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Spirit Walk is a studio album by the American singer and songwriter Randy Stonehill, independently released on his own label Stonehillian Records in 2011. The album was produced by Mike Pachelli.
“I got a touch of arthritis in my hips / I got a bird’s-eye view of the Apocalypse,” flow the lyrics in «Blood Transfusion and a Coca-Cola». Right off the bat in his newest long-play effort, ‘Spirit Walk’, Randy Stonehill, in his 40th year of Christian music and ministry, makes reference to his elder statesman-ship while declaring his still fervent desire to be used by God. Indeed, the grooves of this, his 24th solo album, are rife with the maturity found in one who has been navigating the joys and tribulations of public ministry for most of his life.
He peppers the album with the type of spiritual encouragement we are used to from the veteran songwriter – «Try Havin’ Some Faith», and «Finish Well»; but, in keeping with the Blues feel of the music, he also offers songs of warning against the snares of the enemy – «Remember the Devil», and «That’s Where the Devil Lives». Other tunes have an element of both spiritual exhortation tempered with the wisdom to be prepared for battle with the flesh.
Producer, Mike Pachelli, frames these songs in the most raw, rocking music of Stonehill’s career… quite a feat for a guy who will soon be singing «Turning Thirty» twice! In the “Old dog – New tricks department,” «That’s Where the Devil Lives» funnels Pachelli’s guitar through a distortion pedal, giving the song a ominous, foreboding sound quality that matches the lyric perfectly. It sounds a bit like early Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. However, Stonehill remains in touch with the folk-troubadour side of his musical identity with the album’s closing benediction, «Finish Well», and the lovely, hortative «Broken Places» is a song of promise, perhaps from God to his people, or from Stonehill to his wife, Leslie. It works on both fronts and exhibits the keen spiritual sensitivity that has long been a hallmark of Randy Stonehill’s career. [Shawn McLaughlin, Christian Musician, March/April 2012]
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CD tracklist:
01. Blood Tranfusion and a Coca Cola – 4:01
02. Remember the Devil – 5:19
03. Spirit Walk – 4:58
04. Life Is Tough, God Is Good – 4:21
05. Try Havin’ Some Faith – 4:13
06. Broken Places – 4:08
07. Pray for Me – 4:17
08. That’s Where the Devil Lives – 4:44
09. Last Time I Saw Eden – 4:36
10. Finish Well – 5:37
Note: Available at Bandcamp: https://randystonehill.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-walk
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