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Cindy Morgan is one of those artists that continues to amaze me with every album she records. Hands down, one of the best songwriters in the industry (she's written for Rachael Lampa, Michael English, Sandi Patty, and Michelle Tumes to name a few), she manages to touch on issues such as fear, pain, and human insecurity that no one else really has the guts to tackle. However, with her latest album, we see a different Cindy. We see a joyful, happy and "glad to be alive" Cindy. Honestly, when I first heard that the album was going to be much lighter, and not so serious, I was very disappointed. Listen and The Loving Kind were absolute masterpieces and were very dark albums. However, upon listening to the album, I remembered why Cindy Morgan is one of the most respected artists in the industry. She managed to sing these fluffy songs without the fluff that one might expect. She wrote these fluffy songs with as much anti-fluff as possible. Songs like "Sunshine", "Happy", "Good Thing" and "I Love You" come off as being lyrical masterpeices, despite their subject matter. Cindy is also heavily experimenting with some different sounds on this album, which she co-produced with Brent Bourgeois. Did I mention that? She covers sounds from piano based pop ("The World Needs Your Love") to 1960's lounge music ("Believe") to 1970's latin infused pop ("New World") to jazz ("Love is Waiting") to modern pop/electronica ("Good Thing") and even 1920's flapper music ("I Love You"). What's so funny is that Cindy pulls them all off with such ease and clarity. Fans of her stark piano ballads shouldn't get too upset, "Love Can" and "In These Rooms" are truly Cindy and probably the best songs on the album. I applaud Word Records for letting Cindy take such risks and allowing her to create probably the best album I've heard all year, and trust me, I've heard a lot of music this year.

Review by: worldofcm, Amazon.com