Audio Adrenaline – Lift

Description

Lift is the sixth full-length studio album by the American alternative rock band Audio Adrenaline, released on ForeFront Records in November 2001, distributed in the US by Chordant Distribution Group. The album was produced by the band.

After a bit of a sabbatical (and a greatest hits compilation) America’s big selling purveyors of pop rock return with possibly their best album ever (hey, didn’t Martin Purnell say something similar about the new Third Day, also reviewed in this issue?). This is reminiscent in the edgy thrust that made ‘Bloom’ such a groundbreaker years back, ‘Lift’ is jam-packed of full-throttle guitars and hooks memorable enough to hang your hat on. Catch the infectious energy; delight to lead singer Mark Stuart – a rock vocalist who has matured mightily down the years – swooping like a banshee on anthems like «Rejoice» and «Lonely Man», chuckle at the tongue-in-cheek lift of «100 Ways To Leave A Lover», and worship God on the soft closer «Tremble», as lovely a worship song as I’ve heard this year. Pure class. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, December 1999]

[Dave Urbanski, CCM, December 2001]

> Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/lift/723527284)

CD tracklist:

01. You Still Amaze Me
02. I’m Alive
03. Beautiful
04. Ocean Floor
05. Rejoice
06. Speak To Me
07. Glory
08. Summertime
09. This Is Everything
10. Lift
11. Tremble
Bonus Tracks:
12. Beautiful (Radio Remix)
13. Lonely Man (From The Demo Sessions)

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by ForeFront Records. In November 2002, a year after the album’s released, the band released a DVD to complement the album. The DVD contains three music videos, song clips from the album, and featurettes containing interviews and other footage.