Top Of My List For Favorite Albums
Posted June 12, 2007
By KevinMcNeese_NRT, Staff Reviewer
The new project from Plumb is one of the best albums I've heard in a long time. In fact, since I received the pre-release back in April of 2005, I have yet to come across a more well-rounded effort by any group or act in the Christian music marketplace. The album that came out on February 28th is the exact same project I've been drooling over for ten plus months, and while I now understand the delay (Tiffany Arbuckle gave birth to her first child a few months ago), it's been frustrating to not enjoy the album along with other music fans. Well, my selfish wait is over.
Chaotic Resolve is a rarity in today's single driven music world. Every track has something to offer from the pop-driven love songs like "Real Life Fairytale" and "Blush" to the emotional ballads dealing with real-life issues like "Cut" and Jekyll & Hyde." The majority of this album is up-beat with songs like "Manic" and "Motion" carving out a new pop-rock nitch in Christian music, while other songs like "I Can't Do This" and "Better" provide industrial undertones that bring back fond memories of discovering Evanescence all over again.
Plumb has always had a way of connecting to her listening audience on a real level by singing about real life, and her new material is no different. But it's her subtle content on this album that impresses me most. Plumb's ability to create a cohesive and flowing album out of a multitude of themes and topics is not easy to do. She goes from songs about lifelong love to emotional turmoil. One of my favorite lines is in the song "I Have Nothing." She sings, "Why do I put so much time, on things I'll leave behind, that were never mine?" There's a lot of truth and challenge behind those sixteen words.
The new album has already produced two Christian radio hits ("I Can't Do This" and "Better") along with a video for the yet-to-be-released song "Cut." If it would have been released last year, it would have certainly topped my list of favorite releases. While we're only a sixth of the way through 2006, it's going to take something pretty special to uproot Chaotic Resolve as the best album of the year. It's certainly been worth the wait. View All Music And Book Reviews By KevinMcNeese_NRT | View KevinMcNeese_NRT's Profile
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