Search - Glad :: The Acapella Project II

Barbara M. from FERNDALE, WA
Reviewed on 12/31/2015...

Great variety in this a capella CD.

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Can't Get Enough of GLAD's Acapella Projects

07/09/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Like most things in my life I experienced GLAD in reverse of release dates. I thought it impossible to improve upon Project III and then I experienced Project II. Their variations on Christ the Lord is Risen Today sends cold chills up and down my spine and All Glory Laud and Honor Him makes my heart swell for the praise and worship GLAD offers to millions of Christians worldwide. I'm so very glad I've added GLAD to my music repetoire. "I say Rejoice, I say again Rejoice" And, as is my pattern, I will now search, find and experience Project I. Happy Acapella Harmonizing!"

Typical excellence from Glad...

Chad Oberholtzer | Boalsburg, PA, USA | 10/09/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I have been listening to Glad for over ten years, and I love their stuff. They have carved out a rather unique niche in the Christian music market, establishing a following from folks who would not naturally be drawn to a capella music. For that, they are to be commended.



There are several outstanding tracks on this disc, including "Christ the Lord is Risen Today," "You Put This Love in My Heart," and "All Glory, Laud and Honor." As one would expect from Glad, none of these sound anything like what you know, but their arrangements of these three are fantastic and well executed.



I refrain from giving this album five stars because several of the songs are just overarranged. This is the plague of Glad, whereby they seem to try so hard to be unique that they ultimately arrange the melody right out of a song. One cannot critique their ability to sing amazingly complex chord structures, but there are times that the chords are so complex that it destroys a song. For instance, "My Jesus, I Love Thee" just sounds dreadful to this listener.



Knowing this fact about Glad, I will continue to buy their music for the home runs, knowing that there will usually be one or two strikeouts on each album when the arranger just tried to get too fancy and wrecked a song. In any case, Glad can never be accused of being generic or uncreative. I'm glad that they have had such a successful career of bringing their new sound to the world of Christian music."