1. For The Sake Of The Call
2. El Shaddai
3. People Get Ready
4. God Is In Control
5. Basics Of Life
6. Another Time, Another Place
7. The Reason We Sing
8. Praise The Lord
9. People Need The Lord
10. Friend Of A Wounded Heart
11. Solid As A Rock
12. Thy Word
13. Addictive Love
14. Testify To Love
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Record Label Sparrow
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Dimensions: Length: 5.55" Width: 4.97" Height: 0.54" Weight: 0.2 lbs.
PublisherCHORDANT ACNT# 3707 ISBN 001238996X EAN 0094639242924 UPC 094639242924
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I love this disc...I knew most of the songs from the originals, but I love the way Avalon has redone them! Just like their Hymns album...I love their style. I highly recommend it
Amazing Spirit filled cd that will take you into His presence Aug 20, 2009
If you want a CD that will take you right into the heart of worship, this is it. Every single song on the album is filled with the heart of worship. They've got a great sound and great lyrics. Whenever I'm having a bad day I put this cd on and I can just feel the Peace of God washing over me and all of a sudden all my "troubles" seem so small in minuscule. I would definitely recommend this cd to anyone that wants to be ushered into His presence.
Not exactly what I was expecting Jul 21, 2009
This album was not much more than noise. The singing is a little too strong at times and the background sounds like rock music, which to me is not pleasing to listen to. I actually liked a few of the songs from the Creed and from Stand, but I didn't really care for any of the songs from this album because they were so over produced.
Classic Avalon Apr 16, 2009
Avalon is one of my favorite contemporary Christian groups. Avalon has a very distinct and recognizable sound to all of their cd's and this one is no exception. It has some old songs mixed in with some new one's also and will be a great addition to your collection of Christian music.
Another time, another album, please Sep 30, 2008
Oh, Avalon, what happened?
I have purchased every Avalon album since the debut album - save for "Maze of Grace," which wasn't available in my country, and owning a copy now seems superfluous - and loved most of them, above all "Oxygen," my favorite Contemporary Christian album of all time. I would've defended Avalon to the teeth, including this release, were it not for the sheer fact that this album bored me to tears.
As timeless Christian classics go, I've only heard of three songs on "Another Time, Another Place," so I listen to the rest of it tabula rasa. I was truly looking forward to "Place in This World," the song that opened my eyes to Christianity. To my surprise, Greg, Janna, Jody, and Melissa swap verses and choruses, which jars the melodic flow, IMHO (male sings verse, female sings chorus? Why not just sing straight into it, or make PITW a full male-sung song?) I was expecting blow-me-away harmonies and instrumentation, and didn't get it, which was a let-down.
As another this site reviewer notes, the electronic beats on "El Shaddai" are indeed disconcerting and distracting. For me, the greatest disservice was done to "Testify To Love." Michael Passons has set a bar so high up that one honestly cannot expect Greg Long to match. Jody tries gamely to fill in the gap, but the exquisite vocal harmonies that characterized the classic TtL are not present here (a solo female voice on "for as along as I shall live, I'll testify, testify, all my life I'll testify..."? That section screams for sing-along harmonies! The TtL version on "Testify to Love" greatest hits compilation featuring the Katinas was a million miles better!). The end result is a half-baked concoction that does not match the exuberance, joy, and power of the original. It breaks my heart that Avalon cannot meet the standards it has set for itself with this revival of their own hit.
(As an aside, I respectfully disagree with one reviewer on "Stand." I think "Stand" stands to be one of Avalon's more noteworthy albums precisely because it signified their intention to try something new. If "Another Time, Another Place" is supposed to be a return-to-form of sorts, I'd much rather prefer the rockier Avalon. What is "new" with this album? Another set of revivals? As if "Faith" didn't already do that.)
Thankfully, there are a few shining gems on this album, most courtesy of ever-brilliant Jody McBrayer. His beautiful voice shines brightest on "El Shaddai" (which makes it all the more annoying that the phony electronica beats water down the simple gorgeousness of this song!). Melissa and Janna rip the roof off on "God is In Control." "People Need the Lord," "Solid As the Rock," and "Friend of a Wounded Heart" are also worth mentioning due to the exquisite vocal work present here.
As another aside, Shaun Shankel, album producer, did a spectacular job on Mandisa's "True Beauty." This album, not so much. We know he is capable of magic, and I think he can still pull it off, if Sparrow gets him for Avalon's next project.
I am used to the high standards that Avalon has set for itself. "Love Won't Leave You" was Avalon's last Top 20 CCM hit; since then, it's been tough pickings on any CCM chart. I wouldn't say CCM radio, AC or Inspo, has outgrown the group; I would say that the material has been largely substandard. This album is so sub-standard that the record label would not even give me PHOTOS with my CD booklet! I buy an Avalon album and I don't get a single photo of the group?? COME ON!
Get these guys back in the studio, hook them up with some current songwriters whose sound matches the sound the group really wants to achieve - you want rock, go to Mac Powell, Lincoln Brewster or Jeremy Camp, you want updated Europop, talk to Peter Furler, or go experiment with Southern gospel like you did with "I'll Fly Away" and come up with something amazing with David Mullen at the helm, or make a live worship album, since it seems to be the last territory of CCM the group hasn't delved into yet - and make an album that will make people sit up and take notice.
I don't expect to get good reviews with this review. It's the first negative review I've ever written, and it pains me immensely to write it. I only hope that the passion with which I love Avalon will lead other fans to forgive me for what I wrote, and know that I join them in eagerly awaiting the next studio album, which I pray will be THE album that will make me proud to be an Avalonian.
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