album review by Isaac Surh

I'm so appreciative of the good folks at Integrity Music who have worked hard to put this CD together because they believe our children deserve the very best, and one can clearly hear this philosophy blasting through the speakers as the music plays. It’s great to see the finest of our resources being invested into the next generation.

For those of you who have yet to start your own worship CD collection, this one is actually a smart first choice. It includes praise songs like I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever, Let Everything That Has Breath and Shout To The Lord, songs that have become veritable "Christian anthems" of the modern church. But with the hip new back-beats and the vivacious energy of the youthful singers, these familiar songs become new again. And of all the songs on this album, I can say that the arrangements are as intelligent and creative as any I’ve heard before.

As mentioned above, this CD spares no expense. It features worship leaders Steve Fee, Jeffery B. Scott, Jennifer Carrozza and, my personal favourite, Candi Pearson. She is truly a God-gifted talent and an incredible performer, and it would be worth buying this CD just to be blessed by her singing. Jennifer Carrozza’s husband John, who did most of the arrangements on this album, is also a great keyboardist, as one can clearly hear in his superb piano work on Let Everything That Has Breath.

One point of consideration for children’s worship leaders is that these songs might even be a little too good for kids. That is to say, the songs are not of the simplest variety (as they tend to be a little wordy) and the arrangements are so developed that children might find them complex. So, I’d recommend this CD only to the most precocious of toddlers but mainly to children 10 years of age and above.