delirious? - Touch
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Artist: delirious?Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition
CD Release Date: 2002-11-26
Music Label: Sparrow
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Touch
- Love Is The Compass
- Fire
- Alien
- Angel In Disguise
- Rollercoaster
- Show Me Heaven
- Take Me Away
- Waiting For The Summer
- Stealing Time
- Deeper
- My Glorious
- Did You Feel The Mountains Tremble
- What A Friend I've Found
- I Could Sing of Your Love Forever
- There Is A Light
Free Music Notes for Touch
Free Music Review: one for the loyalists
Hit: 4 Stars
Delirious? sprang on the scene as a new-born Great Band. They were a breath of fresh air for Christian listeners, not least because they seemed as surprised by their fame as we did.
TOUCH is not a great cd. It's a very, very good album produced by a band whose sound we've grown accustomed to. Maybe a little too accustomed.
But not too much. 'Angel in Disguise' sings like a very fine love song:
'Wake me up, shake me up
Break me up
Then put me back together
Take my crown. Let me drown
Bring me round
Then stay with me forever
I've never known love like this
Maybe you're an angel in disguise
Call my name
Somebody take me away
Rescue me completely
No more shame
Somebody take it away
Rescue me
Wake me up, take me up
Feel the heat
It's closer now than ever
Secrets hide in the sand
Take these bones
And put me back together
Oh, oh, you're killing me with just one kiss
Maybe I'm an angel in your eyes
If this is a man discovering faithful love to one woman, it's a love song almost on the level of some of Sting's best writing. Then again, it may be a song about divine love. Then it's not so compelling. That's the trouble with 'crossover' albums. You can never tell for sure.
Still, track 8's 'Take Me Away' seems to encourage the man-woman love song intepretation, for it's unambiguously just that and demonstrates that the band has this genre in its repertoire. In fact, this one is worthy of alignment with the biblical 'Song of Solomon':
I'm in love with a girl.
Everybody seems to know.
I'll sing it loud.
Sing it cos' I'm feeling proud of
Love. Oh yeah this is love.
You take me away to another place.
You show me a way to a higher grace.
You take me away to another place.
I'm seeing it all with a happy face.
She can walk on the waves,
Crashing through my own desire.
Swing and sway.
Dance until my demons fly away.
This is love. This love.
The sheer boy-ish exuberance of this tune fails to hide entirely the redemptive splash of the last verse. Something important is under recovery and Delirioius? wants to *sing* about it.
So why the ambivalent tone of my review? I think it comes down to this: you have to *work* at this album to squeeze the juice out of it. You've got to pay attention. That's hardly a fault, just a warning that what sometimes falls flat as casual listening is a diamond in the rough for those who know how to polish.
Touch Poster
Leaders of the modern transatlantic worship movement, Delirious seem to reinvent themselves with each release. The worship-oriented Glo captured fans and critics alike in 2000 with its earnest appeal of today's rock for tomorrow's church. With Touch, Delirious step ahead into uncharted musical territory with a release of depth and passion. But what other ground is there for true pioneers like Delirious? From the charismatic title track to the melancholy closing of "Stealing Time," the band continues its honest exploration of faith, hope, and love. In between, Delirious range from Pink Floyd-like rock ("Fire") to art rock ("Rollercoaster") to pure melodious pop ("Take Me Away"). Producer Chuck Zwicky promotes an almost live feel, keying off the band's energy while casing it in an organic wrapper. When you're truly one of a kind, the artistic danger is always self-plagiarism. While Delirious dance close around the edges of this chasm, they never quite fall in, leaving you with that familiar, gnawing feeling that you've heard it before--somewhere. Perhaps that is the brilliance that defines the band and keeps these UK lads churning out music of majesty. --Michael LyttleChristian & Gospel Music CDs
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