Downhere [CD, Import]

Downhere | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Format: CD, Import
• Label: Slingshot Records
• ASIN: B000MLP50M
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #520,170 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

12 track import. 1> Larger Than Life 2> Raincoat 3> Breathing In 4> Reconcile 5> Calmer of the Storm 6> Dusty Roads 7> So Blue 8> Grown Man 9> Postcard 10> Maybe I Could Learn 11> Verticle 12> Revive Me. 1999 Slingshot Records.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Debut, April 20, 2002

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Mark Baker (Santa Clarita, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Downhere (Audio CD)

Downhere offers a worship-focused project for their debut. The songs focus on our relationship with God and the need to depend on Him. The lyrics will grab you and make you stop and think.

"Larger the Life" opens the CD with the simple reminder that the world around us bares witness to God and His power. Since God is larger then what is around us, we need Him in our lives.

"Great Are You" is my personal favorite. It talks again about the power of God and then compares that power to us, putting us in our place and crying out about the greatness of God. "It makes me wonder/Who am I/And great are You."

"Calmer of the Storm" is a prayer for faith that God is still in control when life seems to be out of control.

"Breathing In" takes its name from the idea that when we die, we immediately take our first breath of eternal life in Heaven.

The lyrics range from the simple and straight forward to the poetic. Either way, they will make you stop and think.

My only real complaint with the CD is the lack of variety in musical styles. The songs tend to run together, with only a couple really standing out. This is a small complaint, really, because the words keep bringing me back to listen again and again.

With a little musical variety, this could have been an outstanding debut. As it stands, this is still an great CD that hopefully marks the start of a long career.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible harmonies and catchy rhythms!!!, December 16, 2001

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Benjamin Sabine (Halifax, Nova Scotia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Downhere (Audio CD)

I first got this cd off Ebay because I had never heard of them but I knew they were new. When I first listened to it I was stunned--I hadn't heard much about them but yet they were spellbinding. Very reminiscent of Ten Shekel Shirt, Downhere would fit in anyone's cd collection who already has Jennifer Knapp, Sonicflood, Ten Shekel Shirt, and Caedmon's Call. Although this cd has yet to be discovered by the masses, it's going to become a must have. The songs that these guys write are bound to become part of the next generation of worship cd compilations. You just can't pass these guys by. Let their guitar driven vibes take over your soul as they have mine!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THumbs up from this newcomer!, October 27, 2003

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Cathy (Alaska) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Downhere (Audio CD)

I am a relative newcomer to the Christian rock scene. I was looking for a cool, contemporary, real sound with a good, solid, not corny message. I listened to a lot of samples. And I made the perfect choice in downhere's self-titled album. Their sound reminds me at times of U2, Counting Crows, Neil Young, Creedence Clearwater, even Springsteen (ok, I have a great imagination...).
The first track, "Larger Than Life," is from the movie Joshua, which is where I heard these guys. Other great tracks are Protest to Praise, Raincoat and Making Me. I can listen to this stuff working out, even! The language is very common and natural,not preachy. Just right for me.