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El Grande is the fifth and final album by the American alternative rock band Room Full Of Walters, released on Planet Records in 1999, manufactured by Planet Music Group, distributed by Grassroots Music Distribution in the US. The album was recorded by Robert Rebeck at Mercy Records in Lawrence, Kansas; with the Walters and Rebeck producing. Mixed at Flashpoint in Austin, Texas. All songs written and arranged by the band with strings arranged by Mark Scheltgen.
Room Full Of Walters features Jamie Woodson on lead vocals and guitar; Mark Scheltgen on guitar and piano; Kurt Starks on bass; and Alan Austin on drums and backing vocals.
‘El Grande’ is the fifth album released by Room Full Of Walters. After starting life as a mainstream club band, the growing faith of band members forced them to be one of the few bands in Christian music rock history who have crossed over INTO the Christian market! After the excellent ‘Sleepy-Head‘ was released through Word, the band have a new label and new album but the same signature sound of melodic rock. This time around though, there seems to be a healthy pre-occupation with what we used to call power pop in the early ’80s! Somehow it all seems to work, though this may be because in vocalist Mark Scheltgen, they have a singer who sounds uncannily like Elvis Costello. Songs-wise, there is plenty here to get your teeth into! There’s the runaway rock’n’roll of «King For A Day» and uncompromising call of the opening rock anthem «All The Way» as well as the chunky driving «Snowfori». All very satisfying and then if you want to go deeper, there’s the moving real life story of a young Christian woman called Amy who was tragically murdered out whose faith continues to speak beyond the grave. Pete who was a rocket scientist on their last album makes a re-appearance here on «Pete’s A Rocket Star» which only leaves us to imagine whether his story will continue on the next album! Maybe he’ll get saved at a Billy Graham crusade! RFOW have been at it nine years, have built up a huge grassroots following and continue to knock me out with the passion of their music. [Mike Rimmer, Cross Rhythms, February 2000]
[Lou Carlozo, CCM, December 1999]
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CD tracklist:
01. All The Way
02. Left Alone
03. Amy They Tell Me
04. Snowfort
05. Pete’s A Rocket Star
06. Visiting Matthew
07. Witness
08. King For A Day
09. Complicated
10. Waiting For A Handout
11. (Walk On By) My Oh My
Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Word Records.
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