The Bright Sadness

Bright Sadness

Charlie Hall delivered his magnum opus with this intrinsically captivating worship album. His approach to modern worship has no true contemporary, though it's easy to hear the influence of being on the Passion scene for so many years with labelmates the David Crowder Band and Chris Tomlin. A beautiful concoction of swirling synths, punchy guitars. and challenging lyrics lifts Hall above the mediocrity of the day. His enchanting tenor serves as vehicle for deeply penetrating messages of the ironies of the Christian walk. "This is a night of Love's renovation" he sings on "Hookers and Robbers." "We must learn to see without our eyes" he submits on "The Second Alive." These themes, extensions of the album title, indicate the acceptance of the duality of our lives and how it brings us even closer, not further, from God. A "bright" spot indeed for fans of innovative contemporary Christian rock. ~ Jared Johnson, All Music Guide

Performer	Charlie Hall
Music genre	Contemporary Christian, Sacred / Religious
Media format	CD
Original release date	2008-08-01
Number of tracks	12
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	01. Chain Breaker 02. New Year 03. Walk The World 04. My Brightness 05. Scenes 06. Thrill 07. The Second Alive 08. Hookers And Robbers 09. Bloom Again 10. You Are God 11. Knit My Heart 12. Mystery
Record label	CD
Composer	Charlie Hall
Songwriter	Charlie Hall
Track name	Bright Sadness, Some Kind of Heaven, Wave After Wave, To Be Enchanted (Voice Memo), To Be Enchanted, Mother, Sun Rising, Christ Is Born (Dance I), Falling (O Dushe Moya), Voskresennia (Paschal Marins Hymn), Lament for the Forgotten, Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Miserere Nobis (Have Mercy on Us), For Thou (Dance II), Voskresennia Sopilka, Joy of All Sorrow, Joy of All Sorrow (Cadenza), Kairos (Dance III), Kairos (Ebb & Flow), Agios, Ektenia (Sun Setting), Chainbreaker, New Year, Walk the World, My Brightness, Scenes, Thrill, The Second Alive, Hookers and Robbers, Bloom Again, You Are Good, Knit My Heart, Mystery
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N