Reach of Love, the newest album from one of Christian rock's oldest and best group of musicians, is a definite standout for this year, with the kind of lyrics and production that makes fans eagerly look for more in the future. This group can really rock, and their musicianship is without question, some of the best I have heard in a long while. This album is also unique enough to be readily accessible for both hard-core fans of Rez and for newbies like myself who want to find out what all the fuss is about. Neither group is likely to be disappointed by the music, which is both smooth and tight in a way that few rock albums can match.
Part of the reason for the high quality are the penetrating lyrics, written mainly by Dave Canfield, which both motivate and convict. The main theme of the album is the lengths and extremes that God's love will go to and the need for our love to extend as far to a tremendously needy world. The title track is a quietly touching song which vividly describes the desire of a man to always be able to feel God's loving touch. "Heart's Desire," describes the appreciation for the One who, for the sake of love, became a "Cursed Blessing, Blessed Curse." Both of these songs are very intense, yet touching, and express the breathless passion of someone receiving a love that they realize they can never deserve or earn.
Another aspect of the theme of love in this album is the need for the far-reaching, ever patient love of God to be expressed to the world at large through believers. These songs are particularly convicting and strong with vivid imagery of a cold, lost world without hope for relief apart from selfless love.
Reach of Love is an album full of classic rock that is challenging musically and morally, and will earn a much deserved place in any collection of classic, hard-hitting, and current rock.
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Heaven's Metal #43Reviewed by Doug Van PeltThose who love what REZ does best--straight-ahead hard rock 'n' roll--will be glad REZ has returned to the kind of hook-ridden rock of the "HEAVEN AND HELL" era (like the song "Love Comes Down"). As usual, many of the songs tell a story of the pain and frustration of living in this fallen world, like "Numbers" (a tale of a vet who is just a number in a big system) and "Dead To The World" (about…Similar sounding releases
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