Released 25 years ago this past Friday, this is the first album released in the USA by Tree63, a South African rock band with Christian lyrics. In the late '90s, the band was known as "Tree" and released two albums, Overflow and 63, and this album is a compilation of the best songs from those first two albums and the first album to use their new name, Tree63. If you didn't get the imported albums on CD like I did 25 years ago, you didn't hear the other songs, though all those old songs are currently available on streaming if you want to now access the classic songs you never heard. But the band took "Joy", "Look What You've Done" and "Worldwide" from the Overflow album and re-recorded them to sound more like the production style of their 63 album. And then half of the tracks from 63 were joined with those three new recordings to make this 10-song best of early Tree63 self-titled album that introduced the band to the North American market. John Ellis and his bandmates created great rock music with honest and sometimes worshipful lyrics. Songs like "1*0*1", "Treasure" and "Can I See Your Face?" are excellent rock music with quality Christian lyrics. If you're a fan of Tree63, I recommend you check out the original two albums and their 26 tracks, but this 10-track compilation is a great look at the band's early songs and works well together as an album.

Release Year: 2000
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