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The main focus of this 15 song best of is two of his three pop albums from the last decade. I don't mind in the least since I'll Lead You Home and Live the Life are two of my favorite Smith CD's. Beside the title tracks, you get "Missing Person," "Cry for Love," "Never Been Unloved," "Love Me Good," a remix of "Breakdown," and "Straight to the Heart." This is Your Time is only represented by the title track, the only track from the CD to do well at radio. His two Worship CD's contribute the live version of "Above All" and "You are Holy (Prince of Peace)," while we also get to enjoy "Freedom," the title track from his instrumental release. Rounding out the 15 song set are two new releases, the current mega hit "Signs" and "Raging Sea," and the all star recording of his classic song "Friends."
While the last 10 years haven't produced many CD's from Michael, they have been topnotch, and that is reflected in this great new collection. Here's to a third decade as great as the first two have been.
First, the good stuff. As he did for the 1993 First Decade CD, MWS adds a couple of new studio tracks, plus a new arrangement of Friends, that are first rate. Since MWS hasn't produced an originally written and produced vocal CD since 1999, these songs were refreshing and possibly a hint as to what's up next. My small problem with this compilation is the other stuff put on it. From 1992 through 1998, MWS produced only 1 CD -- I'll Lead You Home. Since then, in the same time frame, he's done 6 projects before this. Perhaps due to it being that long ago, he puts 4 of the Lead You Home tracks (one remixed) on here. That's fine, but considering his best work (or at least one of his two best) "This is Your Time" only has one entry -- the title cut, I think two from Lead You Home and three from Time would have been better. In addition, while "Cry For Love" is a great song, the rest from the Lead you Home CD aren't even the best ones on there.
OK, enough complaining. For those of you getting started with Christian music, this is a great place to start. There's no indication that MWS is anything but what his image projects: a man that stands behind the message he sings about. For 20 years, this guy has produced some incredible music (including for others) and while other artists that came before and after have drifted away for one reason or another, MWS still produces and sells. I'm not a big fan of where so-called contemporary Christian music has gone. I'm not buying much new of this music, but I'll never pass up a MWS CD.
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