Michael W Smith - Freedom

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Free Music Review: Michael at his best: as composer
Hit: 5 Stars

This album showcases Michael's creative talents for composing original music. The interweaving of mostly classical instruments with a few contemporary sounds is a perfect blend and demonstrates that Michael W Smith has a mastery over classical as well as contemporary sounds. You need to listen to it in one sitting, eyes closed, just enjoying the development and intensity of the music. As the music develops and builds up, it has the potential to bring tears to your eyes with its power and passion. Only great music can do that!

Weaknesses? Perhaps a few tiny ones. The music of "Thy Word" in one of the tracks is already familiar, and it would have been nice to have seen an album with entirely fresh music. And the electric guitar in the finale clashes somewhat with the overall "classical" tone of the entire album - I did not quite enjoy it as a fitting and climactic ending. I would also like to have seen more in the liner notes explaining the theme of "freedom", and the significance of the various pieces - understanding the message and picture that Michael had in mind with this composition would only enhance listener enjoyment.

But these aside, this is a superb album. The fact that there are no vocals in this album is not a weakness, it's a strength. Not that I dislike Michael's voice. But this brings out his real strength: Michael's music - and gives it the attention and spotlight it deserves. In my mind, only one of Michael's previous albums rivals "Freedom" for musical quality: "Christmas". "Christmas" is short, but the development and musical qualities of it are equally superb. I sincerely hope that "Freedom" will not be the last album we see from Michael W Smith that showcases his abilities to compose creative and delightful music. In fact, I sincerely hope he will continue to develop his musical gifts in this direction. If you don't yet have it, get "Freedom"! Make no mistake - this is one of the few contemporary Christian albums displaying an outstanding musical talent rarely seen today.

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