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Joy Whitlock
God and a Girl
Album length: 14 tracks: 61 minutes, 51 seconds
Street Date: September 16, 2008
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If you were asked to recall some of the conversations you have had with God, I wonder what theme would come out.
In Joy Whitlock's debut album we hear the results of four years of her personal conversations with God.
The album name is exactly what it says on the tin, conversations between God and a Girl.
Joy opens her debut album with "Cost of Being Free," a song written to friends who knew her as she once was - asking
"whatcha think of me now?" The song, based on Romans 6:1-7, is a great reminder of how anybody can be reborn in Jesus Christ,
while at the same time showing off a number of catchy riffs from the guitar and keyboard. The song's folk style sets the
precedent for the album that follows.
God and a Girl succeeds in not making the Christian life sound easy, and this is one of its biggest selling
points. The songs written by Joy are very down to earth and truthful. "Faith Don't Fail" is all about the struggles we go
through, while the album's first single, "Holding On To Me," is a more rock guitar driven song where she talks of how God
holds onto her through everything. It's a very catchy song, with lines such as, "I'm lifted up, I'm tumbling down, I touch the
sky, I hit the ground, But every time I've found, You're holding on to me." Its sound may bring to mind the music of
Sarah Kelly or Jennifer Knapp. The more rock style works very well for Joy, and I'd love to hear more like this on her
future projects.
Halfway through the album is the song "Beautiful," which is a powerful song about thanking God for saving us and the cost
of it all. This song sums up the whole album, asking where we would be if the Son of God hadn't sacrificed His life for us.
God and a Girl is a topnotch effort from Joy, being an album that is fun to listen to and bears a strong and
meaningful message. However, there are a few songs that should probably end slightly earlier than they do. The album is
long enough (over an hour) without the need for the occasional additional repeat of the chorus.
Listening to the God and a Girl is an insight into Joy Whitlock's thoughts and this works wonderfully to make
the album an uplifting and encouraging experience. So now begins the anticipation for her next project.
- Review date: 9/27/08, written by David Couch of Jesusfreakhideout.com
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 Record Label: Ardent/INO Records
Album length: 14 tracks: 61 minutes, 51 seconds
Street Date: September 16, 2008
Buy It: JfH Music Store
- Cost of Being Free
- Faith Don't Fail
- Don't Look Down
- Behind the Scenes
- Holding On To Me
- Testify
- Not Through With You
- Beautiful
- Your Face
- In This Hour
- Traces of You
- Psalms
- Fake
- Day of the Lord
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