Ending Is Beginning

Downhere | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: September 23, 2008
• Label: Centricity Music/Word
• Copyright: 2008 Centricity Music
• Total Length: 52:39
• Genres: Christian & Gospel/Christian Contemporary Music
• ASIN: B001GCZXZI
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Top Album of 2008!, October 9, 2008

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Kevin Davis "NewReleaseTuesday" (Perkasie, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ending Is Beginning (MP3 Download)

This has been an AMAZING year for new Christian music. My most anticipated album all-year has been this gem by my favorite band Downhere. Sometimes an album doesn't live up to the hype after an excellent album like Wide-Eyed And Mystified, but this album is amazing, every song. As a major fan of the Canadian band Downhere since their Dove Award winning debut in 2001 and Best New Artist 2001, this band has only managed to get better this decade putting them in the ranks of my other favorite bands Jars of Clay, MercyMe and Sanctus Real, with their Brit-Rock sound being a blend of all of those great CCM artists and also the driving alternative rock that has made Coldplay an international sensation.

Ending Is Beginning immediately grabs you with the opening track Bleed For This Love, written in the person of Jesus and is a moving portrayal of His sacrifice and Love. Next, the first single Here I Am, based on my favorite passage of the Bible, Isaiah 6:8 stirs me to answer my calling as a Christian to do God's will. The next 4 tracks Cathedral Made Of People, My Last Amen, Hope Is Rising, and Something Heavenly are among the best songs ever by this great band, both musically and lyrically and the harmonizing of Marc Martel and Jason Germain has never been better. The album doesn't have any filler songs and actually closes as strong as it starts with Live For You, The Beggar Who Gives Alms and the anthemic and moving How Many Kings as a bonus track, originally on last year's Christmas album "Bethlehem Skyline".

For me, this album is truly 5 stars (98% perfect) and is my top album of 2008!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC album in every way!, October 21, 2008

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D. Guimaraes "Papa Danielson" (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ending Is Beginning (MP3 Download)

Listening to this album envoked a feeling I haven't experienced for quite a while, at least not with recorded music...a tremendous appreciation that there even is a such thing as music. May sound crazy or simple, but most of the time we listen, we either like or dislike, we are entertained or not, and we appreciate something or other of what we just heard. Downhere's "Ending Is Beginning" has defied my typical music listening experience. I'm an avid music fan, and a musician myself, and something about the CD drew me to a place of abundant appreciation for the gift we call music.

It's not often these days that you find a band with the talent to bring top-tier musical quality, along with a message that makes you think about what you just listened to. Downhere certainly qualifies...tremendous talent in vocals, guitar, piano, bass, drums, songwriting--what else could you ask for?!?! The songs vary in style (I'm so sick of CDs where every song sounds the same) and truly have something relevant to say. Beyond just enjoying the music, you'll find yourself actually mulling over the lyrics even after each song is over. Not a common thread in music these days.

If there were room for 10 stars, it'd be no contest for me with this album. I have to say it's one of the best in quite a while, well worth the listen! I can't even pick a favorite song, too many great ones! I could go on and on about this CD, but I'll simply urge you to buy and listen (and buy their previous album, "Wide Eyed And Mystified" too). If you don't know Downhere, you don't know what you're missing. Here's to praying this band sticks around and blesses us with music for years to come...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome CD, January 18, 2010

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Holly (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ending Is Beginning (Audio CD)

Words cannot express how much I love Downhere and this latest album. I saw them perform live at my parents' church. They played songs from their Christmas album How Many Kings. The first Christmas album I could honestly say I wouldn't mind listening to all year long. One of the great things with this group is the two lead singers. Jason has a deep smooth voice and Marc's is like glass, clear and when he hits those high notes it takes you back Freddie Mercury...Somehow they have managed to work both these different sounds into their songs and picked the right voice for the right song. When Jason is singing, they throw Marc's voice in at the right times to accent I and vice versa, when Marc is lead singing, Jason's voice perfectly accents Marc's. Now for this album keeping with their rocking sound, with words that that inspire, words that meaning, words that touch the soul, you can't go wrong with songs, like Bleed for This Love, Here I am, My Last Amen, Coming back Home...Cathedral Made of People makes you think, what would happen if people didn't have a church to pray in? What if we didn't have access to the written Word? The people are the assembly, the people would gather and their voices would be raised, we don't need the physical confines to make up a church, the people are the church body... The songs grow on you. Since I've bought this CD and listened to it the first time, I keep going to back to and singing along out loud with these songs. Buy it! You won't be disappointed.