Dave's Top Eight

1. Jerry Reed...Revisited by Darrell Toney (reviewed 6/07) (5 Stars)
2. Sounds Like Sunday by Janet Paschal (reviewed 5/07) (5 Stars)
3. True To The Call by Kingdom Heirs (reviewed 3/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
4. Revival by Gold City (reviewed 10/06) (4 1/2 Stars)
5. Get Away Jordan by Ernie Haase & Signature Sound (reviewed 2/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
6. Breakin' Chains by Three Bridges (reviewed 5/07) (4 1/2 Stars)
7. Big Sky by The Isaacs (reviewed 4/07)
8. Skywriting by Mercy's Well (reviewed 7/07)

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November 3, 2005

Dave's Picks

In the past six weeks, I've listened to a number of new recordings. I listen to many of these recordings while I'm at work using Musicmatch software. I load a couple hundred songs and hit "Shuffle." It's like having my own private radio station with all the songs I've chosen coming up at random.

The ordered list below is based purely on my personal preference, not production quality, creativity, CD packaging, songwriting, or any of the other elements I'd consider if writing a review. Just gut reactions.

1. Triumphant Quartet/Triumphant Quartet - Ironically, the first single is my least favorite song on the CD. "One Holy Morning" and "Hey Jonah" are my first picks.

2. Dove Brothers/Anything But Ordinary, Everything But Typical - "It's Waiting For Me" is a tremendous track.

3. Mark Trammell Trio/This Time - I'm disappointed to hear Joseph Smith is leaving the group, but I was so glad to see this group make a great studio CD while the original lineup was still intact.

4. The Booth Brothers/The Blind Man Saw It All - "Living For The Moment" is a fun song.

5. The Perrys/Remembering The Happy Goodmans - I wish this CD was more original rathering than mimicking the Happy Goodmans, but it's still one of my favorite recent releases on the market.

6. Ernie Haase and Signature Sound Quartet/Ernie Haase and Signature Sound Quartet - Solid stuff.

7. Kingdom Heirs/Give Me The Mountain - Arthur Rice is the best lead singer in the business and he gets a number of features on this recording.

8. The Melody Masters Quartet/Big Change - Part of why I like this group is because they are friends of mine, but a big part of why I like this CD is because it's a great collection of songs.

9. Lynda Randle/Christmas - What isn't obvious about this CD is the fact that Randle's brother Michael Tait sings with her on a number of songs. It really should have been marketed as a duet project.

10. The Ruppes/Sweet Forever

11. David Phelps/Life Is A Church

12. Lauren Talley/I Live

13. Brian Free and Assurance/Christmas with Brian Free and Assurance - Even though this is a solid recording and well produced, there's not one cut on it that makes me want to hear this group's version over some other group's version. They do cover a couple of 4Him seasonal songs, but the style is similar. How about a new song or two next time, guys? I'll never understand why so many groups are content to make Christmas recordings that sound just like everyone else's.

14. Bill Gaither/Bill Gaither - My shortest CD review ever: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :o)

posted by David Bruce Murray @ 10:21:00 AM


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