Released 45 years ago today, this is the third album from Christian music pioneer Keith Green. When I think of piano-based rock, I think of Billy Joel and Elton John first, but Keith Green is definitely someone on my radar as a member of that genre. This album is definitely a piano pop/rock album, with Green crafting 10 songs that present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to listeners in an engaging musical style for the era. It definitely feels like a late-'70s/early-'80s album, but it sounds a bit less dated than most of the albums from the mid-'80s or early '90s. Despite first releasing this album independently for free, the quality of the recording and the musicianship is very good, I think. I guess Bob Dylan even plays harmonica on a track or two. The title track opens the album with a somewhat funny rock song about the Israelites of the Bible pining to leave the desert and return to slavery in Egypt. And probably the most well-known song on this album is "O Lord, You're Beautiful", a song of praise and longing to draw closer to God. As far as I'm aware, I haven't listened to this album much in the past, but I liked it and it's a Christian music classic.

Release Year: 1980
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