Album Of The Day: Unguarded by Amy Grant

Album Art of Amy Grant's Unguarded album - With a rough black frame on a white background, a photo of a young woman with long, dark hair wearing a white shirt and a coat with white and black spots and black edges. Her sleeves are rolled up and she's wearing black pants, and seems to be in the middle of dancing with her arms near her sides but extended, and her body in a bit of shimmy motion. Behind hear, across the top it says her name in large, pink letters. To the right of her, in very small, black letters is the album title.

Released 40 years ago tomorrow, this is the 7th studio album by Christian pop icon Amy Grant. By this time, Grant was now the queen of Contemporary Christian Music. She was mostly music my sisters listened to and I don't remember this album specifically being played on cassettes as a kid, but I'm not afraid to give it a listen all these years later. It's certainly very '80s pop, which is not at all surprising. I'm familiar with "Love Of Another Kind" because I'm a Rich Mullins fan—he co-wrote it—and have heard him sing that before. And I've heard "Find A Way" and "Everywhere I Go" because those were major singles and are on her hits compilation for this period. But it's a good album, I'm finding today. "Wise Up" is fun pop with a good '80s rock edge to it. I'm not sure if the album is timeless, but it's a great snapshot of the best Christian pop had to offer from the era. The album originally was released with four different cover artwork versions on LP and cassette, and the digital 35th anniversary release incorporates all 4 photos.

Release Year: 1985
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Album Art of Amy Grant's Unguarded 35h Anniversary album - At the top, it has the artist's name in large, pink block letters. Below it, much smaller on the right, is the album title in black type. The bottom 2/3 of the area is a rectangle spllit into 4 smaller rectangles, each with a different photo of the artist striking a dancing pose in black and white.

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