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23 years after the fact and for the first time ever on CD, out of Grant's Pass, Oregon, comes Servant's Caught in the Act of Loving You.

Initially released in 1983 on Servant's Rooftop Records, CITAOLH was the album that put the band on the map. Great music, innovative marketing and endless touring brought this album to the masses.

Musically, it is a giant step forward in sound and songwriting for the band. The project is loaded with energy, wit, and variety that was occasionally missing in the group's previous releases. Clean guitars and keys alongside catchy melodies prepared the way for the band's forthcoming major label releases, Light Maneuvers and Swimming in a Human Ocean.

The band saw more to the sweetness (check the bass line in "Fall Out") on the production side of things. Where there are moments when the band is unleashed, there is a controlled passion and urgency here.

But none of these ingredients would matter if the songs weren't here. Servant had learned many songwriting lessons from the past ten years together. Matt Spransy and Bruce Wright teamed to create very good songs--even a couple of classics, for my money. "Holding On To You," "Can't Go Back" and "Fall Out" are very memorable. If Christian music had a sense of history, these would be, without a doubt, on an "oldies" playlist.

Along with the sharpness of the music, the band launched the Great American Album Give Away Tour. The idea was to give every ticket holder a free LP and if you owned the LP, you got a free concert ticket. Unbelievably, over 100,000 albums were given away during the tour.

The band would soon be signed to Myrhh Records, being produced by Bob Rock.

Bob Felberg  January 29, 2007