Gathering of the Faithful

Shark Island | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Manifest
• ASIN: B000TCZ7SO
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #342,041 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blue Skies

2. Tomorrow's Child

3. The Stranger

4. Go West

5. Welcome Goodbye

6. Life Goes On

7. Down to the Ground

8. Looking for the Sun

9. Heaven

10. I Had a Dream

11. Will to Power

12. Need Your Love

13. Temptation

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars shark island rocks, July 2, 2008

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Matt Lidyoff "mlbolts" (whittier,ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gathering of the Faithful (Audio CD)

a truly great cd. the band is back with a super effort here.the songs go together and make u wanna sing along. some great rockers on here. id say get this cd and it makes u better person.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed!, June 13, 2009

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Joe White - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gathering of the Faithful (Audio CD)

I'm a huge fan of Shark Island and was looking forward to this album, but have to admit that I was utterly disappointed by the end product. The songs are not the problem, it's the production and arrangement. Many of the songs on this album were written years ago and most of the original demos are floating around on the 'net. The demos are outstanding! Songs like "Go West" and "Down to the Ground", in their original form, are hard rocking anthems and compare favorably to "Paris Calling" and "Shake for Me". Unfortunately, they seem really stripped of their power by the cheap production on GotF. "Life Goes On" and "Looking for the Sun" also pale in comparison to their original versions - who produced this mess? Also, inexplicably, some of Shark Island's best demos were not remade. Songs like "Fire", "Tell Me Why", "Every Little Lie", and "When She Cries" were left off. IMHO, these songs are some of Shark Island's best. I really wish I could recommend this album because brisk sales might encourage the group to release another studio album, but I can't.

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BIG disappointment, August 28, 2006

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P. Laidlaw (Sydney NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gathering of the Faithful (Audio CD)

I just wanted to do a review of this cd to hopefully warn other potential buyers who may have been hoping for more of the same from what Shark Island previously delivered with Law of the Order. I'm not going to go into a lot of detail but there is only one song which I beleive holds up against that exceptional cd which is the song Go West. I got Law of the Order due to reading so many good reviews written about it and I wasn't disappointed. Most of the songs were good and I really liked Richard Blacks vocals. The songs here don't have the same catchy hooks, the production has no guts whatsoever, and Blacks vocals sound like he's either shot his voice out over the years in between or like he's not trying. Perhaps the songs aren't as good because they didn't have the help that they had with most of them on Law of the Order. I don't know, but this was a huge disappointment and I certainly gave it plenty of plays to see if it would grow on me. It didn't.