Kutless - It Is Well: A Worship Album
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Free Music Review: Not Spectacular But A Solid Release
Hit: 4 Stars
It's hard to go wrong with Kutless. The only album I really didnt like was Hearts of the Innocent. These guys bring it on all their albums and this one is no different. Its solid. The only problems I had was the first half wasn't as good as the second half. In my oppinion the second half really overshines the first half. Maybe because the first half is slower than the second half. Also sadly I didnt like the remake of It Is Well. Its my favorite hymn but their version had too much going on so I really couldnt feel it. I'm not anti-remake, I've heard a lot of good remakes of it. Although I'm not a big fan of the other songs they covered on this album, I thought their take made them better and more enjoyable. As for the bands original songs on this album I thought they were top notch either musically or lyically with most of them combining both. In conlusion, I hope Kutless keeps to the current line up they've been doing on their cds with the 2 rock albums then a worship album. Its awesome hearing my favorite bands singing the songs i sing and have loved for so long.Free Music Review: Pretty Good
Hit: 4 Stars
I had very high hopes for this album. As Kutless had such an amazing effort in its previous worship CD, 'Strong Tower', I was hopeful that this would be as outstanding. Unfortunately, that is not the case.
That is not to say that this is not very good. It is certainly that. The problem is that the band set such a high standard with the previously mentioned CD, that it would be hard for almost anything to compare.
There are some very strong tracks on this. I particularly love the remakes of the old well known hymn, 'It Is Well' and 'Give Us Clean Hands'. Two other top notch songs are 'Amazed' and 'What Faith Can Do'.
This is certainly worth getting. My only advice is that if you do not already own 'Strong Tower', get that one too, as it is a 'must have'.
Free Music Review: Worthy Follow-up to Strong Tower
Hit: 4 Stars
Kutless is back to worship with It Is Well, following up on their previous worship album, the excellent Strong Tower. While this CD hasn't yet grown on me the way Strong Tower did, there are several songs here that will become favorites including What Faith Can Do, and covers of God of Wonders and Keith Green's powerful Redeemer. This is a very good album that could introduce people to Kutless who wouldn't normally ever listen to their normal rock.Free Music Review: Best praise cd in my book
Hit: 4 Stars
Christian rock is my best #1 listened to genre, but I usually cannot get into praise albums outside of Audio Adrenaline songs. This cd is an exception.Free Music Review: Solid, but not outstanding
Hit: 3 Stars
I listened with eager anticipation when a friend lent me this CD - could it possibly be the holy grail: true hard rock, true hymns? Alas, the disappointment set in from the first track. It's not that it sounds bad, or that Kutless didn't do a good job. It's simply that the album was not nearly so unique as the liner notes suggested.
Probably the best covers on the album are "Hungry" and "Give us clean hands" - these songs can get a bit tedious when sung in corporate worship if they are not led by skilled musicians and worship leaders, and Kutless succeed in making them very singable whilst keeping the tempo up. The originals on the album are solid tracks. However, the more familiar tracks (especially "It is well with my soul" and "God of wonders") have some rather perplexing chord progressions that remove colour from the accompaniment, and make it much harder to sing along.
Overall, i found "It is well" listenable but not remarkable, solid but not brilliant, fresh but not unique. If you want singable alternative rock/pop versions of classic hymns, try Hymns Ancient and Modern instead.