Alternative CCM rocker Phil Wickham’s fifth studio-album 2011′s Response is a melodic and epic blast of modern rock uplift that showcases Wickham’s yearning vocals. Clearly indebted to the sparkling, guitar-centric rock of U2, Wickham has a knack for crafting powerful and anthemic rock tracks that are as hummable as they are emotionally weighty. To these ends, such songs as the superb lead-off number “Heaven Fall Down,” and the similarly moving “This Is the Day” mix crooning vocals and chiming harmonic passages that bring to mind a mix of the romantic Brit-pop of Keane with the slick pop/rock of Maroon 5. Elsewhere, we get the moody, electro-tinged number “Joy,” the wide-eyed “At Your Name (Yaweh Yaweh)” and U2-meets-the Killers rocker “This Love Will Last Forever.” Longtime fans of Wickham’s previous work as well as anyone inclined toward spiritual-leaning, adult alternative rock will find much to enjoy on Response. – Matt Collar
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| 01 |
Heaven Fall Down |
5:16 | $1.29 | |
| 02 |
Joy |
3:48 | $1.29 | |
| 03 |
One God |
3:47 | $1.29 | |
| 04 |
At Your Name (Yahweh, Yahweh) |
3:55 | $1.29 | |
| 05 |
This Is The Day |
3:26 | $1.29 | |
| 06 |
All I Want Is You |
4:23 | $1.29 | |
| 07 |
God Of Our Salvation |
4:21 | $1.29 | |
| 08 |
Sun & Moon |
4:31 | $1.29 | |
| 09 |
This Love Will Last Forever |
3:28 | $1.29 | |
| 10 |
All I Am |
3:43 | $1.29 | |
| 11 |
The Victory |
4:57 | $1.29 |