![]() Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Eric Odell Author Scott Toderash Posted on Categories Albums Tags 1985, Servant Leave a comment on Servant – Swimming In A Human Ocean – 1984 Servant – Caught In The Act of Loving Him – 1983 This doesn’t take anything away from them lyrically or musically but it is a noticeable change from the simple rock reachings of Fly Away and Suburban Josephine.Įngineer – Jay Healey, John Jenkinson The musical sound is the 1985 radio-friendly stuff of Starship and softer Tears for Fears sounds. They were searching for the new wave sound and look, finding it in what looks like borrowed clothes on the album cover, complete with beret, sweaters, skinny tie and big hair. Servant went through a series of musical changes between their 1979 debut and this 1985 release. Author Ray Mansfield Posted on Categories Albums Tags 1981, Servant Leave a comment on Servant – Rockin’ Revival – 1981 Servant – Remix – 1982 This is such a good album it easily slides into a high position in my top 50 albums. Point of trivia is that the song, Jealousies, was a cover of an Eddie Money song and he is credited. That said my favourite track is “Suburban Josephine, a fun 50’s feeling track. The album finished off with what I believe would have been the single, “I’m Gonna Live”. The album bounced around with a few different styles, but they all came together and were placed in a logical order on the album. Bob Rock returned to engineer the second album and gave it a much more refined sound. Servant turned it up a notch for their second album, Rockin Revival. Author Ray Mansfield Posted on Categories Albums Tags 1984, Servant Leave a comment on Servant – Light Maneuvers – 1984 Servant – Rockin’ Revival – 1981 This album is in my personal top 10 but this might just be because of the point in my life I heard it. I’m aware of several bands that had issues with Praise Industries so I think I know where the fault fell. Unfortunately the deal for them would only be 2 albums as there was some dispute between the band and the label. Somehow they got now famous producer Bob Rock to produce the album and you can strongly hear his influence. it took a few years but the band struck a deal with startup record label Praise Industries. Several members came together to start a group called “Higher Ground” but quickly changed the name to Servant. ![]() Servant formed out of a commune on Vancouver Island Canada called “Highway Missionary Society”. I vividly remember my first listen to this album and while there were some CCM Rock & Roll albums out already I would argue they weren’t quite what this album was with perhaps the exception of Gentle Faith. This was the introductory album from Servant and also the introductory for the Tunesmith record label. ![]() I truly believe that this album is one of the most important albums in the CCM genre. ![]()
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