dc Talk - Jesus Freak
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Free Music Review: It's a messy mix of grunge, pop, and a dash of rap that ultimately works
Hit: 3 Stars
CCM Magazine rated this as one of the Top 100 Christian Albums Ever in a book they released. (#14 if you're scoring at home). It's nicknamed the "grunge" album and while there are clearly hints of the influence of Nirvana et al. here and there, it's more as accent: DC is still a pop group first and foremost. This also marks the first time that rapper Toby McKeehan tried his hand at vocals. There are some wretched missteps here that keep this from being a spotless release, but it probably is their finest effort overall at trying to reach out to a mainstream audience while hanging onto their Christian base. They were able to get a minor Top 40 hit with "Between You and me". (Though it's not one of the better songs here in all honesty...)
HIGHLIGHTS:
Crusty guitar blasts lead off "So Help Me God" announcing instantly that DCT's members had been listening to stuff other than hip-hop. The title track overcomes its often goofy lyrics ("I saw a man with tattoo on his big fat belly/It wiggled around like marmalade jelly..") thanks to a snappy guitar riff that propels it (though the guy who compared it to the second coming of Hendrix is seriously smoking something), use of "quiet/loud" grunge dynamics, and its singalong "What will people think/when they hear that I'm a Jesus freak?" hook. "What If I Stumble?" ponders the impact the group has on its audience of mostly teens and its emerging status as one face of Christian rock to those outside the Church. ("What if I stumble?/What if I fall?/What if I lose my step and I make fools of us all?") "What Have We Become?" questions individual believers presentations of Jesus to the world at large. ("A preacher shuns his brother/Cause his bride's a different color/And this is not acceptable/His papa taught him so..")
LOWS:
"Day by Day" is an attempt to update the Godspell tune for the modern age, but hearing someone sing "Thee" against rock guitar just sounds quaint at best. It's definitely not the bold move into relevancy I'm sure they wanted. Skits "Mrs. Morgan" [the elderly next door neighbor complaining about the noise from the drummer's practicing] and "Jesus Freak (Reprise)" [a mock operatic version of the title tune] fare about as well as most skits do. You might get a brief chuckle at first or second hearing but they quickly become automatic skip button activators.
BOTTOM LINE:
While I'm not so sure I'd rank it among the Top 100 contemporary Christian releases ever made, it probably is the 2nd finest effort by the band.
3 1/2 stars
Free Music Review: Absolutely Sublime
Hit: 5 Stars
Many years ago as a teenager I owned this CD and some time ago I lost it. I remember it being a pretty good by memory but didn't exactly have a good idea of all the music on it. However, after recently repurchasing it I realized just how amazing this CD is from top to bottom. Lyrics that many of us can relate to as humans it speaks to the heart. It has given me a new inspiration for life. The vocals are some of the best I have ever heard. With one song not even on the same wavelength as another each has its own characteristic powerful tone and variance. This CD will be a timeless classic I suspect and in its own right already is being over a decade old and still very popular. I would challenge a person who doesn't listen to Christian music to give this CD a chance and don't look at it as something that is trying to change you but just astonishingly true words and see if they have the same affect on you as they did on me. Free Music Review: Response to J. Moore
Hit: 5 Stars
Most Christians upon reading your review will either ignore it, or be saddened by it. I, however, will respond. If you had listened to the lyrics of "Jesus Freak" you would not have found any references to judging atheists. To explain a little bit about Christianity, we aren't out to persecute atheists, we are trying to help save them. To help them find Jesus, which isn't our desire, but our Lord's. That is all He asks of us, to help others find Him and for us to have faith. We do as the bible tells us to by faith. I will pray for you, in hopes that you will find his unfailing love for yourself, you do deserve it, we all do. Free Music Review: If you haven't heard this CD, where have you been?
Hit: 5 Stars
It is 2006 and this Cd has been out for over ten years, yet the songs on "Jesus Freak" are still influencing contemporary and alternative christian music today, but this CD is more than a piece of history. It is by far one of the best Christian music CDs of all time. I would say this is a must have for any christian music collection. DC talk rocks and it will probably take more than another 10 years for someone to top the universal appeal of this CD. It is just that good.Free Music Review: Wonderful
Hit: 5 Stars
This is an awsome album that both speaks of living our Faith in Jesus Christ and sharing our Faith. Mt two favirote songs Jesus Freak and Between you and me. Keep Jesus first