REVIEW: Phil Joel “The Deliberate People” (CMT)
September 12th, 2006 |
Reviews | Source: ChristianMusicToday.com (110)
Bring It On (2002) took the solo music of Phil Joel in a direction more serious and devotional than his day job with the newsboys. Of course, that was before the band decided to embrace earnest worship music instead of the amusing spiritual witticisms that first made them a CCM hallmark. But if Peter Furler and the boys choose to continue with that focus, they may want to pay more attention to Joel’s penchant for vertical introspection, evidenced on this independently released third solo effort. Continuing where Bring It On left off both musically and lyrically, it plays out with more thoughtfulness than newsboys’ Adoration and Devotion. […read more]



