River - Rise Like The Sun

Wednesday 2nd January 2002
River - Rise Like The Sun
River - Rise Like The Sun

STYLE: Pop
RATING 3 3 3
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 4460-2229
LABEL: Independent
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1

Reviewed by Alan Smith

Five piece female vocal, some of which is a bit dodgy. The production by Alan Weight (who also plays keys and bass) is laclustre and very ordinary, sometimes laboured, although Tommy Stankovic lifts some of it out of the mire with some very nutty rock guitar. Strangely, the a cappella tracks work best, the voices enjoying a kind of synergy in their sparseness. The lyrics don't redeem it much, coming across, as they do, rather like early '60s protest songs but with a hint of God's remedy, rather than placing the emphasis the other way round.

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Reader Comments

Posted by pf @ 22:48 on Jun 30 2005

See Trevor Kirk's review of River's first album, Praise Him in the Streets, and my comments there. This album has River's most outstanding song (IMO) You are There. A different version, sung by Sue Rivers Mack (formerly Sue McClellan of Parchment) can be found on the band's web sites. Cross Rhythms should pick up on last year's releases Shadow and Flame and River Live!, which brings the Parchment story almost full circle, mixing Lennon and McCartney material with brilliant new River songs. To buy River's stuff involves email, postage stamps and cheques! Definitely collectors' material.



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