Album Of The Day: The Imposter by Kevin Max

Album Art of Kevin Max's The Imposter album - A photo of a white man with bleached blonde hair that is a few inches long is dressed in a black pinstripe suit and photographed from the shoulders up. He's standing front of some bright green background and there's a golden light to the right of frame illuminating his face. On top of his forehead is printed in white in a very thin, sans-serif font first the artist name and then after a big space the album name.

Released 20 years ago last week, this is the second album from Kevin Max, the man who had all the best vocal parts in dc Talk. While his first solo album was a very experimental pop/rock/world music sound, this album is definitely more straightforward rock. "Jumpstart Your Electric Heart!" is a fun song that gets the listener jammin' and there are definitely a bunch of slower rock ballads as well that benefit from Max's great voice and soaring falsetto. One of my favorites is his cover of Bob Dylan's "When He Returns", which has excellent vocals from Kevin Max and great piano from Producer Andrew Prickett. Lyrically, the original poetry is thick with with language of love and religion, but it's hard to tell if it's about God or a lover and it definitely is not your standard Christian rock lyrics. This is one of Kevin's better overall albums of his solo career, but if you like the obscure and somewhat odd music, keep digging into his later albums.

Release Year: 2005
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