Album Of The Day: Shipwrecks & Islands by Gold Records

Album Art of Gold Records's Shipwrecks and Islands album - At the top, it seems like a map with numbers and arrows on it, with a green-ish hue and some parts of it are reflected or are semi-transparent with layers under it. The middle is black, and has the album title in white print with a light blue, thick border around it. Below that, it transitions form black to white, with a bit of red and blue in the transition. At the top, in small print, it says 'Touching the heart of a broken world' and at the bottom says 'Poems by Adrian Plass. Words and music by Phil Baggaley, Dave Clifton and Ian Blythe'.

This album is a bit different than most modern worship albums. Although there is pop/rock-styled songs that could be used as a part of a modern church service or prayer, the album has poetic reflections on life and spirituality by Adrian Plass between each song. This British music team lead by Phil Baggaley, David Clifton and Ian Blythe performs the music. It's high-quality music and the music and the poetry works really well as an album to listen to straight through. This album is definitely not something an American record label would produce. The poetry between the songs provides a very different feel than most Christian albums, and I find it refreshing that this album exists and provides a way to reflect on our life as well as call us on to be better people.

Release Year: 1999
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