Album length: 12 tracks: 55 minutes, 12 seconds Street Date: April 23, 2002
Our God of Wonders: Volume 1 serves as a sort of spin-off of the City On a Hill worship
project series. From the makers of the City... projects, Our God... can almost be considered
an add-on or partial b-side of a City album. Our God of Wonders mixes recent original worship hits
with brand new renditions of popular songs.
Our God of Wonders: Volume 1 opens with Third Day's "Your Love Oh Lord," a melodic pop tune
from their 1999 album Time. While the previous two City projects featured all new songs and collaborations
recorded almost exclusively for those records, Our God... doesn't mind to borrow from older albums.
"He Is Exalted" is wonderfully performed by husband/wife duo of Marc Byrd (Common Children) and Christine (Glass) Byrd, Adore.
Adore puts beautiful spins on the worship favorites like this one and "As The Deer." They're liable to make the listener
yearn for a full release from these guys. Their tunes alone make this album a special treat.
Jars of Clay's song "Needful Hands" from the 1998 Rocketown Records worship project Exodus preceeds
the debut of Paul Colman Trio and their nontraditional version of "I Love You, Lord." Being a big
fan of this classic song, I was rather disappointed in their take on the song, as they've sped it up and altered its
normal rhythm. "We Delight" was featured on Caedmon's Call's 2001 release In the Company of Angels.
Newcomer Sarah Sadler offers a pretty good, soft rendition of Keith Green's famous "Oh Lord, You're Beautiful."
Michael W. Smith's live version of his song "Agnus Dei" just doesn't seem to fit like it should
among the other eleven studio-recorded tracks. FFH's "We Sing Alleluia," from their 2001 release
Have I Ever Told You is followed by a successful collaboration of Jason Ingram and Sonicflood
for "All In All." Sonicflood's "Lord Over All," from their 2001 record Resonate, leads into "God Of Wonders,"
the same recording by Mac Powell (of Third Day) and Cliff and Danielle Young (of Caedmon's Call) that was featured on
the original 2000 City On a Hill release.
While it doesn't appear to be its initial intent, Our God of Wonders would have fared better with
a full track list of original songs rather than just five. Regardless, the collection of songs is a good one, and the
new tracks included are ones not to miss.
- Review date: 4/21/02, written by John DiBiase
Record Label:Essential Records Album length: 12 tracks, 55 minutes and 12 seconds
Street Date: April 23, 2002
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