100 Million Eyeballs
Gosh, Miss Angie is cute. At twenty-one, she has star
quality, there are two of them pasted to her
cheeks. She still likes her stuffed animals so much,
she lugged an armload to the recording studio. She also brought
four members of Johnny Q. Public and David Zaffiro (formerly
of Bloodgood), and somehow managed to transcend
"cute" to achieve "smokin'." "Satisfied" and "Lift My Eyes" establish the
tone of this modern rock album with big guitars, quick, heavy beats, and
Miss Angie's warm, yet still girlish, voice. The eleven songs are all strong.
The cover tune, "100 Million Eyeballs," ventures closest to the too-cute
cliff, but never slides over. As a tribute
to the Jesus Movement legacy her parents instilled, her
premiere release ends with a cover of Second Chapter of Acts's "Which Way
the Wind Blows." I'm sure her ties to Johnny Q. Public were helpful
in getting signed with Myrrh, but Miss Angie can hold her own. No cute
trick! -- Linda Stonehocker
"Little girls are made out of sugar and spice and everything nice"
is the impression one gets from this album's cover and promotional material.
Miss Angie has a pink Bible. The free enclosed Miss Angie stickers
did little to allay my fears that this is not my kind of album. The first
tune shot that impression to pieces. There are guitars and they aren't
acoustic. This is definitely a modern rock album. Miss Angie rawks! "Lift
My Eyes" reminds me a lot of Fleming McWilliams, of Fleming and John. "100
Million Eyeballs" has a very light, playful feel. The lyrics are praise
oriented, but Miss Angie's vocals and the heavy guitars lift them out of
the ordinary realm of the usual CCM stuff. While the project is aimed
at church kids, the heavy guitars tell me that this will appeal to a much
wider audience. -- Shari Lloyd
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