Sanctus Real Fight The Tide We receive various CDs from the radio cores that we remanufacture. As a result, we are are now selling them! Our CDs are professionally resurfaced and are guaranteed to work or your money back! These listings are for the disc only and do not come with the case, album art, or inserts. If you have any questions about the CDs, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer
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No
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5 x 5.75 x 0.45 inches; 3.42 Ounces
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There was a time when this CD & "In The Making" by Nevertheless were the only Cds I listened to in my car. The opening song on this CD is "Everything About You", which may be my favorite Sanctus Real song. It has an 80's sound that I absolutely love. I also like "The Fight Song", "Alone", "Things Like You", and "Closer" very much. The whole CD is good, and I highly recommend it!!
This is the Sanctus Real version of "Nothing is Sound". Almost every track is right on the $$. Alone and Closer are obviously the two best tracks the band has recorded. I have them as ring tones on my RAZR. I hope they are working on a live album or a remix for those two plus Faces and Not Alright.
This CD is simply one of the best I have listened to in a long time. It contains track after track of really great music that points us toward the one we should be giving glory to - the Lord Jesus Christ.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 12, 2006
Sanctus Real spikes their rock with singalong..not really gritty but at times too rocky to really call them power pop. It's hard to know exactly who to compare them to in terms of sound. They're a Christian band but usually avoid becoming too preachy lyrically and that's allowed them a minor degree of mainstream exposure in clubs that more typically book mainstream rock/punk/alt rock acts. This particular CD won Gospel's Dove Award for "Best Modern Rock Album" in 2005.
HIGHLIGHTS:
"Everything about You" is a charging power popper that became a Christian radio hit. "The Fight Song" sports a lyric that could be interpreted as about general arguments ("I don't really wanna fight over something/that's really nothing/it doesn't matter") or about petty doctrinal squabbles that create disunity within Christ's Church. "Things Like You" takes aim at focusing our lives around the things made instead of the God who made them. ("And I think it's time to find a better way to live my life/Than loving all those things that keep me wrapped so tight") with an insta-singalong hook in "Everyone wants everyone else's everything...". "The Show" uses a rock concert as a metaphor for spiritual longing as lyricists Matt Hammitt and Chris Rohman wish they could have been present for the Day of Pentecost when "You (God's Holy Spirit) stole the show". "Deeds" reminds us we need balance in a Christian walk: we can't be so "heavenly minded" that we're no earthly good while also recognizing good deeds alone don't earn salvation ("If you don't have deeds you have nothing at all/If you don't have faith your deeds will fall".)
LOWS:
"Message" is a backlash against the Supreme Court's opposition to the Ten Commandments display in Alabama courts but it strays into slight paranoia about restriction of Christian expression. ("It might not be too long/before they say they've made our faith against the law") "Say Goodbye" is a fairly generic "letting go" song that's been said before in better ways.
BOTTOM LINE:
Musically, they're nothing terribly original but they're competent if not creative. Lyrically, there's the inkling that they at least desire to avoid cliche and that's something they should continue to nurture. There are far too many shopworn phrases in CCM today. Good enough that I'll seek out some of their other discs.
I love Sanctus Real but only had one of their CDs, naturally I wanted more - so I ordered this one, was really happy with it when it arrived. It had big expectations to live up to, and it managed to hit them! I think "Pieces of a Real Heart" is better, but thats just me, this is an awesome CD with some really cool catchy tunes!
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