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Fireflies and Songs

Sara GrovesAudio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (November 17, 2009)
  • Original Release Date: 2009
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Integrity Media
  • ASIN: B002Q9VOZ8
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,886 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Fireflies and Songs
2. From This One Place
3. Different Kinds of Happy
4. Twice As Good
5. It's Me
6. This House
7. Setting Up The Pins
8. Love
9. Like A Lake
10. Eyes Wide Open
11. Joy Is In Our Hearts

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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4.6 out of 5 stars
This album is both authentic and beautiful. Megan Lafollett  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
I fell in love with this CD right away just as with all of her others. BGarlock  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sara Groves [Fireflies and Songs] November 17, 2009
Format:Audio CD
"This one is the songwriter's album for sure." Almost as an afterthought, Sara Groves concludes an in-depth conversation about her new recording, Fireflies & Songs. Well put. At the same time, it should be pointed out that Sara's parting descriptor is a testament to how the album was approached and recorded rather than a proclamation of Fireflies' superiority over her other widely-esteemed work. With her two previous INO recordings, 2005's Add to the Beauty, which includes "You Are The Sun", and 2007's Tell Me What You Know, which includes "I Saw What I Saw", Groves focused on a theme and wrote poetic commentary with songs about social justice and the impoverished.

However, early in the pre-production process of Fireflies & Songs INO Record's president Jeff Moseley suggested that "It's been a long time since we've heard from you," saying, "I want to check in with you. What's happening now in your life? What is life like for you as a wife, mother, daughter and friend?" Sara's songwriting has long been ubiquitously described as extremely "vulnerable", "honest", "transparent", "intimate" and "real."

Each of Sara's albums have received well-deserved acclaim for her premier songwriting ability. Sara's major label debut album Conversations includes "The Word" and she was nominated for best new artist. She has followed up each album with her next "best" album with 2002's All Right Here which includes "Less Like Scars", and 2004's The Other Side of Something which includes "The One Thing I Know".

"Fireflies And Songs" begins with Sara musing about "30 years ago I was a little girl " hearing a woman singing "you don't bring me flowers anymore". As a late 30's male who grew up listening to that same song when I was a little boy, I immediately identified with Sara's reference and also having 3 young children, I found every reference amazingly relevant as I've also been married for 15 years, same as Sara. She continues with "From This One Place", which had me praying along with Sara in response to bouts of anxiety. "Different Kinds of Happy" is another one of Sara's classic songs of vulnerability with these lyrics "I've got to ask you something, but please don't be afraid, there's a promise here that's heavier, than your answer might weigh". "Twice As Good" is a relational song to one of Sara's friends.

Each of her albums has always had at least one song that pulls my heart strings and brings out an emotional response. From "Maybe There's A Loving God" to "I Saw What I Saw", I always expect at least one of Sara's songs to make me cry. On Fireflies & Songs that song is "It's Me". The picture of how a husband and wife hurt each other with emotional wounding words is capped off by Sara's crying out to the boy she loves "it's me, baby it's me, how in the world can tenderness be gone, in the blink of an eye". The song makes me cry just writing about it. "This House" is written to Sara's daughter Ruby and is based on Psalm 84:11. The album ends with two of my all-time favorite songs by Sara, "Eyes Wide Open" and "Joy Is In Our Hearts". "Eyes Wide Open" is confessional with the lyrics "I've got layers of lies that I don't even know about yet" and concludes with "when the lights come up on this town, when the thing goes down, I wanna be telling the truth". "Joy Is In Our Hearts" is worshipful and was written to encourage believers serving on the front lines of social justice. Sara is an avid supporter of International Justice Mission and Food For The Hungry.

