Echoes

Description

Echoes is an album by the Canadian singer and songwriter Matt Maher, released on Essential Records in September 2017, a label under Provident Label Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, distributed in the US by Provident Distribution. The album was produced by Jason Ingram, Paul Mabury, and Matt Maher.

Matt Maher – Echoes (Deluxe Edition)

Born out of the death of his father, experienced Canadian singer/songwriter Matt Maher’s latest release gets the deluxe edition treatment with a generous and uplifting 16 tracks offering up the certain hope that God is with us in our trials. If you read Tony Cummings’ fascinating interview with the man at the turn of the year, you’ll know that Maher takes his theology seriously and this is certainly reflected in his songwriting with tracks like «Picket Sign», «The Cross Forever Speaks» and the reflective «Your Love Defends Me» all communicating the impact of having a real and living relationship with the creator of the universe with intelligence, wisdom and depth. Maher and his fairly large production team cover a lot of ground stylistically with Mumfordesque stompers like «What A Friend» sitting comfortably next to the anthemic «Just As I Am» whilst more straightforward worship fare such as «Awake My Soul (A Thousand Tongues)» pepper an already varied release. Vocally, Maher never puts a foot wrong and there are some genuinely stirring moments on account of the passion and fragile strength of his performance coupled with his ability to write words that reach deep into the heart of the listener. A cameo from Bethel Music’s Steffany Gretzinger on the rousing «Faithfulness» and a solo piano version of the aforementioned «Your Love Defends Me» round off yet another solid release from an artist at the top of his game. [Lins Honeyman, Cross Rhythms, July 2018]

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CD tracklist:

01. Clean Heart – 3:00
02. What a Friend – 3:17
03. Holy – 4:17
04. Your Love Defends Me – 3:46
05. Just as I Am – 4:11
06. Awake My Soul (A Thousand Tongues) – 3:51
07. Faithfulness (feat. Steffany Gretzinger) – 3:31
08. The Least of These – 3:50
09. The Cross Forever Speaks – 3:52
10. Into Your Hands – 3:50
11. As Good as It Gets – 3:48

Bonus tracks, Deluxe Edition
01. Echoes One – 1:29
09. Echoes Two – 1:00
10. Picket Sign – 3:01
11. Won’t Let Me Down – 3:34
16. Your Love Defends Me (Solo Piano Version) – 4:15

Note: The album was also released as a 16-track Deluxe Edition, featuring five bonus tracks.

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