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  Blur
Artist: Rachel Lampe
Label: Word
Length: 10 tracks

With solid production, and tight Christina Aguilera-like vocals, this album started with amazing promise.  The first three songs were amazing, so much so, that a listener would want to keep hitting the back button on their player.  

"Free," "Savior Song," and "Brand New Life" could have held the attention of an EP; unfortunately this was an LP project.  

The record label had all of the ingredients for a good album, good production, excellent engineers, and solid vocals.  They were just lacking one thing...good songs.  
This release is a mixed bag when it comes to songs.  About 4 songs are really amazing with the rest being kind of so so.

Though the label was probably in a bind to get some fresh Lampa music out, they should have waited until there were three albums to draw from, instead of the two.    
The disc has four solid songs on it, and in reality, it should please anyone in a junior high youth group or even early high school.  The unfortunate scenario is found when kids grow up and realize that only a fraction of their CD is worthy of being played for their friends.

There is a good side, however.  The new production greatly exceeds the original CD's production.  It's a shame that it takes a remix song to get a good mix, but if that's what it takes, what are you going to do.

Her classic "Live For you" still reigns as the best ballad on the CD.

John Wehrle 2/3/2003 
 
 
 

 

   
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