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House Of Love Review

"House of Love" was the first Amy Grant CD that I purchased, and although I love "Heart in Motion," it remains one of my favorites. The songs on this CD are very similar to Grant's "new" style that she introduced in "Heart in Motion," but I feel that these songs are more inspirational. Songs like "The Power" and "Children of the World" are moving, passionate ballads that showcase Grant's strong spirituality. Similarly, "Oh How the Years Go By" and "Big Yellow Taxi" are both truisms in the sense that they perfectly capture the human worldview towards change. "Oh How the Years Go By" talks about positive change between people as time progresses, and "Big Yellow Taxi" expresses negative change as shown through the classic line "don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got `till it's gone." And besides these four songs, each song on the CD is emotional and performed in Amy Grant's signature pop style from her earlier CDs. I highly recommend "House of Love" to Amy Grant fans that liked "Heart in Motion." Likewise, I also recommend "Heart in Motion" to "House of Love" fans. I feel that both albums are timeless collections of Amy Grant's best music.

Review by: K. Michael