Album Of The Day: Live The Life by Michael W. Smith

Album Art of Michael W. Smith's Live The Life album - A sepia-tone brown photo of a white man's face, looking through a window with raindrops on it. The man is looking at the camera and has a hint of a smile and his hair is short, and his beard and mustache are very short, mostly just a bit of fuzz. In the bottom right, in front of a dark brown background, is the artist's name in a white uppercase typewriter font, with the album title in lowercase golden brown to the right and above his name.

Released on this day 27 years ago, this is my favorite album Michael W. Smith has released and it was the first one I owned on CD. By this time of being about 15 years into his music career, Michael W. Smith had finally grown out of his '80s pop phase and delivered a quality album of Christian pop songs. "Love Me Good" is fun pop tune with fairly silly lyrics. "Live The Life" and "Missing Person" show that this normally keyboard-focused artist had a bit of a guitar-based pop side to him. "In My Arms Again" was originally written for the "Titanic" movie soundtrack but didn't make it, and it's a good love song that finds its place here. And "Song For Rich" is a brief woodwind instrumental that honors the passing of label-mate Rich Mullins. This album is full of great songs like "I Believe In You Now" and "Don't Give Up", and it's a good album to listen through if you've never heard Michael W. Smith's pop music before or just haven't listened to it for a number of years.

Release Year: 1998
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