David Crowder Band has become a force within modern praise and worship. Fans love their songs, such as "Open Skies" and "Revolutionary Love." They have enjoyed a good bit of radio success recently. Their tours have been extremely successful. They have established themselves as one of the most creative bands in praise and worship today so fans welcomed the idea of a remix CD. Unfortunately, the results don't live up to the level of creativity that the band is known for. This project feels more like a smashups CD, with the music from one song mixed with the vocals from another, than a remix CD. Sure, some of the songs on this project feature some dance beats and hip hop beats, but the vocals are pretty much just as they appear on the standard versions of these songs. It doesn't take too many listens to tell that the band has used the same vocals and just put them over top some different types of beats. This might be somewhat forgivable, except the beats grow boring after a while. For some songs, the beats grow boring within the first listen, but for others they grow boring after repeated listenings.
Another problem with this project is one that seems to be cropping up on some EMI-CMG CDs. Not all CD players can play it. This is sure to upset some people who buy it. The difficulty is with the copy protection that EMI-CMG uses. Just as with other recent Sparrow releases, the enhanced content is pretty weak on this project as well.
Fans of the David Crowder Band will enjoy this project but others may grow tired of it.
2.5 tocks
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