Find Me in These Fields

Phil Keaggy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 7, 1992)
• Original Release Date: 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000282J
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,746 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Live Studio Recording # 1

2. Strong Tower

3. Carry On

4. Live Studio Recording # 2

5. When the Wild Winds Blow

6. This Side of Heaven

7. Find Me in These Fields

8. Get Over It

9. Calling You

10. Live Studio Recording # 3

11. Gentle and Strong

12. Final Day

13. Live Studio Recording # 4

14. Be in My Heart

15. Live Studio Recording # 5

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keaggy's Best Album Ever, October 20, 2003

By 

A. Calabrese "othernj" (NJ--United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Find Me in These Fields (Audio CD)

This album is now 13 years old. Even though one of Keaggy's earliest efforts, it is his best. There is a little bit of everything on this CD. Rock, blues, folk, and country. One listen to Find Me In These Fields and you will know why he is considered one of America's great guitarists.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is "Fields" Keaggy's "Layla?", February 18, 2000

By 

Mike Johnson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Find Me in These Fields (Audio CD)

Now, before you say that's too far-fetched (that "Fields" is Keaggy's "Layla"), consider this. "Fields is different from most of the music of the last ten years-either Christian or secular-in that it does not smack of blatant commercialism. There is a more artistic spirit about this recording-not to mention a spirit of "we're having fun/are you actually getting this on tape?" This is more about music that means something to the artist and less about music for the marketing department. And for that, we can all say, "Thank you, Mr Keaggy."

Yes, the opening acoustic piece does end with a mistake and a groan. To the commercially minded powers-that-be, a faux pas. To the artist and the audience, a point of contact. Beauty is in the eye-make that the ear-of the beholder.

But why would I compare this to Clapton's "Layla?" Surely Phil Keaggy has other works worthy of being considered magnum opus. (Actually, yes, loads of them that go all the way back to the Glass Harp days.) I make the comparison here: the free-wheeling expression of "this is music for music's sake/thank God I'm alive and a musician." If you listen to the Jams CD in "The Layla Sessions Twentieth Anniversary Edition" and compare that to the jams (and oh that we could hear more of them!) on "Fields," you'll see what I mean.

Can you contrast these jams? Well, yeah. Clapton probably broke loads of picks; Keaggy, not a one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true classic, December 24, 2001

By 

Steven T. Fricke (Arlington, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Find Me in These Fields (Audio CD)

The term classic is thrown around a bit much these days, but this one truly fits that bill. This is as close to a perfect collection of music as Phil could compile. It incorporates every facet of his music that he has mastered. With this in mind, it is not an inconsistent collection of music. Far from it, this album is masterfully laid out. Each track flows perfectly into the next giving you a taste of true acoustic through to hard driving rock and roll.

The album starts with a small acoustic piece that Phil fumbles. This is a brilliant introduction to this collection because right off the top Phil lets you become part of the experience. He says right off the top that he is only human. This removes auspices of him being more than the musician.

To me one of the most amazing things is that through it all, Phil's message is clear: God is worthy of our praise. The wonderful thing is that he makes praising the Lord fun for the believer and delightfully palatable for the music aficionado.

I am deeply involved in contemporary Christian music now. This album was my introduction to that some years ago. It stays as fresh today as it did when I first heard it close to 10 years ago.