Big Picture

Michael W. Smith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 1, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reunion
• ASIN: B0000004R0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,381 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Lamu

2. Wired for Sound

3. Old Enough to Know

4. Pursuit of the Dream

5. Rocketown

6. Voices

7. The Last Letter

8. Goin' Thru the Motions

9. Tearin' Down the Wall

10. You're Alright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MWS takes a quantum leap musically with this album., January 7, 1999

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Don Sanders (St. Louis, Missouri) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Picture (Audio CD)

After a fantastic premier effort and a solid second album, Michael W. Smith goes off the charts with "The Big Picture." Lavish production and driving rock overtures are the keys behind this fantastic recording. It is unlike any previous effort or anything since. By far, "The Big Picture" marks the pinnacle of MWS's early years.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the truly outstanding albums of the 1980s, May 29, 2000

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David Kenner (Fort Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Picture (Audio CD)

Michael W. Smith has carved out a career as an adult contemporary balladeer in recent years but this amazing LP showcased another side of this very versatile singer/songwriter/musician. Every song on this album is a tour de force. Too often there are Christian albums that, if you stripped away the message, are not left with anything of substance but not The Big Picture. There are many tracks on here that, with the right amount of push from the record company, could have been big radio hits. Indeed, Rocketown did become a hit on Christian/AC radio in 1986. That song is just the tip of the iceberg here though. Other standout cuts include Old Enough To Know, about the difficulty teenagers face everyday regarding pressures to give in to sexual desires, The Last Letter, a song about alternatives to suicide, and the raucous album closer, You're Alright, which proves that Smith could really rock. This album never gets old and if it had been given more mainstream exposure, would have to be widely considered the classic that it is.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first "Big bang" of CCM in the 80's, December 15, 1999

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jeff tellin [e-mail] (kansas city) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Picture (Audio CD)

Without a doubt the best produced Christian pop album of the decade, and it still holds its own with much of Christendom's 90's musical output. The songs on the album form one cohesive exhortation to America's youth to keep their faith in God during the tumult of the teen years, knowing He's promised to give them an abundant life. Usually, such a pre-meditated effort to instruct through art causes the finished product to smack of overblown, trite piety. Not so with the Big Picture. If I found myself in the role of a youth pastor, I'd be sure to get a copy of this album into every kid's cd player. The quality that sets this album apart does not rest in the slick production, the unforgetably catchy beats and rhythms, or in the clever, creative song writing. This album deserves to be referred to as a landmark, watershed recording in the annals of Contemporary Christian Music because of the sincerity of Michael's heart to help teens see past their present trials and tribulations and grasp hold of the God who serves as the artistic inspiration for the big picture only He has the power to bring about in their lives. As this recording nears its 14th birthday, here's hoping every adult with a youth in his or her direct care will augment their efforts to impart the message of the Big Picture to their impressionable understudy, by giving them a copy of the album.