Catholic Blog Review: "Spoken For" by MercyMe

Album: Spoken For
Artist: MercyMe
Rating: Great and Worth Many Listenings!
Written by: SH

A very kind friend purchased this album for me a few months ago, and I cannot seem to get it out of my CD player. The album is a few years old already, but maybe that's why it seems to have such a fresh sound. Lately, much of the music in the Christian Contemporary has been imitating more secular pop music. This means a lot of digital voice-overs and boy band style singing. This album, however, has just the right mix of good harmony, solid orchestration and, what is so important for a good album—timing. Some of the songs on the album, including the title track, and "Word of God Speak" were big hits for the band.

MercyMe avoids many of the pitfalls of the Contemporary Christian genre. Instead of being "bubble-gum music," or presenting a body of lyrics that is just Christian-like fluff, the band puts together a good message. The message is that the source of grace is God—not us. The band shows great musical sense in their blending of tracks. The album really feels like a concrete whole, and even though many tracks are good by themselves, this is one of those albums that really bears listening to from start to finish over and over.

In addition to this great album by MercyMe, it is worth mentioning a new online service for music that is completely free. http://www.radioblogclub.com is like a jukebox for your PC and requires no downloads and gives no popups. Just click the link and search for your favorite music then click on the title. The music library is not huge, but is has a great collection of Christian music. It is definitely worth a visit!

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