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Track Listings

1. Purple Phase

2. Dead Reckoning

3. Let Me Know When It's Over

4. Impossibilidad

5. Grappa Polar

6. Nine Ways till Sunday

Tracks:

The Moving Picture Show
Working In Flickers
That's What I Get All Day/The Moment I Close My Eyes
Diggin' Gold Dust
Every Lady Needs A Master
I Just Wanted To Make Him Laugh
I Like To Be The Way I Am In My Own Front Parlour
Beyond Babel
A David Griffith Show
More Than A Man
The Industry
Gentle Fade
Nineteen Twenty Five
The Biograph Girl
One Of The Pioneers
Put It In The Tissue Paper
Finale

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Funked Out Rock with a Touch of Majesty

Armed and Dangerous
Matthew Ward
Manufacturer: Live Oak Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000M52YFM

Product Description

Songs are: 1. Red and Yellow, Black And White 2. Trust In You 3. By Your Side 4. Armed and Dangerous 5. Glory to God 6. Moment By Moment 7. Put On the Armour 8. Love

Customer Reviews:

Funked Out Rock with a Touch of Majesty.......2007-03-16

Matthew Ward has one of the all-time great vocal instruments in any style of music. His pure and distinctly soulful sound is instantly recognizable. This album, released in 1986, was a personal landmark for me. Prior to this album, my view of the "Contemporary Christian" music scene was that it was well intentioned second rate artistry.

Here, the songwriting, the lyrical depth, and the vocal and instrumental virtuosity come together in a powerful, high energy musical statement. Matthew's vocal soar, Dan Huff plays a power guitar as only he can do, Lee Jones' bass work is VERY funky, and Jim Tenneboe's 80's period keyboard work is very tasty!

"Red and Yellow, Black and White" is a funky re-make based on the children's song of the same name, celebrating the ethnic diversity of God's people. "Armed and Dangerous", and "Put on the Armor" with their metaphorical references to warfare are based on Ephesians 6:10-18, where we are encouraged to "Put on the full armor of God.." so we can "stand firm..." in the faith. "Glory to God" is a majestic anthem to the God who rescues us in times of doubt and fear. "Love" is a passionate tear jerker for anyone who's ever had a child of their own to pray over. This is perhaps the biggest "hit" from this album, as Matthew prays for his daughter to someday see that "Love is calling out her name", just as his own mother once prayed over him. The chorus expresses the often forgotten Christian reversal of the world's principles, in the idea that "Love has the power to make the weakest man tower, to make the strongest man cower..." There is not a weak song on this album.

An altogether fantastic and overlooked recording. Definitely on my alltime top 100.

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Ouch
1988 solo project from 2nd Chapter of Acts vocalist

Fade to White
Matthew Ward
Manufacturer: Benson Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00008ERNM
Release Date: 1994-03-01

Customer Reviews:

Ouch.......2006-10-18

This is amazingly expensive for a work that is not even new. I will shop elswhere to find a better deal. 40 dollars for an old CD....come on!!

1988 solo project from 2nd Chapter of Acts vocalist.......2006-02-05

Produced by John Andrew Schreiner this solo disc features the other two members of 2nd Chapter of Acts on harmonies but with Matthew's voice as the focus. Songs are:
Then I Realized
Racing for the Goal
You Alone
Show Them
Heart
So Many Are Lookin'
Time Will Tell
Far Behind
Perfect Union
Fade to White

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The male member of 2nd Chapter of Acts ROCKS !!
Better than we knew
Toward Eternity
Touches where I live

Toward Eternity/Fade to White
Matthew Ward
Manufacturer: Newport
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Christian & Gospel | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Indie Music | Stores | Music

General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000IYNT
Release Date: 1999-05-25

Tracks:

Toward Eternity
It's All Right
Soft Spot
Noah's Song
Til' the Walls Fall Down
Gotta Do Better Than This
Your Love Came over Me
Hold On
Angels Unaware
Summer Snow
Vineyard
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Then I Realized
Racing for the Goal
You Alone
Show Them
Heart
So Many Are Lookin'
Time Will Tell
Far Behind
Perfect Union
Fade to White

Album Description

This double CD set represents Matthew Ward's 1st and 3rd solo projects. His incredible range of vocals are featured on the rock classics, "Racing for the Goal" and " 'Til the Walls Fall Down" as well as the more melodic classics, "Summer Snow" and the still popular wedding song, "Perfect Union".

In addition to the songs written by Matthew, these CDs feature many songs written by several pioneers of Contempory Christian music including Keith Green, Phil Keaggy and Annie Herring, Matthew's sister and fellow member from the 2nd Chapter of Acts.

