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1. Back & Forth
2. Beautiful Things
3. Here's My Heart
4. Burning Heartbeats
5. Let's Grow Old Together
6. It's Over
7. If I'm Broken
8. Here's To The Girls
2. Beautiful Things
3. Here's My Heart
4. Burning Heartbeats
5. Let's Grow Old Together
6. It's Over
7. If I'm Broken
8. Here's To The Girls
Back & Forth
[Release Date: May 19, 2009] (Centricity Music)
Track Listing:
Track Listing:
9. Estranged
10. Headed Home
11. Don't Cry
10. Headed Home
11. Don't Cry
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3.7 out of 4
2.7 out of 3
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Overall Score
| 91% A- |
Out of Gainesville, Florida, Lanae’ Hale who developed her style by playing worship in
church and trying out her songs in coffeehouses, is the latest addition at Centricity
records. Like a lot of young women Lanae’ felt the enormous pressure of living up to
our material world’s 21st century expectations and sometimes that pressure sweeps you
into a dark corner. “I was into cutting and if not for the grace of God I may not have
made it through. It’s hard to explain but sometimes you don’t like yourself and do bad
things to yourself, such as cutting. If I can reach out to God and change then others can
as well. More than anything else, I would like to help young girls through my own music
and my own testimony.”
Knowing Lanae’s background and having 3 young daughters myself, I found this album
and the message of redemption and God’s love bringing light and hope out of darkness to
be compelling. The title song “Back & Forth” is all about that theme of redemption. Here’
s the chorus: “If I could, than I would run across the sea, So You'd speak to me, Back
and forth, the waves keep crashing, Hold on, my head, I keep on sinking, I need Your
hand to steady me to bring Your peace to this storm”. The song is so catchy and
personal, I can’t get enough of listening to Lanae’s testimony and amazing singing
voice. “Beautiful Things” sticks with the theme of redemption and the cry to “sing in the
rain, love without pain, and live everyday”. “Here’s My Heart” is another one of my
favorite songs and has the cry of my heart to “know me well and change me deeply”.
The spiritual messages are subtle yet strong and the album listens like an autobiography
of Lanae’s life. She has a couple of songs about her marriage, including “Let’s Grow
Old Together” and “Headed Home” which are also stand-out songs on the album. As I’
ve been married for fifteen years, the beauty of the husband and wife relationship is well-
captured in these great songs.
Closing Thoughts:
This is a great album. I am very impressed by Lanae’s ability to blend messages of love,
redemption and hope throughout her story with catchy melodies and a fantastic singing
style. If you like Jewel, Sheryl Crow and Plumb, you’ll love Lanae’ Hale’s album “Back
& Forth”.
church and trying out her songs in coffeehouses, is the latest addition at Centricity
records. Like a lot of young women Lanae’ felt the enormous pressure of living up to
our material world’s 21st century expectations and sometimes that pressure sweeps you
into a dark corner. “I was into cutting and if not for the grace of God I may not have
made it through. It’s hard to explain but sometimes you don’t like yourself and do bad
things to yourself, such as cutting. If I can reach out to God and change then others can
as well. More than anything else, I would like to help young girls through my own music
and my own testimony.”
Knowing Lanae’s background and having 3 young daughters myself, I found this album
and the message of redemption and God’s love bringing light and hope out of darkness to
be compelling. The title song “Back & Forth” is all about that theme of redemption. Here’
s the chorus: “If I could, than I would run across the sea, So You'd speak to me, Back
and forth, the waves keep crashing, Hold on, my head, I keep on sinking, I need Your
hand to steady me to bring Your peace to this storm”. The song is so catchy and
personal, I can’t get enough of listening to Lanae’s testimony and amazing singing
voice. “Beautiful Things” sticks with the theme of redemption and the cry to “sing in the
rain, love without pain, and live everyday”. “Here’s My Heart” is another one of my
favorite songs and has the cry of my heart to “know me well and change me deeply”.
The spiritual messages are subtle yet strong and the album listens like an autobiography
of Lanae’s life. She has a couple of songs about her marriage, including “Let’s Grow
Old Together” and “Headed Home” which are also stand-out songs on the album. As I’
ve been married for fifteen years, the beauty of the husband and wife relationship is well-
captured in these great songs.
Closing Thoughts:
This is a great album. I am very impressed by Lanae’s ability to blend messages of love,
redemption and hope throughout her story with catchy melodies and a fantastic singing
style. If you like Jewel, Sheryl Crow and Plumb, you’ll love Lanae’ Hale’s album “Back
& Forth”.
Review Written By: Kevin Davis [kevin.davis@christianmusicreview.org] Date Written: May 18, 2009
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