Comments on: CD Review: Not Alone (Greater Vision)

By: RJ

RJ — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:11:42 +0000

After readin what I just posted, I realized that I could be wrong about who recorded the vocals, they were, at least, EDITED by someone different than before.

By: RJ

RJ — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:09:42 +0000

Greater vision fan here…..have been following the group since they started. I just wanted to make a few comments about “Not Alone”. First off, I absolutely love it. I was reading from some of you about the differences in having lyrical content and musical content and such. I beleive that GV does a great job at both and in alot of cases, combining the two.
Jaccob sounds great……..heard him in concert before the cd came out.
Now for my critical ear……..I havent researched it, but I would almost be 100% sure in saying that the vocals were reacorded somewhere different this time, OR, by someone other than the person who recorded the vocals on the past few cds. Often times in certain songs, especially the slower ones like “I was Born to Serve the Lord” where the “gate” does not open soon enough, causing the very VERY first part of the word being sung to get cut off. The “gate” is used to eleminate breathing or any other sounds the mic would pick up while the singer is not singing. And in the beginning of “It pays to Pray” you can hear the same thing during the opening instrumental…..somewhat of a “hiss” pops thrugh hear and there. As far as the sound quality of the vocals, I actually like these better than the past few albums. They are “stacked” the way I like them, very thick, sharp, and clear!
All in all, I think its another winner from GV, and cannot wait for the next one when Jaccob is even more settled in and they pick songs around his voice! Hope they get back in my neck of the woods soon!!!

By: Grigs

Grigs — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:51:15 +0000

“On A Journey” was the album title and I really liked it a lot. The title cut, “The Love That Lifts Me”, “Share It With Jesus”, “New Wine”, “The Eyes Of Jesus”, “In The Shelter Of His Arms”…just a bunch of good stuff on that one.

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:41:04 +0000

Yes. I heard the song on Now and Then, even though I don’t have the actual debut.

By: Amy Rogers

Amy Rogers — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:38:39 +0000

One thing I noticed on my first listen is that “Share It With Jesus” is off their very early album – The Journey, I think. The intro came on, and I was trying to identify which old hymn it was … I finally recognized it when they started singing. I wish they would re-release the title song from that album. It was fantastic. I still have to get the tape out and give it another listen now and then.

By: Amy Rogers

Amy Rogers — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:35:50 +0000

I thought you would.

Keep up the good work!

By: Daniel J. Mount

Daniel J. Mount — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:35:18 +0000

Wow! That’s just crazy.

I double-checked, and you’re right. And when I put in “greater vision jacob kitson” I came in #1 – right ahead of the official GV website!

Now I have to admit that I like that.

By: Amy Rogers

Amy Rogers — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:30:32 +0000

Daniel, you’re not doing bad on your Google links and search availability – I just got this album (more on that later) and ran a search on “Greater Vision Not Alone,” and you were second on the list!

By: Chris Perdue

Chris Perdue — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:59:54 +0000

Hello,

I would like to add a correction to the review. It states that the song, “He is Loved” was recorded before Jason was hired. Actually that should state that it was recorded before Jacob was hired. Other than that, I saw them in concert last month and they did a lot of these songs, and I think the most stirring song was “It pays to Pray”. Hearing the story behind that made me get on my knees and pull out the old prayer sheet, and start naming names I hadn’t called out in a while.

God Bless,
Pastor Chris Perdue

By: Amy Rogers

Amy Rogers — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:11:29 +0000

Woops, I meant this to go in the concert review thread!