Album Of The Day: Flap Your Wings by The Choir

Album Art of The Choir's Flap Your Wings album - On a deep red background, the middle is taken up with a drawing of a roughly circular shape that is somewhat rough, at least drawn by someone not going for any sort of realism; it feels very cartoon-ish. At the bottom, a blue earth with purple land is shown. Above it is a blue sky and stars, and at the top a crescent moon shines down. The focus of the artwork is a guitar, though instead of a neck of the guitar, there's the torso of an angel with large, gold wings and short gold hair. On the left side, printed vertically in black is the album title.

Released on this day 25 years ago, this is the 9th studio album from alternative rock band The Choir, and the first release from this band that I was exposed to, as I bought this CD a few years later at some sort of store while music shopping. It's not music I listen to often, but "Mercy Lives Here" is very beautiful and "Hey Gene" finds the band grappling with their close friend Gene Eugene dying so unexpectedly. And though this recording of "Beautiful Scandalous Night" is maybe not as beloved as other versions on more worship-focused albums, but it's the band's own version. The lyrics of some of these rock songs also seem to be about personal joys and struggles with relationships and starting families as well. It's maybe not The Choir's most beloved album, but it's a good album and worthy of a listen, I think.

Release Year: 2000
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