Main Review
Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning artist Jeremy Camp, brings us his sixth studio album and second Worship
project, We Cry Out: The Worship Project. It’s been six years since his last worship album “Carried Me: The Worship
Project,” and I can honestly say We Cry Out was well worth the wait.
The album starts off adequately with Jeremy’s rendition of Tim Hughes’ “Jesus Saves” and two originals; “Not Ashamed”
(co-written by Jon Egan), and “The Way” (co-written by Jeremy’s brother in-law Brad Peens). Followed by a lovely rendition
of Hillsong’s “Mighty to Save.” Which I must say is by far one of the best renditions I’ve heard.
The title track co-written by the one and only Brenton Brown, felt like it could have been on Jeremy’s previous album
Speaking Louder Than Before. Nevertheless it captures the albums theme subsequently. “You Are the Lord” co-written by
Matt Maher is based on Psalms and Isaiah, and features BGV’s by none other than the lovely Adie Camp.
I was surprised when I discovered that only five of the twelve tracks on the album were cover songs. And while they were
all very nice renditions of some of my favorite worship songs, my only problem was the choice of song. I would have liked
to have seen him cover a few Hymns or perhaps less popular worship songs rather than going with the three worship
songs that have been covered most by various artists in the past.
The album ends tremendously with two originals from Jeremy; “Unrestrained” and “King Jesus.” No doubt my favorite
songs on the album. “Unrestrained,” with its honest lyrics moved me most of all… (“So take this selfish heart of mine/ I
want to give it all/ I’ve wasted too much time/ And melt away everything that’s not of You/ I want to know You more/ So
much deeper than I do…”) “King Jesus” completely overwhelmed me; all I wanted to do was lift my hands in praise. It was
sung with such sincerity.
Closing Thoughts
Overall, this is a pretty good worship album and is worth picking up. It did get a little long at some points, but unlike
Jeremy’s previous worship project We Cry Out, it had a more organic feel to it, which I enjoyed a great deal.
Review Written By: Rebecca Rycross [rebecca.rycross@christianmusicreview.org] on 8/20/2010
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