Released 30 years ago today, this is the 8th studio album from Michael W. Smith, who at this time was the king of Christian pop music. I remember this as one of the first albums our family owned on tape that was not Amy Grant, and it got played a lot in the car for those first few years. Smith was working hard at making '90s pop fun with songs like "Cry For Love" and "A Little Stronger Everyday". He goes very country with "Someday" which features the background vocals of Susan Ashton. And Smitty does a great cover of "Crown Him With Many Crowns" which is a stand-out on the album. The title track is a mid-tempo song, but it's one of my favorite Michael W. Smith songs ever. And the trilogy of songs right after that song ("The Other Side Of Me", "Breathe In Me" and "Angels Unaware") are one 13-minute composition of beautiful soul searching by Smith and co-writer Wayne Kirkpatrick. A few things on this album like end times rhetoric and co-opting of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s words on a patriotic, pro-America song are things I do not appreciate anymore, for sure, but overall, this album is one of his better releases. I'm also encouraged that this experienced songwriter tries to keep making Christian pop, despite there not really being any sort of market for it anymore.

Release Year: 1995
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