church. Rather than imitating anyone else, the church worship band have simply enjoyed their own identity and consequently, this is wonderfully free from anything hyped up. There is no lack of talented singers and musicians here, though one frustration is that individual soloists are not identified. Picking fave tracks is difficult but the simplicity of the responsive "I Say Yes" is a striking ballad whilst "Bamuyita Yesu" allows you to worship in three languages and is particularly moving as the church break into spontaneous worship. At the other extreme, the celebratory "My God Loves Me" has a gospelly feel and the closing "Send The Fire" is a forward looking prayer for God to break out. Well written songs, strong performances and a clean stylish production, here's a live worship album that really deserves to be picked up and brought to a wider audience.

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