Sara's excellent songwriting and captivating piano-based singer-songwriter style have made her my favorite female artist in all of Christian music. If you like Nichole Nordeman, Ginny Owens and Bethany Dillon, you must get Fireflies & Songs. For me, the standout songs are "Fireflies & Songs", "Different Kinds of Happy", "Eyes Wide Open", "Joy Is In Our Hearts" and the gut-wrenching "It's Me". It's hard to imagine, but Sara has now once again released her "best" album topping all of her previous excellent work. This is one of my top 10 albums of 2009.
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5.0 out of 5 stars More Piercing Honesty from a Great Songwriter November 22, 2009
By Qwerty
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Sara Groves has an uncanny knack -- no, a rare gift -- for writing songs about issues that are off the beaten path of well worn pop music tropes and writing about them with a searing poignancy. She writes about aspects of life and faith with lyrics that require searching thought. More often than not, her songs end up teaching me something about my own life. Topics include the pressures and temptations of materialism and worldly success, the nature and difficulty of active love and forgiveness in our relationships, and the challenge of responding to God's love for us by displaying it in our own lives. Not bubble gum stuff.

Fireflies and Songs continues the trend with a greater emphasis on our challenges here in the world. Ms. Groves sings about problems we all encounter -- unmet expectations, damaged relationships, anxiety, and loneliness (I'm not the only one, people!) -- in ways that portray the underlying dynamic with piercing honesty. But Ms. Groves doesn't stop there. She suggests ways we can find hope and healing -- through friendship, service to others, and a remembrance of what God did to display his love for us. She reminds us of things that are all too easy to forget.

The music is in the quiet style of acoustic pop (with a little bluegrass thrown in this time!)and complements Ms. Goves' subtle and thought-provoking lyrics. The album has a well produced sound. Ms. Grove's singing is pure and matches the authenticity of her lyrics. All in all, a sublime effort. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hit the mark January 5, 2010
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This album is both authentic and beautiful. As a wife, mother, and still relatively-young adult, each of these songs spoke directly to where I am in life right now. Listening to the album straight through for the first time, it honestly felt like God had prepared the music just for me. It is wonderful that music like this exists -- straight from the soul, from a person who clearly has both "life experience" (in particular, I mean past the honeymoon stage of marriage but still in love) and a personal relationship with God. My husband also enjoys the album, and the lyrics have been a good starting point for conversation.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another wonderful album
Our family loves Sara's music. She sings from the heart. A really mix of gentle and up-beat songs. Good CD for the car especially then you can really listen and absorb her lyrics.
Published 2 months ago by Grammy05
5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable CD
I recently discovered Sara Groves music and have bought most of her CDs. I would have to say "Fireflies and Songs", and her latest, "Invisible Empires", are my... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Old Gamer
5.0 out of 5 stars Love her
All her stuff if good, so don't stop at just one of Sara's cds. Love her sweet soprano, and folk melodies.
Published 3 months ago by B. Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars Sara Groves Fireflies and Songs
I fell in love with this CD right away just as with all of her others. I really enjoy the romantic notions expressed in this CD as I am a romantic at heart. Read more
Published 12 months ago by BGarlock
4.0 out of 5 stars Lyrically Wonderful
I've had Fireflies and Songs in constant rotation on my iPod for a couple years, now. I love this album for the truth inside the lyrics. Read more
Published 14 months ago by crazyfaith
5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD
Fantastic CD you will want to listen to over and over again. Every time I listen I hear new meaning.
Published 16 months ago by princessleiannie
5.0 out of 5 stars What every songwriter would hope to obtain.
Sara Groves had gotten to a place musically and lyrically that distinguishes her from the rest of Christian Music, and for me it is in the compelling honesty of her words. Read more
Published 19 months ago by C. Sloan
2.0 out of 5 stars An honest review from a Sara Groves fan
I have to agree with the 2 star rating by K. Lacey "Crustaceo" (FL) on this album. I fell in love with Sara Groves' work awhile ago with my favorite albums being Conversations, All... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Peter
4.0 out of 5 stars Another great CD from Sara Groves
While I like the previous CDs a little more, I have really come to enjoy this one as well. A must for Sara fans!
Published on January 20, 2011 by Tamara
5.0 out of 5 stars A nice album
I hadn't actually heard of the artist and was buying some christmas gifts... and ok, so Amazon suggested it and I thought "Hey, why not? Read more
Published on December 30, 2010 by Phillip Gentry
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Has anyone purchased the mp3 version of this cd on saragroves.com?
me too. such a fantastic, expressive and honest album. highly recommend.
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