Reviewed by Keith Tucker

This is an album which is somewhat hard to classify, as it covers many musical styles - it would be unfair to say that it is as tame as the "Easy Listening/MOR" tag suggests.  We have an hour of live worship music from the Life Christian Center in St Louis, Missouri, led by Jacque DeShelter - a lady who is not afraid to let rip to live up to the title of the album.  The 13 songs are well executed and produced, with the atmosphere of the Center comfortably coming across.  The album gets off to a fine start with "Can't Stop Talking" which immediately grabs your ears, and should satisfy most old (and new) rockers out there.  The pace, understandably, calms down (gradually) from there with the last few tracks winding down to leave you feeling like you are coming towards the end of a worthwhile and satisfying event.  The only downside was that I was somewhat irritated by the amount of repetition of lyrics towards the end of songs throughout the album, and perhaps some songs could have been cut down from their live length.  There were several occasions where I was waiting for the tracks to end.  I cannot say that I would listen to this type of music by choice, but it must be considered as being amongst the best in its genre.  If you like live worship music with a bit of a kick, go for it.

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