John Alexander Wilson - Eternity

Published Wednesday 9th September 2009
John Alexander Wilson - Eternity
John Alexander Wilson - Eternity

STYLE: Roots/Acoustic
RATING 6 6 6 6 6 6
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 82423-15687
LABEL: Independent
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1

Reviewed by Andrew Coe

A mix of traditional worship songs and songs which look at different aspects of life and faith. This is all put together by a Scottish worship leader in a folk/pop style, which is a welcome change from the glut of rock-worship releases. This, John's second album, opens with the title track which emotes a dream-like quality, especially the opening section, with John's graceful voice declaring "I'm gonna fly for eternity". The next few tracks bounce along quite nicely in a more upbeat pop style and songs such as "All I Want" and the uplifting "Brighter Day" would quite easily find their place in congregational worship at most churches. The album slows down a bit after that with a couple of songs which are more performance orientated. "Heaven's Eyes" speaks of how we need to look at people and situations as God sees them and "Forgive" is more of a concept song, with the singer having a conversation with God about finding it hard to forgive and God responding. The album then switches back to worship mode with "Lead Me Home" and "Dance And Sing", the latter a great song for leading worship in a church setting. This is an enjoyable enough album though I think it may have worked better as a straight forward worship project.

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Reader Comments

Posted by Kathleen Kemp in Dingwall @ 15:35 on Feb 10 2022

I’ve heard John’s first cd and find his voice very soothing and melodic, but mostly he sings from his heart what he believes. Also his composition and arranging brings out the message of Jesus to all who hears.LA



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