Matt Maher has been leading worship at church events and working as a songwriter/musician for at least 25 years, and this is his latest and 12th album release. Much of Matt Maher's early albums I didn't get into because it was a bit quieter and less rock 'n' roll than I liked my Christian music. But I really like this album because it's a mix of songs of praise and worship to God, but also songs of personal struggles and shortcomings and trying to understand what God is saying through them. And there's a lot of different musical styles here: "The Lord's Prayer (It's Yours)" and "Burning Heart Of God" have a heavy Gospel bent, but other songs like "Leaning" have powerful vocals from guest vocalists and other tracks definitely have a rock edge to them guitar-heavy melodies and great drums and bass. The version I've been listening is the CD version, which seems to be tracks 1-9 and track 20 on streaming, which is a nice 37-minute, 10-track album of top-notch songs. But the streaming version is over twice as long and has some live versions of the same songs as well as six further new songs which I'm just listening to for the first time now. I'd definitely recommend giving the first part a listen as Maher is a talented songwriter and lyricist, and stick around for the rest of the streaming version if you're looking for more.

Release Year: 2022
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