BIG TENT REVIVAL-Open All Nite-GOSPEL-Hammond B3-Vocal

BTR has a good mix in this one.....lots of music videos, and over a good sound. I wish they had just a bit more kickin' rock, but the lyrics make up for that. try it--you'll like it!! April 19, 1999....From Kenosha, Wi. You put soooo much feeling in your music. This tape is a real good one. I first heard you guys on Praise T.V. I believe one of the 1st. videos i seen was "If Loving God Was A Crime". I have to tell you that while my father was dying, I was leaving the hospital and the song "I'm Letting Go" was playing and I just knew it was for my Dad. Oh, how i cried. He was suffering so and he wanted God to take him home. This will always be his song. God bless you all. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

This is an interesting progression from BTR's first album: they pare down their musical influences to focus on mid-'70s rock, releasing a more consistent but less interesting album. While the best songs are better than their debut (particularly "Mend Me," "Famine or Feast," and the beautiful "Letting Go"), the weak songs are much weaker. They reach a nadir with the closing "If Loving God Was a Crime," which was inexplicably a hit despite the most simplistic lyrics Wiggins has created yet. Wiggins still struggles to write meaningful, intelligent lyrics, but there are signs of improvement from the first album. Any questions about the band's musicianship is laid to rest with one listen to the bluesy "Personal Judgment Day," which sounds like the most fun any CCM band has had in a long time.

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April 19, 1999....From Kenosha, Wi. You put soooo much feeling in your music. This tape is a real good one. I first heard you guys on Praise T.V. I believe one of the 1st. videos i seen was "If Loving God Was A Crime". I have to tell you that while my father was dying, I was leaving the hospital and the song "I'm Letting Go" was playing and I just knew it was for my Dad. Oh, how i cried. He was suffering so and he wanted God to take him home. This will always be his song. God bless you all. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________