Songs from the Loft

Description

Songs from the Loft is a multi-artist compilation album released on Reunion Records in 1993, manufactured and distributed by Word. The album was produced by Gary Chapman and Jim Dineen.

Amy Grant, Michael W Smith, Susan Ashton, Kim Hill, Wes King, etc, etc. A batch of contemporary Christian music’s biggest names gather around the biggest of all, Mrs Grant-Chapman, to sing simple songs of praise and worship. The Loft in question is of course Amy’s at her Tennessee farm home, now transformed once a year into a meeting house where several hundred people aged 13-22 are presented with the gospel in a way they can relate to. A bootleg made by a blessed teenager convinced Amy that these songs, all composed or co-composed by the pop star, needed to be recorded while this studio tape, originally cut to pass on to The Loft’s young people now finds itself with worldwide distribution. And delightful it is too. The production is low key and low tech, the choruses have fluid unison but little unnecessary harmony and the lead vocals, not unexpectedly, are excellent. I loved Wes King’s romping «Joy!» and the Ashley Cleveland/Gary Chapman duet «Where Do I Go» while the simple, lilting «We Believe In God» shows Amy’s voice has lost none of its poignancy. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, December 1993

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CD tracklist:

01. Michael W. Smith – What We’ve Come Here For – 2:29
02. Donna McElroy – I Got The Want To – 2:42
03. Susan Ashton – Seek First – 2:26
04. Wes King – Joy! – 3:02
05. Ashley Cleveland & Gary Chapman – Where Do I Go – 3:21
06. Amy Delaine – Salt And Light – 2:14
07. Kim Hill – How Do You Know – 1:47
08. Michael James – We Come To Praise – 4:11
09. Amy Grant – We Believe In God – 3:42
10. Gary Chapman – Hope Set High – 3:24
11. Amy Grant – Hey Now – 4:22

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