God Unlimited – Ride High the Wind

Description

Ride High the Wind is an album by the American folk-rock group God Unlimited (actually credited “Tom Belt and the God Unlimited Singers”), self-released on their own label GU in 1974. The album was recorded by Jack Miller at Audio Recorders in Phoenix, Arizona. All songs written by Tom Belt except “Will You Stay?” written by Ken Medema and “I Don’t Know How To Love Him”, the Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber penned musical classic.

Back in the peppy folkrock mode, their sixth LP has a lot of what make the early albums so good. For one they’ve tossed in a couple of hardrockers (smile), proving they’ve still got what it takes. The centerpiece would have to be their powerful remake of the lengthy «Ride On», where loud electric leads and a ripping bass solo meet up against intense percussion. Folkrock moods range from the brisk upbeat «The Christed Life» to the driving electric «You Are Free» to the dreamy minor-key title track. Opportune use of phasing and wah-wah in spots. Some of the ballads (which I’ve always considered to be their forte) seem truer to the old form as well, particulary their update on «God Unlimited». Works in covers of «I Don’t Know How To Love Him» and Ken Medema’s «Will You Stay?» There’s some spoken dialogue between the songs – rather lengthy at times, but you could edit it out for repeated listening. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th edition]

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LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Stand Tall”
A2. “Ride High The Wind”
A3. “God Unlimited”
A4. “I Don’t Know How To Love Him”
A5. “You Are Free”

Side Two
B1. “The Christed Life” Trilogy (Ride On/Will You Stay?/Jesus, Our Morning Star)
B2. “Ride On”
B3. “Will You Stay?”
B4. “Jesus, Our Morning Star”
B5. “Pass It On”