Daniel Amos - BibleLand
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Artist: Daniel AmosEdition: Music CD
Music Label: Word
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Music Review: Is it worth $50 or more?
Rating: 4 Stars
Always the real question when you get into some of these older and now out-of-print CDs by Christian rockers. Daniel Amos has been doing their thing musically since 1976, morphing from Eagles-ish country rockers along the way through new wave and into a more straightahead "alt-rock" sound by this album. The less produced rawer sound of this one may have been a reaction to the psychedelia tribute of MOTORCYCLE (the album before this one).
HIGHLIGHTS:
The lowkey Byrdsy jangle of "Broken Ladders to Glory" is Terry Taylor's tribute to going the distance in the Christian walk but without offering pat answers to the questioning and occasional doubts that accompany life. ("You're my ravaged nun/I'm your greasy priest/Playing taps upon a battered toy trumpet/'til the lock's released"). The title track is a sarcastic swipe at the tendency of Christians to want to create a "Christianized" copy of mainstream things. In this case, it's a Bible-themed amusement park. ("Noah's arcade and an upper room/Canoes cross the Jordan, there's an empty tomb/and 3 shows daily starring Debby Boone").On the opposite end of the spectrum is garage rocker "Low Crawls and High Times" which rides a churning riff as Taylor calls out for "Love and understanding/right now/Every freak demanding/right now". "Constance of the Universe" is one of the more impenetrable lyrics here (obviously it's a play on "constants" of the universe but I can't quite wrap my head around Taylor's ultimate point here) but it's very clever wordplay. ("See that soul/give him the Word/See that jerk/gotta give him the 'bird'") "I'll Get Over It" is a gentle acknowledgement that the hard times of life can eventually be understood. ("I'm re-thinking/What I've come to doubt/It's a new game/You've turned it inside out")
LOWS:
"The Bubble Bursts" is moderately catchy but its theme (we're just human beings,too, don't place us on spiritual pedestals) has been done to death and it's not one of their more finely crafted lyrics.
BOTTOM LINE:
No, I don't think it's worth fifty clams but if you can locate it for twenty semolians or less (as I did) it's worth that. If you're just getting started with the band, get the anthology OUR PERSONAL FAVORITE WORLD FAMOUS HITS first (to get a wide sampling of the band's sound), then move on to SHOTGUN ANGEL (if you like the Eagles) or HORRENDOUS DISC or MOTORCYCLE (their rock side) next.
3 1/2 stars
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