Compared to the original songs of Along the Road though, Lost in Wonder is unfortunately saddled with unimaginative arrangements of popular-but-over-covered songs like Matt Redman's "Once Again," Keith Getty's "In Christ Alone," Stuart Towend's "Beautiful Saviour," and the Tim Hughes originals "Here I Am to Worship" and "Beautiful One." The production quality is fine and all three women sing well. Yet assuming most people already have these songs on at least one other CD somewhere, there's just nothing really enticing or compelling beyond who sings lead on a given track. And while the vocalists all have pleasant and distinctive tones, none of them really showcase their abilities with a knockout performance.
Lost in Wonder still delivers some good original material. "Higher Throne" and "I Believe in You" both benefit from sweet and memorable melodies, and the catchy "I Will Never Be the Same" utilizes the unique vocal stylings of all three singers to good effect. Both "Outrageous Grace" and "For You" demonstrate what Tumes needs to do to retain/regain her audience, in contrast to her programmed rendition of "Beautiful One." Some worship services could benefit from the few highlights.
Sparrow/EMI didn't originally plan to distribute this album in America. Some will be glad they did, but only those merely looking for good arrangements of familiar songs sung by good and familiar voices.
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