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Love is the Hard Part is the fourth album by the American singer and songwriter Michael Anderson, released on ForeFront Records in 1996. The record was done in Nashville and Memphis through 1995-1996 with Michael Anderson and Paul Ebersold producing.
Michael Anderson’s voice is a gritty, gutsy, world weary growl while the arrangements are meaty, full of shattering power chords, searing swirls of guitar and funky bottom. His lyrics bite deep into their subject too. Here, he is eschewing the shallow sloganeering of some of his Nashville contemporaries. Songs of faith and redemption (“In this world of compromise, Most people slowly die”), soul overcoming fear (“There’s a candle in the window/ There’s a flame that burns for you/ Though you’re walking in the darkness/ There’s a light to see you through.”) and a compelling piece of improvised atmosphere, «The Post Moderne Soul Antenna» vie for attention. My current faves are «Soul Man Myself» with its affectionate tribute to old Motown grooves, the blistering opener «Love Is The Hard Part» and a song “for poets, artists, musicians, revolutionaries, missionaries and other dreamers”, «Revival». A thrilling album by a fine new rock songwriter/musician. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms Magazine, August 1996]
[Devlin Donaldson, CCM, May 1996]
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CD tracklist:
01. Love Is The Hard Part – 5:54
02. I Know It’s Not The Rain – 5:13
03. Heart And Soul – 5:12
04. Shot Down – 5:08
05. Soul Man Myself – 3:59
06. Be Not Afraid – 3:53
07. Revival – 6:38
08. No Easy Way – 4:16
09. Fighting To Surrender – 5:20
10. David’s Harp – 4:29
11. The Post Moderne Soul Antenna – 8:38
Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by ForeFront Records.
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