Customer Reviews:

The male member of 2nd Chapter of Acts ROCKS !!.......2003-03-04

Matthew Ward's first solo album is finally on cd and it's about time! I'm not crazy about the price of this cd (too high) nor the 2nd cd but I had to have it in my collection. Matthew on his 1st cd worked with 2 of the greatest legends of Contemporary Christian Music: Phil Keaggy and the late, great Keith Green. Every song on TOWARD ETERNITY is a classic. I love his vocals on "It's Alright" and "Soft Spot". Many of these songs are much different than Matthew's work with 2nd Chapter of Acts but they still rock and worship the Lord at the same time. I would have rated this cd 5 stars but only if it was by itself (sorry Matthew, I just couldn't get into the music on Fade to White).

Better than we knew.......2002-03-14

The Christian music market has no memory, which is the ONLY reason I can think of for this album not being a top seller. Phil Keaggy, Michael Omartian, Abe Laboreal, Hadley Hockensmith, and Keith Green, all at the top of their game on To ward Eternity. And Matthew's voice leading the way. Great stuff. Music to put the "new" alternative bands in perspective. Lyrics that still minister after 20 years. What more could anyone ask for?

Toward Eternity.......2001-01-11

Matthew Ward's first solo album, Toward Eternity, is still the best of them all. I've enjoyed this one for many years - from vinyl to cassette - and hopefully, I'll have it soon on CD. From sweet ballads like Summer Snow, to rock tunes like 'Til the Walls Fall Down and It's Alright, he helped push CCM forward and was clearly ahead of his time when this one was recorded. I've followed Second Chapter of Acts since the late 70's and had a blast hearing them in concert several times. Matthew's Armed & Dangerous tour (an excellent 2nd solo album, which I haven't found on CD) was part of the last concert in which I saw them. Does he sound that good in concert? Even better!

Touches where I live.......2000-09-14

I have waited for this album to come out. Matthew Ward's album Fade to White came into my life when I was untouchable, but touched me just when I needed it most! The added songs and the re-published Fade to White is a blessing straight from God. Thank you Matthew for still sharing your gift.

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occasionally harsh electronic/field recording soundscapes

Fade to White
B.J. Nilsen
Manufacturer: Touch UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0006H9F5S
Release Date: 2005-01-24

Tracks:

Purple Phase
Dead Reckoning
Let Me Know When It's Over
Impossibilidad
Grappa Polar
Nine Ways till Sunday

Customer Reviews:

occasionally harsh electronic/field recording soundscapes.......2005-03-08

When my friends and I are talking about ambient music (and music in general), we sometimes invent our own definitions for words to convey what different things sound like and/or whether or not we think that the other person would like them. One of our most recent terms we've started using in reference to ambient music is whether it's "scrapey" or not. For example, ambient music such as early work by Brian Eno would most definitely not be "scrapey," but some work by artists like Christian Fennesz and Philip Jeck fall into this description. The word could basically be described as "amount of harshness, feedback, etc" that a particular track has, but I think we just say it over and over because it seems funny for some reason.

At any rate, BJ (aka Benny) Nilsen is a sound designer from Sweden who records acoustic and electrical instruments in open spaces. Those recordings also pick up natural ambience and the blending in with environmental sounds of nature, then Nilsen brings it all back into the studio and arranges it on the computer, creating sweeping layers of sound that yes, are sometimes a bit "scrapey." This is his third album for Touch Records, and like all releases of this nature is somewhat subjective in terms of what an individual listener will think of it.

Over the course of six tracks and roughly forty-five minutes of time, I have to admit that at times I'm pretty astounded by the sounds created on the release, and at other times I'm simply left scratching my head. Although most of the release was recorded outside, it's somewhat cold by nature in terms of the overall sound projected. "Purple Phase" opens with what sounds like the distant sound of heavy machinery clunking around before it drifts into a bed of feedback that starts out high-frequency and eventually envelops the full range of sound, adding layers like a slow motion Charlemagne Palestine performance (amped to the Nth degree).

"Dead Reckoning" starts out with what sounds like broken-down tape loops struggling to free themselves before ending with a droning hum that flickers with the sound of wind in the microphone. "Impossibilidad" opens with one of the warmest, softest tonal pieces on the entire release, but over the course of its running time evolves into a buzzing, humming swarm of feedback layers before again peeling back and closing with a beautiful finale. If one were to look at Fade To White as a whole, it would be easy to hear the release (especially given the sound sources) as a struggle of the organic versus the inorganic and perhaps even nature versus machine. At times, the natural ambience of pieces is absolutely beautiful, but most of the time swaths of feedback or processing render soft drones into harsh landscapes that seem as unforgiving as the setting of Harlan Ellison's famous short story "I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream" (which I've referenced in other electronic recordings in which the machines seem to be defeating humanity). If you're intersted in slowly-shifting pieces of harsh landscapes, this might be the album for you, otherwise you might want to opt for something with a little more soul.

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