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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An amazing christian/modern-rock C.D I won't soon forget., May 25, 1999
By A Customer
Sometimes, you just get a feeling about an album. It happened for me with Rebecca St. James album "God"(which I bought without listening to) as well as such classics as Jars of Clay's first, D.C Talk's "Jesus Freak" and Grammatrain's "Flying" and it happened with Plumb's latest. Although I thought that thier first release was a good but not great album (with too simplistic of a productiuon and some confusing lyrics along with it's good traits), I had a feeling that "CandyCoatedWaterdrops" would be awesome long before buying it. Maybe the holy spirit guided me to it, I don't know. This is easily one of the best new releases of any sort this year, along with Pete Stewart's self titled release. For those unfamiliar to Plumb, they are a edgy modern rock band that deals with the tough issues of the christian life (a trait that I love). This album is more upbeat, and faster in tempo than the first, but still features some pretty emotionally shattering material. Tiffany Arbucle, the lead singer, is absolutely astonishing on this (What a range!), all of the musicians are at thier peaks, the producers (Matt Bronleawe and Glenn Rosenstein) know thier stuff, and the London Symphony Orchestra adds a great boost to more than half the album. My favorite of the upbeat tunes is Phobic, an astounder about God's Love, and God-shaped Hole (although I wish they had come up with an more original title for it). Of the edgy stuff, my fav.s are "Late Great Planet Earth", an unforgettable meditation on the hopelessness of a Godless existence (I plan to make a music video out of it in a film class), "Stranded", "Worlds Collide" a rock song of amazing depth about a person choosing Christiany over a human relationship, "Drugstore Jesus", a scorching examination of fairweather christian's, and, of course, "Damaged", a brillant songf about a girl who was sexually abused and finds her peace in God (it makes me want to cry every time I hear it), but don't get me wrong, every song on the album is awesome. Buy this album as soon as you can.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
even if you're not a Christian, October 7, 2005
This album is in my top 20 list. I've played this for many many people, none of whom are even remotely christian and everyone has absolutely LOVED it.
It's progressive, slightly funky, and definitely rockin with wonderful lyrics, mostly of the "uplifting" kind.
One word of 'warning' however; the song "Damaged" is not only depressing it's ridiculously addictive. At least for women, I think. Every woman I've played that song for has gotten their own copy and confessed later to playing the one song over and over and over... as did I. The song is about child abuse - physical and sexual - and I believe for anyone who has ever been a victim the song has a cathartic healing power to it that can't be ignored. Ms Arbuckle has said that she has been told by quite a few people that "Damaged" has greatly helped them. Give it a serious listen and find out why.
If you are wavering about this CD, at least buy it for "The Late Great Planet Earth" and "Damaged". You won't be sorry.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
More candy-coated than debut effort, May 19, 2001
"Candycoatedwaterdrops" received a greater degree of attention than did the group's debut CD (self-titled: "Plumb"). As is the case so often in contemporary music, the band's line-up is ever changing, but the nucleus of Tiffany Arbuckle (singer/song writer) and Matt Bronleewe (producer/song writer) remains. Together with a pretty good group of players, "Candycoatedwaterdrops" became a Dove Award winning CD in the Alternative/Modern Rock category. That fact in itself is ironic because this effort is much less alternative/modern rock (like "Plumb") than it is mainstream pop rock.While a few critics despair at "Plumb's" pop leanings on this CD, the more radio-friendly songs probably earned them a better chance at notoriety than did the moody "Plumb" rockers of 1997. Still not absent of moodiness ("Phobic" for example), this CD has a stronger attention to melody and vocal production which is a good thing. Arbuckle's voice probably was not challenged enough in 1997, but "Candycoatedwaterdrops" provides her the opportunity to rock ("Late Great Planet Earth") and to be tender ("Damaged"). There are a few catchy pop tunes that received a good deal of radio play (my favorite - "God-shaped Hole," as well as "Stranded," and "Here with Me"). My only criticisms are: (1) "Late Great Planet Earth," a solid rock tune by-the-way, needs to be set free. This song begs to rock with the same energy and heaviness heard on the first CD. (2) Song writing still needs tweaking here and there. Even though this is a better collection of songs, a few cuts simply do not carry themselves well. However, I will give praise for the greater attention to melody. (3) Some songs need not be dragged on for an extended period time (a production detail). "Stranded," for example, is a pretty song, but it has too long of a tail at the end of it. Tiffany Arbuckle and company deserve credit for a more mature effort with "Candycoatedwaterdrops." It has an eclectic mix of songs that may satisfy a wide range of music fans.
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