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Revived, sub-titled 14 ‘classic’ Ishmael rock songs, is a compilation album by the British singer and songwriter Ishmael, independently released on Glorie Music in 2008. Features new recordings of Ish’s most popular rock songs (“14 ‘classic’ Ish rock songs revived and re-recorded“). The album was recorded, mixed, and produced by Tom Mills at Newbarn Studios.
Featuring Ishmael on lead vocals, Steve Harding and Steve Cowley on keyboards, Tom Mills on guitars and backing vocals, Tim Smale on bass, and Nathan Evans on drums.
These days when it comes to Ishmael’s music, most people think of the long list of children’s projects and the seemingly endless years of effective ministry that has helped a few generations of British kids to learn to engage with God through worship. For those with longer teeth, we remember Ishmael as the leader of punk bands like Rev Counta & The Speedoze or Ishmael United. Always more Sham 69 than Sex Pistols, Ish had a knack for a snappy lyric and a three chord bash and now he revisits his old songs, re-recording them with a young abrasive band backing him. The effect is fab and that’s not just my personal nostalgia kicking in! He always wrote with a tongue-in-cheek and his humour comes through on the wonderful irony of «Star On Sunday» and the fast paced «Glub Glub». His humour was also powerful when it came to defusing some of the spiritual tension of those days so «I Am Just A Charismatic» was a fun way of dealing with the evangelical/charismatic divide about the baptism in the Spirit. Songs like «We Are In God’s Army», «Little Troopers» and «Little Lamb» straddle the divide between his children’s work and punk albums. Songs like «Crowd Trouble» and «Bartimaus» are absolute classics and the album contains a nicely rocky version of Ishmael’s big worship hit, «Father God I Wonder». [Mike Rimmer, Cross Rhythms, September 2008]
CD tracklist:
01. I Will Call Upon The Lord
02. Star On Sunday
03. I Am Just A Charismatic
04. Glub Glub
05. Little Troopers
06. Song Of The Last Generation
07. Little Lamb
08. We Are In God’s Army
09. Crowd Trouble
10. The Marksman
11. What A Long Hard Day It’s Been (Angels)
12. Bartimaeus
13. Father God I Wonder
14. Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
Note: Available at http://www.ishmael.org.uk/
Revival Band, Live in 2008
Revelation TV. January 25, 2011: Interview with Ishmael
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