Martin Smith's obviously been too busy with delirious? and production work to keep up his involvement in Soul Survivor's People's Album series. The second volume continues the pattern of selecting songs written by those attending the annual Soul Survivor events and bringing in a group of musicians to record them. Matt Redman and friends stick to their familiar 'pop-rock with the odd programmed beat' territory for most of these tracks, with Beth Redman (ex-WWMT) among those leading a few dancier numbers. Perhaps by virtue of their writers' inexperience these songs have a freshness which more established worship leaders often lose, and while the music is certainly not groundbreaking, the album is a laudable initiative competently managed. Perhaps next time they could explore involving the songwriters in the recording process.
2.5 tocks
