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Heaven Calling is the sophomore album by the American arena-rock band Halo, released on Pakaderm Records in 1991, manufactured and distributed by Word. The album was recorded by Doug Beiden, John Elefante, and Dino Elefante – assisted by J.R. McNeely – at Pakaderm Studios in Los Alamitos, California; with the Elefante brothers producing. Mixed by Beiden and the Elefante brothers using the Eventide H-3000 Pakaderm Custom.
This is Halo’s second album, their first one creating quite an impact Stateside. Their style is solid, no-nonsense AOR with quite a strong Petra-influence. Still looking for a truly distinctive style, I feel in time they will no doubt identify and develop their strengths, amongst which for me, incidentally, were Scott Springer’s powerful vocals and Barry Graul’s superb guitar, and so establish themselves as one of the leading rock bands of the Christian counter-culture. Their method of taking verses of Scripture on which to build the lyrics of the songs generally works well and is often inspiring. Particularly worthy of note in this respect is the opener, «Jacob’s Dream», based on Genesis 28:10-22, guaranteed to draw you up by the bootlaces if you find yourself on a spiritual low, as is «Climb The Mountain», in which Mr Graul lets rip with a short but spiritually stimulating guitar solo. Other tracks of special interest include «Thy Will Be Done», based on the Lord’s prayer. The content is handled sensitively and is put X6 a melody which is simple but effective, giving it a PGF rating (personal goosepimple factor) of 7/10. Lastly, I have to mention the final cut «My Buddy». Being a father of three, I was reduced to floods of tears by the profound truth expressed in the words to this song which deal with our responsibility as parents to ‘demonstrate’ to our children what Jesus is like. Amongst the credits on the inlay card I found the following… ” (We)… pray that many lives will be touched as a result of His (God’s) work through us.” Here’s one person for whom that certainly came true. [Les M Wilkes, Cross Rhythms, February 1992]
[Ross E Cluver, CCM, December 1991]
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CD tracklist:
01. Jacob’s Dream – 4:36
02. It’s Your Decision – 4:20
03. Saved By Grace – 4:19
04. Heaven Calling – 4:40
05. Thy Will Be Done – 4:03
06. Secret To Love – 4:38
07. Climb The Mountain – 3:59
08. Eye Of The Storm – 4:48
09. Man From Galilee – 4:03
10. My Buddy – 4:16
Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by Pakaderm Records. Remastered and re-issued on CD in 2020, featuring 5 bonus tracks.
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