Reborn

Description

Reborn is a studio album by the American glam metal band Stryper, released on Big3 Records in August 2005. The album was produced by band member Michael Sweet and Kenny Lewis for Michael Sweet Productions.

Featuring Michael Sweet on lead vocals and guitar, Oz Fox on guitar and backing vocals, Tracy Ferrie on bass and backing vocals, and Robert Sweet on drums.

Four fifths of the original Stryper line-up (bassist Tim Gaines is not present) are back following a 20th anniversary reunion tour and live album that indicated a green light from the man upstairs for a return to the fray. The spandex may be gone – wisely so, I’d say, and the lads may look a little, erm, frayed at the edges, but boy can they still rock?! Opener «Open Your Eyes» leaves the listener in no doubt that this is not an empty gesture; these guys really mean it. The riffs are as hard as ever, the widdley-widdley bits as…well, widdley-widdley as ever, and who cares if it sounds a lot like Bon Jovi? Watch out for the final two cuts, a radical reworking of «Amazing Grace» followed by a brand new reading of the Stryper classic «In God We Trust». Totally lacking in subtlety, but utterly committed to God, Stryper are back, and I for one am glad to see them on such blistering form. [Steve Best, Cross Rhythms, February 2006]

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CD tracklist:

01. Open Your Eyes – 4:02
02. Reborn – 3:26
03. When Did I See You Cry – 3:34
04. Make You Mine – 4:01
05. Passion – 3:48
06. Live Again – 3:28
07. If I Die – 3:44
08. Wait For You – 3:21
09. Rain – 3:41
10. 10,000 Years – 3:14
11. I.G.W.T. – 3:17

Note: Released on both CD and 12-inch vinyl LP by Big3 Records. Re-recorded by Michael Sweet with various session musicians in 2021 and independently released on both CD and 12-inch vinyl LP.