Robbie Seay Band - Miracle
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Miracle
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Album
Released:
23 Mar 2010 (US), 07 Jun 2010 (UK)
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I am pleased to report that my non-subtle hint in the Meredith Andrews review worked and I was given the new Robbie Seay Band album to review. What I learned however, was that I should be happy with what I am given!
The album kicks in with an almost live sound to the guitars and leads into an arrangement were the guitars and vocals seem to compete against each other. Needless to say, with fairly rocky guitars the vocals lose the competition.
The next few tracks seem to melt into each other as there are too many similarities to...
Read More I am pleased to report that my non-subtle hint in the Meredith Andrews review worked and I was given the new Robbie Seay Band album to review. What I learned however, was that I should be happy with what I am given!
The album kicks in with an almost live sound to the guitars and leads into an arrangement were the guitars and vocals seem to compete against each other. Needless to say, with fairly rocky guitars the vocals lose the competition.
The next few tracks seem to melt into each other as there are too many similarities to really make them stand apart. Don’t get me wrong, they are all good tracks, just too similar for much else to stand out.
Title track Miracle was one of the first to get my attention for the nice little country tinged guitar riff and nice lyrics. Your Love Is Strong carries the positives on with a somewhat familiar sounding intro leading into some really nice arrangements in the verses and Let Our Faith Be Not Alone completes a great trio with beautiful harmonies in the chorus. It’s a shame that the second chorus drowns the harmonies out with, seemingly unnecessary, gang vocals but a good song just the same.
Then we are into We Are Not Alone. Now, maybe it’s because both songs are dominated by the word Alone but this really just felt like a continuation of the previous song. In fact, I actually had to check that Spotify hadn’t somehow managed to skip back to Let Our Faith Be Not Alone at one point.
The album then came to a turning point for me. Long Way Home has a beautiful atmospheric sound to it which is coupled with some really passionate vocals. The duet with Breanne Duran, Lament has another great vocal arrangement which carries onto last track, Oh, Love That Will Not Let Me Go featuring Audrey Assad.
Now, as I was on Spotify so I was listening for free, I took the upgrade to the Delux edition which comes with extra tracks. I’m a sucker for acoustic numbers, so Song Of Hope was a pretty great addition for me and Tasting Forgiveness, although not acoustic still has the acoustic vibe to it so it was another winner.
On the whole, a disappointing album in it’s lack of creativity but there are some great moments here which may well just make it worth a listen.
Review by Suzanne Physick
LTTM Rating 3 out of 5 Stars
Stand Out Tracks
Long Way Home
Lament
Song Of Hope
