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The Jesus Experience is the eighth studio album by the American hard rock band Bride, released on Organic Records in 1997, a Pamplin Music label, manufactured and distributed in the US by Pamplin Music Distribution. The album was recorded and mixed by Dino Elefante at The Sound Kitchen in Franklin, Tennessee; with John and Dino Elefante producing. Additional engineering by Daryl Roudebush, Tim Bushong, and Tim Coyle. All songs written by the band.
Bride is Dale Thompson on vocals, Troy Thompson on guitar, Steve Curtsinger on bass, and Jerry McBroom on drums. Additional guitar and vocals provided by Tim Bushong.
The follow up to last year’s ‘Drop‘, a label change and a new release propel this Bride into the heart of the hard’n’heavy alternative rock market. Produced by the Elefante brothers, this is the usual excellent rock’n’roll that we’ve come to expect from Bride but this time the energy levels are way up! Lyrically, Dale Thompson paints bold and fascinating pictures and musically there’s plenty to get your choppers into. From the initial attack of «I Love You» and the single «The Worm», the band are clearly in full flight. «Love Hate» pounds at a hundred miles an hour and «I Live For You» is a passionate anthem with some great wah wah guitar! The musical peaks and troughs of «The End» give Troy Thompson the chance to show off his guitar skills but it’s the lyrics to this one which will prove controversial. When Jesus promised never to forsake us to the end of the world, that includes those struggling with suicidal thoughts and drug habits! Not one for the judgmental! Dale Thompson pulls no punches on «Tell Me» which is an explosive exhortation for the church to be uncompromising and grow up into the hard truth that Jesus preached, not the immature soft sugary milk of easy answers. Not an album that’ll leave you feeling comfortable but a set of songs that rock out whilst challenging the listener, like the title suggests, to a greater experience of Christ. [Mike Rimmer, Cross Rhythms, December 1997]
[Scott Thunder, CCM, July 1997]
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CD tracklist:
01. I Love You
02. The Worm
03. End
04. I Live For You
05. Follow Me
06. Tell Me
07. Love Hate
08. Human Race
09. I Hear A Word
10. Cosmic Christ
11. The World I Know
Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Organic Records.
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