Excellent Worship Album! - I m so glad Hillsong United recorded a studio album and this album is such a perfect combination of upbeat and reflective songs, they are great in any format. Brooke Fraser s vocals on Hosanna and Lead Me To The Cross are extremely worshipful and captivating at the same time and Solution, Point of Difference and Saviour King just round out an excellent worship album!
Excellent, just not your typical Hillsong United - I ve had this album for about 6 months and finally decided to write a review. It has grown on me over time, and it is truly an excellent album in its own right, but it is quite different (as a studio album) compared to all the rest. The production values are excellent, but you don t get the same big praising church atmosphere, instead, you feel a closer connection to the band itself. This can be a good thing when you have a band that is so talented in writing real, substantive lyrics that praise the Lord combined with great riffs, choruses and bridges. My favorite tracks on this album are Desperate People (3), Devotion (4), Lead Me to the Cross (6), Hosanna (8), Solution (10), My Future Decided (11), and Saviour King (14). Hosanna and Saviour King are definitely the most famous tracks from this album, they are truly God s work spoken through His hands and feet. I can personally credit an experience with God, where I just broke down and cried on my knees, while listening to Saviour King, what a powerful song. Lead Me to the Cross is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated songs ever written by Hillsong United. It is truly outstanding for its pure sound and simple, yet essential lyrics. May God bless you as you worship Him, our King!
Hillsong United does it again! - I ve heard that this album is less than satisfying because it is not a live recording. All I can say to that is it s far from the truth. The Hillsong United don t lose their touch and they pull it off again...creating an authentic and brilliant set of worship anthems that are already being sung around the globe. Hosanna, Devotion, Point of Difference, and Saviour King are at the top of my list.
Very impressed... - I am very impressed with my first Hillsong United CD. I have stayed away from these in the past because I do not like live CD s (DVD s yes, but not CD s). But after hearing that they were putting out a studio album, I thought I would check it out. This isn t a blow-you-away album, but it does offer a lot of standout tracks and very passionate lyrics. I loved the song Lead Me To The Cross sung by Brooke Fraser. She has a really cool sounding voice and it fit perfectly with this song. The first four songs are very solid as well and the rest of the songs are good. I think that this is a group/church that is very relevant with their music. My only complaint of this CD, though, was the sinner s prayer that they had in the booklet to become a Christian. I do not find that very biblical at all, although that has become all the rage in the last hundred years. It seems like Christianity is straying away from the plan of salvation: Believe, Repent, Confess, Be Baptized, Live Faithfully. But looking past that, the songs are really good.
Distorted Sound! - This is the second disc we ve gotten in the United set - and this one, like the last, every song is distorted. I m not talking about the guitar distortion. The master or copy or whatever was over driven and the audio as a whole is badly distorted, so much so that you can t listen to the songs at all.