Sunsets & Sushi [Enhanced]

David Crowder*Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Six Step Records
• ASIN: B00078JW4K
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,288 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect perky background music, February 18, 2005

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Abigail Welborn (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunsets & Sushi (Audio CD)

First off, I'm a huge David Crowder Band fan, so take that bias into account. If you're unfamiliar with what he has to offer, I recommend his album "Can You Hear Us?" and, of course, the original "Illuminate."

"Sunsets and Sushi" is more like an EP than a full album, offering only eight remixed songs. Each is different from its original, but the remixes (as noted by other reviewers) are not hard-core dance pop (the way, say, Britney Spears remix singles tend to be). They're mostly electronified, with a little more reverb here, a little sampling and repetition there. I love listening to it while I work, although it is a little unusual for DCB to be relegated to background music, I listen to his normal albums in the background as well.

To illustrate, "No One Like You," a loud, fast high from the original CD, becomes a contemplative pop-rock number with shades of dance-music sampling. Or take one of my favorite DCB songs ever, "Deliver Me." Sarah Brightman originated it, and he did a driving, melancholy version on "Illuminate" with a Christian chorus tacked on at the end to give it a lift. The remix loses the driving sadness and desperation and verges instead on eerie trip-hop. It's not better or worse, just different; I happen to like all three versions.

I definitely wouldn't recommend this album *instead* of the original "Illuminate," as these songs are more about sound than passion or emotion. But it makes a great addition to a Crowder fan's collection.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars +*+*+* A must have*+*+*+, October 16, 2005

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MRMILTON (Burlington, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunsets & Sushi (Audio CD)

I highly recomment this cd to not only fans of David Crowder, but to fans of good, well-programmed electronic music everywhere. For those unfamiliar with the band's work they're actually a rock band. This album however, is an "electronic" interpertation of their album ILLUMINATE - not really remixes of the songs from that album (which is what I was expecting). These songs are completely different. The DCB (David Crowder Band) didn't take the easy way out and through a dance beat and some synthesizers under perviously recorded songs like most bands do when offering albums like this. No, they gave the listener brand new songs.

If I was driving thru a city on a rainy night...this is the album I'd play. I don't say this to suggest the songs are sad or depressing, (because they're not. they're actually beautiful and remind me of HOPE), but I say this in that these songs make me feel like I'm on a mysterious journey. And isn't that what our life with GOD is? He's the leader. This is the album I'd play while traveling down roads unkown, lead by a great king.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great worship, October 27, 2005

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Alexander Large (Ambridge, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sunsets & Sushi (Audio CD)

Once again David Crowder shows his versatility in making good Christian music. With echoes of The Postal Service in the first song, Sunsets and Sushi immerses you in techno-worship. This album may not be for everybody (and no album is!) but it definitely leads me to a place of praise everytime I listen to it. It is a great remix of some of Crowders best songs. The remix's of Intoxicating and Deliver Me, provide a needed thematic thrust to the songs that make them much deeper and more moving.
That being said, some people don't like the electronic sound of the album. I think it is a great album that shows Crowder's versatility.