Welcome Home - Four Star Mary

Welcome Home - Brians debut solo album

Advantages: Showcases Brians vocals quite well, some catchy tracks,
Disadvantages: Wont appeal to all, BSB fans and others, some tracks slightly 'filler'

- Introduction - Brian Littrell is well known as being one of the Backstreet Boys, one of the biggest selling boy bands of the 1990s. Anyone who has been a fan of his or has read many interviews with him from the start, will be aware that his faith is pretty important to him and plays a big part in his life. When asked what he might have been, had he not become a member of the group, he has often said that he would have gone on to become a youth minister or something similar and he has also stated from early on that if he were to do a solo project, it would likely involve his faith and that he would like to make an accessible records that would hopefully bring religion and faith to perhaps non religious people, such as some Backstreet Boys fans. Brians first solo album, entitled Welcome Home, was finally released in the US in ...

IzzyS 17.07.2008 · Read full review
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Four Star Mary, Five Star Album

Advantages: Everything - one of the best rock albums in recent years
Disadvantages: Availability may be a problem

Four Star Mary must be one of the biggest unsigned bands on the planet, with a huge following from fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and your average rock music enthusiast like myself. The follow up to their self-titled EP release is the full album "Thrown to the Wolves" - a relatively short 10 track masterpiece that just oozes class. The album kicks off with "Dialate" setting the rocky tone for the rest of the disc. "Thrown to the Wolves" is a slower, melodic follow-up that leads in beautifully to the most widely recognised track the band have produced, "Pain" which has also featured on the Buffy soundtrack. This upbeat mood is constant throughout the album, with the teasing riff on "Dark Sky" one of the main highlights. "Thrown to the Wolves" signs off with the slow ballad-esq "Run" which completes one of THE must have albums ...

GazzaR 12.06.2001 · Read full review
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Welcome Home

Advantages: Brian's brilliant voice
Disadvantages: The songs are too religious for the everyday buyer

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 ...

frack121 14.10.2007 · Read full review
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