Amy Grant's Best

In my mind, this album by Amy Grant is the best she ever made! I used to listen to this album to get pumped before football games in College, and it worked!!! Her voice, her aranging, and particularly the message behind her songs were AWESOME!!!!! The Title Cut, LEAD ME ON, IF THESE WALLS COULD SPEAK and many others in this one just spoke volumes of faith in Jesus Christ that were unmistakable. If I couold bring myself to buy an Amy Grant Album again, this one would be the one. However, after her dumping of her first husband, Gary Chapman, especially considering how she walked out of cpouselling that they were both involved in, then her revelation in a TV interview that she had been attracted to Vince Gill LONG before she had divorced Chapman, I threw this album and every other Amy Grant Album I ever owned into the trash can. As with reviews I've made concerning Jaci Velasquez and Stacie Orrico, Amy Grant's message has been tarnished and compromised, and it is no surprise to me that every album from HEART IN MOTION to the most recent SIMPLE THINGS have no Gospel Message in them. That's the reason for this one getting two stars from me...

AMY GRANT'S HIGHLIGHT

I got to love this album when I first heard it, which was in 1992, I guess. At that time it appealed to me musically mainly but now, over 10 years later, I do understand what Amy Grant means through in the lyrics of "Lead Me On". I love the sound as much as the message at present. I've listened to this CD for so many years and I do mean it when I say that it's one of very few I would go down from the house-top to take out of my house :-) In my opinion, this is the most mature music Amy Grant has ever recorded. Her sincerity and vulnerability is rare even out of the CCM context.

Her last great CCM album -- the end of an era

This is my second favorite Amy Grant album. (My top favorite is STRAIGHT AHEAD.) And I'm not a huge Amy Grant fan or anything like that, but 20 years ago she did help shape what we now call contemporary Christian music. Regardless of whatever controversy may befall her, or whatever controversy she herself may create, she is and will always be one of the original pioneers of CCM.



LEAD ME ON is almost her own personal testimony. Songs like "1974" give much away in terms of personal history. It may be hers or based on hers. Another very poignant song is "What About the Love" in which the singer accuses people from all walks of life of not loving with the love of the Lord. And last of all she accuses herself!



The best song on here is the title track, "Lead Me On". Although it boasts an upbeat tempo and edgy rock melody, the words are undeniably poetic and moving. Songs with these kinds of lyrics are usually more likely to be found on a Rich Mullins CD, or Michael Card. But Amy Grant still sings this song as if she was the only one ever meant to. And perhaps she was.



If you're one of the tiny minority of people who love the CCM of the 80s and early 90s (we're definitely a dying breed), then this CD is essential. If you're an Amy Grant fan, then this CD is essential. If you just like soft Christian rock with sharp, intelligent lyrics, then this CD is essential.