Description
No Room in the Middle is the sophomore album by the American folk-rock band Joyful Noise, independently released on Christ Is The Answer in 1976.
Even rarer follow-up that expands upon the group’s organ-based classic rock style with superb results. The progressive angle surfaces again on the lengthy 7:42 track «Lay Down Your Life» which boasts some great hard-edged lead guitar. David Eden contributes «Coloring Song», later to be made famous on Petra’s Never Say Die album. Other selections include «That Which We Have Seen And Heard», «Sacrifice Of Fools», «4 Corners 4 Churches», «Don’t Take Your Hands Off The Plow», the title track, and a rendition of the hymn «There Is A Fountain». Breathtaking fantasy cover art where an image of Christ on the cross divides a landscape, one side a colorful Eden-esque paradise, the other a drab barren desert with human skulls, a serpent, a tornado, a mushroom cloud and a darkened silhouette of a church. Only 200 pressed, half of which were handed out in Europe. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th Edition]
LP tracklist:
Side One
A1. “That Which We Have Seen And Heard” – 5:06
A2. “Sacrifice Of Fools” – 3:54
A3. “4 Corners 4 Churches” – 4:52
A4. “Coloring Song” – 2:47
Side Two
B1. “There Is A Fountain” – 2:10
B2. “No Room In The Middle” – 4:17
B3. “Lay Down Your Life” – 7:42
B4. “Don’t Take Your Hands Off The Plow” – 4:02
Note: This album features the original recording of Petra’s “The Coloring Song.” The song was written by David Eden, who was part of e band. After e disbanded, Joe Grier and David Eden teamed up in The Joyful Noise. Another album track, “No Room In The Middle”, was later covered by former Petra vocalist, Greg X. Volz (also a former member of e band), on his 1989-album No Room in the Middle.
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