All Right Here

Sara Groves | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 20, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Integrity Media
• ASIN: B00006G9ZR
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,873 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #13 in Music > Indie Music > Christian & Gospel > Alternative
  • #18 in Music > Indie Music > Christian & Gospel > Christian Contemporary Music
  • #59 in Music > Indie Music > Christian & Gospel > General

Customer Reviews

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars thoughtful, intelligent Christian music, February 25, 2003

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Joe Sherry (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Right Here (Audio CD)

It is kind of funny, reading some of the reviews of this album. The major complaints are that this album is not Conversations and also that Sara does not mention God or Jesus over and over again. My response to that would be that while Conversations is probably my favorite of Sara's albums, if I wanted to listen to Conversations...I'd just put in that cd and not hope that the next album was the same as the last. I appreciate artistic growth. My response to the second is that sometimes we forget that not every word out of our mouths and not every thought that we have is about God. So, while Sara Groves is a Christian and a Christian artist, if every line of every song directly mentioned God....the songs would probably sound the same and Groves wouldn't have the talent that she does. A person can talk about God and about her walk with Christ without always directly mentioning God. Besides....the book of Esther does not mention God once....and Esther is in the Bible.

The hot single from this album is "First Song that I Sing". It is a catchy pop-ish song about how the first thing Sara will do every day is praise and worship and glorify God. It really hits home because I know this is something I'm failing at in my own life. My favorite two songs on the album are "Less Like Scars" (about how the wounds of Christ are less like scars and more like a victory and salvation) and "Maybe There Is A Loving God."

If this album is not quite as good as Conversations, it is very, very close. It is also a much better album than Sara's first album, Past the Wishing.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hidden Jewels, January 21, 2003

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Maddy Dunn (BONDI BEACH, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All Right Here (Audio CD)

When I was deciding which Sara Groves album to buy, after sampling a few tracks of both on the Net, I felt myself leaning towards Conversations...it seemed more instantly classic.
However, I couldn't make up my mind so I went down to my local Koorong store (A big Christian bookstore in Sydney, Australia) and bought both of them!!!
I was glad I did because within two listens, All Right Here had stolen my heart as my favourite CD for some time now.
There's a joyousness in the album, something subtle that I can't quite put my finger on...that X factor which makes this album, while not as immediate as Conversations, ultimately the more rewarding of the two.
Maybe its because it features the best Christian praise song since Amy Grant sang her Praise to the Lord back in '82 (the homage to Rich Mullins on Sara's song really gets me jumping around the room) or maybe the impossibly catchy refrain of Maybe There's a Loving God...or perhaps its just the lyrics which I relate to with such personal conviction (esp. Less Like Scars and All Right Here).
Although I loved Conversations (Hello Lord is like a prayer written especially for me) All Right Here is a finer honing of her craft and a lesson in growth from a wise Christian.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soul, Beauty and Faith, December 28, 2002

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Jeremy Garber "urbanmenno" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Right Here (Audio CD)

Sara Groves' album is an example of what Christian music ought to be. Sincere, powerful, and with the talent to back it up. Too often anything with Christian lyrics is assumed to be OK, but Groves proves that you can be faithful and still be committed to good musicianship. Less Like Scars speaks volumes without recycling stale Christian cliches. Buy this one and see what you've been missing.