Louder Than The Music

Simon Parry - More Than Anything

Artist:

Simon Parry

Title:

More Than Anything

Type:

Album

Released:

03 Aug 2010

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I am rather difficult to please when it comes to children's music and I was fully prepared for the patronising and saccharine sweetness that has become the norm for children's worship songs and hence why I use only select music for the children in my Sunday School group and even more select for my own children (because there is no escaping a bad song in your own home!) I found this album to be refreshingly different from other albums that I have reviewed and even bought. The album has a fun feel to it and whilst most of the songs...
Read More I am rather difficult to please when it comes to children's music and I was fully prepared for the patronising and saccharine sweetness that has become the norm for children's worship songs and hence why I use only select music for the children in my Sunday School group and even more select for my own children (because there is no escaping a bad song in your own home!) I found this album to be refreshingly different from other albums that I have reviewed and even bought. The album has a fun feel to it and whilst most of the songs do not fully connect with my 4 and 6 year old in the way Hillsong Kids have done, and I have yet to hear my daughter singing along to it, it has a huge likeability factor. Our son has even requested for the album to be played!

I'm not quite sure as to what age range the album is intended for, some songs have a more grown up feel to them - no bad thing (Glorified and Wonder Of Your Love), whilst others remain firmly in the younger end of primary level with very simple and catchy choruses that are perfect for this age range to identify (Best Best Friend and God Is Good).

Glorified has got to be one of the best songs on this album, it has a more grown up feel to it, no longer the upbeat jump-about-like-a-loon feel but far more meditative about the essence of Christ and whilst the lyrics are far from the most eloquent, the song tugs at my old and definitely cynical (when it comes to kids music) heart strings and I can only hope that Churches including mine take such a beautiful song on board to teach to their young, made perfect by the fact that there are no disturbing actions to go with it!

The only thorn in the album is the title track that rather irritatingly has a phone call conversation at the start of it. Mr Wood thinks it is rather fun, but seriously do you want to listen to the same 'bit of fun' every time you listen to an album - no, you want to cut it out of the track before committing it to the iPod (so glad I married a geek) apart from that the track is actually rather good!

Review by Melissa Wood

LTTM Rating 4 out of 5 Stars
Standout Tracks
Glorified
Wonder Of Your Love
Best best friend

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