The Bright Sadness is Charlie Hall’s 4th album and, to be honest, it is the first full album, of his, that I have had. Of course I have had the honour of hearing his great vocals on numerous other albums, including a few tracks on all eight of the live Passion Albums, where he has been leading worship for a while.
The album, according to Charlie Hall, “comes from me understanding my ordinary human condition and my deep love for Jesus.” This issounds like a good theme for an album. The Bright Sadness was recorded in Oklahoma City & LA and deals with a lot of issues and themes that are at the forefront of the church; redemption, compassion and injustice. Lyrically, as an album, it also deals with the issues of brokenness and real life struggles. The best part of the whole album has to be the brilliant Lyrics, each track deals with a different issue.Of course I have a favriote and The lyrics of the track “Hookers & Robbers” are the perfect example of this brilliance. There is something very different, yet uplifinting and interesting about the sounding of this track which I found very appealing. Another beautiful crafted track is album opener “Chainbreaker” with its powerful guitar which leads beautifully into what I thought was the second best track on the album in “New Year”. On a different matter, Some tracks on this album don’t do much musically but, as I said before and ill say it again, the lyrics on this album always keep you listening.
I wasn’t sure how to review this album as each track is different to the last and well worth getting into, overall, a fantastic album with great bass melodies and driving guitar riffs but its sadly not an outstanding album. You probably will not find yourselves singing these songs in your local church on a Sunday morning. However, it is still a CD to inspire you to worship and one which deals with many issues. This is a enjoyable album, just not a great album. It’s certainly well worth a listen to.
Jono Rateing 4 out of 5 Stars
Stand Out Tracks
Chainbreaker
New Year
Hookers & Robbers
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