Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation -- Vol. 14!
Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation -- Vol. 14!

JFH Music Review


Seventh Day Slumber, Love & Worship
CLICK COVER TO ENLARGE

Seventh Day Slumber
Love & Worship



Artist Info: Discography
Album length: 11 tracks: 44 minutes, 30 seconds
Street Date: March 12, 2013


The "covers album" (a collection, mostly, of well-known songs written and performed by various artists and interpreted by another artist or band) occupies a unique, and sometimes perilous, space in the world of pop music. If the artist doing the covering sticks too closely or faithfully to the original artist's version of the song, then they risk the charge of simply copying the song and lacking originality. But, if the cover veers too far from the original version (sometimes to the point of being unrecognizable to its original audience), the covering artist risks alienating the original song's fan base and possibly the crowd the album is aimed at in the first place.

This tightrope walk is made even trickier when the songs feel as if they belong to a collective community of people, as is the case with Evangelical worship music. Songs that are sung as part of a worship service Sunday after Sunday have a decided emotional component that goes along with singing them.

This attachment has proven a boon to the Christian Music industry, and in almost any Christian bookstore you can find heaps of worship music collections aimed at any demographic you could imagine. This is why the "worship covers album" is now a benchmark to any Christian Music recording artist's career, along with the "live album" and the "Christmas album."

BEC Recording's rock band Seventh Day Slumber first released a worship cover album back in 2009 (Take Everything) and follow it with Love & Worship, a collection of a few well-known and oft-sung Sunday morning songs that are also intermixed with a couple of originals and lesser known numbers.

It seems appropriate to measure the success of Love & Worship against the backdrop of Take Everything, for the two albums are distinctly different thematically from Seventh Day Slumber's original album's material. Measured with this rubric, Love & Worship offers some distinct differences and, one might say, improvements, to their last worship music project.

To start off with, it's nice to hear a few lesser known (as least to American audiences) worship songs like One Sonic Society's "Forever Reign" and Hillsong United's "Desert Song" and "Stronger." These songs may perhaps be on their way to Sunday morning ubiquity, but for now they serve as an introduction of sorts for many listeners. Every song on Take Everything was a standard, and hearing a few fresh songs this time is a relief. On the minus side of the ledger, having four-plus songs from the same Hillsong writing collective seems a bit much. There are no doubt many other worthy songs in need of exposure. On the plus side, original songs "I Am Not The Same," written with Matt Redman, and "Here With You" (an emotion filled look at the cross that dates back to SDS'S independent band days) fit in nicely with the other worship material.

Unfortunately, Love & Worship offers up a sound that is mellower than the band's rock oriented material; the hard rock guitars seem turned down a notch and lead singer Joseph Rojas' soulful vocals come across as more subdued than normal. "10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)" and Chris Tomlin's "Our God" both hew a little to close to the original versions and deliveries, and could have used a little "roughing up," so to speak.

But in the final ledger balancing, Love & Worship delivers a worshipful batch of mostly well-chosen and performed songs that put this album in the black.

- Review date: 3/10/13, written by Tincan Caldwell of Jesusfreakhideout.com



(JFH Sponsor Spot)

Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation -- Vol. 14!

 

. Record Label: BEC Recordings
. Album length: 11 tracks: 44 minutes, 30 seconds
. Street Date: March 12, 2013
. Buy It: Amazon.com

  1. Our God (4:19)
  2. I Am Not The Same (4:08)
  3. 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) (3:39)
  4. Desert Song (3:44)
  5. Stronger (3:54)
  6. God Is Able (3:49)
  7. Forever Reign (4:37)
  8. Here With You (3:57)
  9. White Flag (4:20)
  10. Your Name High (3:29)
  11. Never Let Go (4:40)

 

Leave a Comment

 

 

go to main Album review page
go to Album review archive

 

 

                 
Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation -- Vol. 14!

Search JFH



This Friday, October 17, 2025
ALBUMS
ANTHNY DIARY ENTRY 1 [Provident]
Blanca Full Bloom [Curb]
Chris Blue Every Day Is Christmas [Gaither]
Geoff Moore and The Distance Foundations (Re-Release) [Girder]
Geoff Moore and The Distance A Place To Stand (Re-Release) [Girder]
Nate Parrish Make Me A Mountain (independent)
Psallos The New and Better Way: Hymns of Hebrews (independent)
Anne Wilson Stars [Capitol CMG]

SINGLES
F'rael God's Wheel (ft. TRYBISHOP) - Single [Syntax]
LEON Undefeated - Single [El Rescate Music]
No Vain Glory UNLEADED - Single [Syntax]
REFVGE, Cyfë II & WAY? U P W A R D S ft. Bianca Silver & Josh LeCroy - Single [Syntax]
Rhymes In Harmony & MAYIA My Sister - Single [Syntax]
Anton Scholl Born To Love You - Single [Near Kingdom]
Nathan Sheridan Don't Lose Hope - Single [WieRok]
SNT. VINCENT Feast of the Saints - Single [Syntax]
Vic Lucas, Essence Natay & Ashleey Barnes Let it Rain - Single [Syntax]
Zane Vickery All Things New - Single (independent)

DVD
Chris Blue Every Day Is Christmas DVD [Gaither]

Next Friday, October 24, 2025
ALBUMS
John Allan untitled EP [Centricity]
Dan Bremnes The Villain - EP [Curb]
Clear Convictions Endure [Resuscitation]
Fepeste This World Ain't Mine to Change [Velvet Blue]
gio. FINE BY ME [Capitol CMG]
Tyson Motsenbocker Modern Worries [Tooth & Nail]
Smalltown Poets St. Augustine (independent)
Zahriya Zachary Rediscovery [Bethel]

SINGLES
29:11 Worship, Zion Rempel You Never Fail (feat. Emily Guy) - Single [DREAM]
Chad Cory, Zacardi Cortez My First Love (Remix) - Single [DREAM]
darthy Juniper Tree - Single [WieRok]
Emerson Day Midnight Hour - Single [Fair Trade]
Good Weather Forecast lows2highs - Single [DREAM]
Grace + Max Rich - Single [WieRok]
Mercy Tribe Music The King is in the Room (feat. Ayiesha Woods) - Single (independent)
Mountains in the Sea You Never Fail (feat. Emily Guy) - Single [DREAM]
Tomb Slayer The Christmas Lamb (feat. Khristian Dentley & Sarah Whittemore) - Single [Tomb Slayer]
The Undertaking! All Smiles - Single (independent)

VINYL
Clear Convictions Endure [Resuscitation]


For all release dates, click here!
 

Purchase Original Art Prints, Drawings, Stickers, Bookmarks and more from JFH's own John DiBiase!
Need proofreading and editing help? We've got you covered! Click here to learn more
Check out depositphotos for royalty free images