Review by Jono Davies 
Every year without fail, the live Soul Survivor album hits our CD players, packed with the roaring sound of worship songs that will be sung in our churches over the next few years.Soul Survivor is a festival held at Shepton Mallett in Somerset, where over the space of three weeks around 30,000 people gather together on a large showground and brave the often wet and windy British summer, to experience God in life-changing ways and be part of the awesome meetings from which the album is born.I have been going to Soul Survivor since 2001 and always buy the album to remember the good times that were had. Every year the album gets better and more powerful (well apart from 2005, which in my opinion had no ‘live’ feeling to it!)
So what is the album like? Well for all who read my ‘David Crowder Band live album’ review, where I mentioned that live albums aren’t my favourite, this doesn’t exactly change my view. The album is called ‘Complete’ and is recorded to the highest quality, with many different worship leaders adding their vocals to the album. Sadly though, each leader sounds a little bit too similar.
Compared to last year, the songs aren’t as ‘anthem’ as I think they could be. I’m sure if you were there, however, you would love it because it would take you back to a great summer. I just feel this year’s sounds a little too much like the latest Hillsong albums (which isn’t a bad thing by the way!), and wasn’t really what I was expecting from a Soul Survivor album. It sounds the same, all on one level with not much difference from track to track. Also, I didn’t think much to 29th Chapter and Simon Parkin’s version of Hillsong’s ‘One Way’. (Sometimes changing things isn’t always good!)I’m sure if you were at Soul Survivor ’08 you would love this album, but I’m sorry to say I much prefer the album’s from before.”
Jono rating 3 out of 5 stars.
Stand Out Tracks
Because of Your Love,
Your Name High,
For Your Glory
Every year without fail, the live Soul Survivor album hits our CD players, packed with the roaring sound of worship songs that will be sung in our churches over the next few years.Soul Survivor is a festival held at Shepton Mallett in Somerset, where over the space of three weeks around 30,000 people gather together on a large showground and brave the often wet and windy British summer, to experience God in life-changing ways and be part of the awesome meetings from which the album is born.I have been going to Soul Survivor since 2001 and always buy the album to remember the good times that were had. Every year the album gets better and more powerful (well apart from 2005, which in my opinion had no ‘live’ feeling to it!)So what is the album like? Well for all who read my ‘David Crowder Band live album’ review, where I mentioned that live albums aren’t my favourite, this doesn’t exactly change my view. The album is called ‘Complete’ and is recorded to the highest quality, with many different worship leaders adding their vocals to the album. Sadly though, each leader sounds a little bit too similar.
Compared to last year, the songs aren’t as ‘anthem’ as I think they could be. I’m sure if you were there, however, you would love it because it would take you back to a great summer. I just feel this year’s sounds a little too much like the latest Hillsong albums (which isn’t a bad thing by the way!), and wasn’t really what I was expecting from a Soul Survivor album. It sounds the same, all on one level with not much difference from track to track. Also, I didn’t think much to 29th Chapter and Simon Parkin’s version of Hillsong’s ‘One Way’. (Sometimes changing things isn’t always good!)I’m sure if you were at Soul Survivor ’08 you would love this album, but I’m sorry to say I much prefer the album’s from before.”
Jono rating 3 out of 5 stars.
Stand Out Tracks
Because of Your Love,
Your Name High,
For Your Glory
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