Bebo Norman – Lights of Distant Cities

Description

Lights of Distant Cities is the eighth studio album by the American singer and songwriter Bebo Norman, released on BEC Recordings in 2012, a division of Tooth & Nail Records, distributed by EMI CMG Distribution. The album was recorded by Ben Shive, Dave Salley, and Gabe Scott at Ireland Studio, The Beehive, and Fireside Studios in Nashville, Tennessee; with Bebo Norman, Shive, and Scott producing. Mixed by Shane D. Wilson, assisted by Justin Dowse, at Pentavarit Studios in Nashville.

It’s been 10 years since Norman’s breakthrough release, ‘Myself When I Am Real’; now, this veteran of CCM brings us his ninth album, and his first on an indie label. His lyrics are still the big drawing point here; no songs push at his musical boundaries, save for the bright and bubbly rhythmic synths sprinkled across songs, but really, when his lyrics are this good, I don’t in the least mind safe and radio-friendly arrangements. None of the songs can be called any worse than “pleasant”; it’s a pity, though, that a story as moving as «Outside Her Window Was The World» is set to music so, well, bland. On the other hand, when the music complements those wonderfully-penned words, the results are stellar. The title track’s a swirling, synth-burbling anthem, with a similarly exhilarating feel to U2’s similarly-themed «City Of Blinding Lights». The acoustic «Daylight Breaking» and «Wine From Water» both quietly hold fast to optimism in the midst of the world’s darkness. «The Broken» bounces along in a brilliantly joyous and inclusive celebration. Norman’s still at the top of his game; I can only expect this album’s joys to increase upon further listening. [Trevor Kirk, Cross Rhythms, September 2002]

> iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/album/lights-of-distant-cities/714950794)

CD tracklist:

01. Lights Of Distant Cities
02. The Broken
03. At The End Of Me
04. Daylight Breaking
05. World Gone Dark
06. Sing Of Your Glory
07. Collide
08. Wine From Water
09. Outside Her Window Was The World
10. Just A Glimpse
11. Go With You

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