This was the big follow up to Delirious?'s first two hit albums (Cutting Edge and King Of Fools) and I remember feeling at the time (1999) that it fell about as flat as a pancake. There were no immediate songs in the vein of their first two albums and it seemed pretty lame to have "Deeper", the big hit from the last album redone as "Deeper 99". Revisiting it 14 years later has revealed that it is much better than I remember, but I think it missed its mark with CCM audiences. Delirious? was trying to be Radiohead-lite (a huge band in England at the time) and American CCM audiences had no reference point for Radiohead and all the unusual paths that a band like that takes. It's nice to hear this record now, though "Deeper 99" is still lame. Unfortunatly Delirious? lost me and a lot of their audience after this one. "Glo" was okay, but after that I don't think I can name another one of their later albums.
2.5 stars
2.5 stars
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