★★★★★
Reviewed by Joshua Andre Michael W. Smith- Sovereign (Amazon mp3/iTunes) "...Sometimes you've just got to shake things up...I feel like it's a good season, I'm pretty passionate. I have lots of energy and I'm probably enjoying making music more than I ever have in my entire life. I'm having fun and I'm excited about this record and this next chapter..." It's been about 3 and a half years since Michael W...
- christianmusiczine.com
2014-05-13
★★★★★
There are some times when we do something uncomfortable. Sometimes, we decide to try something we have never tried before and it is all new to us. We look in awe and wonder at whatever it is, moving out of our comfort zone and normal routine into territory we simply have not considered. Take as an example some certain someone who, after over three decades of calling their own shots, making their own stuff, and working with familiar people, decided to venture into territory they simply have...
- www.jesusfreakhideout.com
2014-06-02
★★★★★
Artist: Michael W. Smith Title: Sovereign Label: Sparrow Records Release Date: 5/13/14 Reviewer: Jonathan Andre Tracklisting: '...sometimes you've just got to shake things up...I feel like it's a good season. I'm pretty passionate. I have lots of energy and I'm probably enjoying making music more than I ever have in my entire life. I'm having fun and I'm excited about this record and this next chapter...' Michael W. Smith. Singing songs and making albums since 1983...
- www.indievisionmusic.com
2014-05-07
★★★★★
Artist: Michael W. Smith Title: Hymns Label: Cracker Barrel Release Date: 3/25/14 Reviewer: Jonathan Andre Tracklisting: '...I've wanted to do an album of hymns for as long as I can remember. When we started talking with Cracker Barrel, I knew it was the right time for this project. I'm really excited about it. These are great, timeless songs that I have always loved to sing...' Michael W. Smith...
- www.indievisionmusic.com
2014-04-29
★★★★★
One of Christian music's most enduring and well-loved artists, Michael W. Smith, is releasing his new worship album 'Sovereign'. From the start this album feels like a fresh new phase of Michael's life. A sturdy start is the best way to describe opening track 'You Won't Let Go'. The song soon seems to blast into life with the volume and velocity of the chorus being exceptional. This song has a great message running through it, about God always being with us...
- www.louderthanthemusic.com
2014-04-02
★★★★★
For 31 years, Michael W. Smith has been a powerhouse name in the realm of Christian music, with his 20-plus albums combining to have sold over 15 million copies. And he has done all of this comfortably within the confines of Provident's Reunion Records. But things are changing for Smith now in 2014. Much like how his friend Steven Curtis Chapman left his home label Sparrow Records after 25-years in favor of Reunion, Smitty is on his way to Sparrow (a transaction that will doubtlessly cause fans...
- www.jesusfreakhideout.com
2014-04-29
★★★★★
Reviewed by Joshua Andre Michael W. Smith- Hymns (Amazon mp3/iTunes/CrackerBarrel) It's been about 3 and a half years since Michael W. Smith, one of CCM's most respected and popular singer songwriters, released an album (Wonder way back in 2010); and there were times in 2011, 2012 and 2013 that I thought that Michael had quietly retired, and God had called him to another venture and calling...
- christianmusiczine.com
2014-03-24
★★★★★
Buy 'Decades Of Worship' at: Michael W Smith has been around a long time in the Christian music world. This greatest hits marks his 24th project in his amazing 29 year career and is a quick follow on to his acclaimed instrumental project 'Glory', released back in November 2011. Decades Of Worship is a mixed bag the most popular worship anthems that Michael has recorded...
- www.louderthanthemusic.com
2012-02-02
★★★★★
Michael W. Smith has always been much more than just a piano man. As far back as 1989's I 2 (Eye) album, Smith has been incorporating instrumental passages into his work. His first all instrumental album, Freedom, released in 2000 and proved that he would be an adept Hollywood movie score composer if he ever decided to head for the West Coast. His second all-instrumental album, Glory, finds Smith again mining big themes for musical introspection and meditation...
- www.jesusfreakhideout.com
2012-01-12