Brian Littrell started, and continues, his career as a member of the Backstreet Boys, one of the most popular Boy bands to grace the 90's music scene. Brian though felt it was about time for him to release a solo album and this is it. Brian Littrell's Christian debut album Welcome Home.
Song Listing: 1 - My Answer Is You 2 - Wish 3 - Welcome Home (You) 4 - You Keep Givin' Me 5 - Gone Without Goodbye 6 - I'm Alive 7 - Over My Head 8 - We Lift You Up 9 - Grace Of My Life 10 - Angels And Heroes 11 - Jesus Loves You
Throughout the album Brian addresses issues of his faith and his family and happiness. It's not the feel good album that I would have expected from a Backstreet Boy but it's definately a moving and thought provoking album.
Whilst listening to this CD I found some of the songs to be a bit too slow for my liking. Gone Without Goodbye is an example of this that seems to involve only a guitar and Brian's voice. Another fairly acapella song is Jesus Loves You, which also opens with his Son Baylee claiming "I wanna hear Jesus loves you daddy".
Brian wrote or co-wrote most of the songs that appear on this album and even dedicates the song Grace Of My Life to his wife and his son which I found to be quite a moving sentiment considering the song is about people gracing his life.
One of my favourites on the album has to be Welcome Home (You), which is a song about father and son relations and also about a relationship that people have with god. The most moving lyrics of this song have to be "You're never far, I will be where you are, and when you come to me, I will open my arms."
In my opinion the best song on this album stands out as Angels and Heroes which is thought provoking and also very true. "We are the poets, we are the dreamers, we are the soldiers, we are the screamers." The song relates to everybody and not one particular person which is why I think it has a more moving effect than any of the other songs.
Brian has never hidden his faith and even thanks god for his voice and for helping him overcome everything that he's been through. Brian truely believes that God gave him the voice so he could use for people to listen to.
I do like the cover design and in the booklet there are one or two really good pictures of Brian and at the back there's a very sweet picture of him and his wife and son.
I wouldn't suggest this to be an album to rush out and buy immediately. Maybe if you are deeply deeply religious and need something to reassure your faith from time to time then yes this is good but it's not for the average person. Even if you are a fan of the Backstreet Boys do not rush out and buy this. Only rush out and buy this if you are a big fan of Brian Littrell and like the sound of his voice. I understand that it's a christian album but I'd believe that more people would buy this album if he had included more songs for everyday average people. Although I do applaud Brian for making a Christian album in a world that is run by crazy celebrity religions.
After hearing these songs you will maybe be humming the tune to one or two of them for a few days afterwards but it's definately not an album you'll be remembering for years to come.
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Advantages: Showcases Brians vocals quite well, some catchy tracks, Disadvantages: Wont appeal to all, BSB fans and others, some tracks slightly 'filler'
Advantages: Showcases Brians vocals quite well, some catchy tracks, Disadvantages: Wont appeal to all, BSB fans and others, some tracks slightly 'filler'
Oct 14th, 2007
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