Description
The Beautiful City is a solo album by the American singer and songwriter John Michael Talbot of Mason Proffit fame, self-released on Troubadour For The Lord in 2006, manufactured by Troubadour For The Lord, distributed in the US by EMI CMG Distribution. All songs written by John Michael Talbot except the title track co-written with his brother, Terry Talbot.
The Beautiful City continues John Michael Talbot’s fascinating foray into the electric music heard on his previous release, Monk Rock.
If like me you’d long since lost interest in the huge recorded output of Christian music’s most famous Franciscan friar, I would suggest it’s time for a re-evaluation. Where once his albums seemed made to an identikit contemplative template, with John Michael crooning Catholic imagery about finding the silence within, with a full orchestra filling in the sound, now the veteran has well and truly returned to his Jesus rock roots. And pretty impressive it is too. Lashings of bluesy electric guitar, some reverb-laced drumming and songs that go for the biblical jugular as they remind us of the forthcoming judgment («Get Ready»), the resurrection («He Is Risen») and salvation («There’s Room Inside») John Michael is in good voice, brother Terry adds some great harmonies and the whole album has a gutsy, organic feel which connect with all those who remember the Mason Proffit Band or don’t care for the over-produced technical trickery of much modern rock. All in all a most welcome return to creative form for the veteran. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, October 2006]
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CD tracklist:
01. The Beautiful City – 4:05
02. Get Ready – 4:34
03. He Is Risen – 6:23
04. Heal Me – 5:30
05. Holy Man – 4:40
06. Love One Another – 3:09
07. A God Thing – 3:56
08. Like A Lion – 4:31
09. St. Paul’s Blues – 4:21
10. He’s Coming – 3:27
11. The God Of Time – 4:22
12. There’s Room Inside – 3:47
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