Album Of The Day: Go West Young Man by Michael W. Smith

Album Art of Michael W. Smith's Go West Young Man album - On a white background, a photo of a white man with lots of brown hair is pictured in a bright blue suit with a golden shirt underneath and holding a black hat over his heart. He's looking way up. On the white background is written across the top his first name in a blue handwritten cursive, and along the right vertically in red is his last name. In the top right corner is a drawing that looks like his middle initial, 'w'. Small drawings of a man dancing are to the left of his face, and handwritten in black long his left side is the album title.

"Get on the love crusade." Released 35 years ago today, this is the sixth studio album from Christian pop artist Michael W. Smith. Before Michael W. Smith was known for making worship music, he was one of the most experienced songwriters and performers in Christian pop music, and this album brings the '80s pop feel even though it was released in 1990. "Place In This World" is this album's biggest hit and propelled this album to platinum status, and "For You" has a fun trombone solo in the bridge. The title track kicks off the album with a bit of a country nod including the sound of horses neighing right at the start. This album also is the first recording of Michael W. Smith's first modern worship song, "Agnus Dei", though here it's just an orchestral pop song that later became a praise song sung at church services. This album definitely feels like it's from a different time, but it's still fun to listen to as it's fairly well-done pop with a Christian message.

Release Year: 1990
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