Album Of The Day: Rich Mullins by Rich Mullins

Album Art of Rich Mullins's self-titled album - A black and white photo of a man standing against a bright yellow background. only the bottom of his face, a grin, can be seen at the top. The center of the photo is is chest with his armed crossed below, and the black T-shirt with 'Rich Mullins' written in large, white text in the middle of the shirt. The photo is pretty grainy.

"Well there's a lot of things working against me / But I know I can't lose." Released 40 years ago yesterday, this is the first solo pop/rock album from Rich Mullins, one of my favorite Christian singer-songwriters. The mid-'80s production definitely sounds very dated to my ears, but these are early songs from an excellent songwriter. Rich Mullins does a great job putting together lyrics that clearly speaks to the hardships of life but also points to God's grace and love in the same songs, plus he's got a great gift for putting those to melodies. "Elijah" and "Save Me" are probably the most well-known songs from this album, but songs like "A Few Good Men", "Live Right" and "Both Feet On The Ground" are also great songs about the life of a Christian trying to live a simple life as an artist. Rich Mullins recorded 8 more albums after this before his death in a motor vehicle accident in September 1997, and though this is not his best album, it's a promising start and still a good listen. I love the very simple, somewhat silly cover artwork too.

Release Year: 1986
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