Tait

Lose This Life
On Lose This Life, Tait mostly sings about removing the kinds of sinful behaviors that so easily beset mankind. On an album primarily comprised of aggressive pop, with a sound that sits somewhere between R&B and hard rock, Tait seems to be directing much of his insight toward those who are either near to The Faith, are weakly existing in The Faith, or have fallen some distance away from their first love. But instead of pointing his finger at these struggling ones, Tait has placed himself right smack dab in the middle of this same weather-tossed spiritual cruise ship. And unlike a certain island-based sitcom, he won't ever let his S.S. Minnow become permanently lost at sea.

The best line on the album comes from "Fallen," which is also this recording's finest ballad. On it, a spiritually-seeking woman, "wants an alternate ending." It's as if she's caught in a movie where the script foreshadows an unhappy conclusion, and she just wants to have a heart-to-heart with its screenwriter. And in contrast to typical chick flicks, this woman is falling in love with The Savior, instead of some predictable male lead.

This album's loudest moments are found on "Numb," where Tait is joined by Pillar's Rob Beckley. It's a noisy rap-rock call for an end to spiritual lethargy. A similar amount of energy is expended on "Reconnecting," which speaks about getting plugged back into the supreme power source, so to speak. Eddy Grant’s "Electric Avenue" is this album’s lone cover song, and it has a bit less crunch, and is much more keyboard-y than is the original. The disc closes with a jazzy cover of “The Christmas Song” (Yeah, that one, where chestnuts roast on an open fire and such), and is totally out of character with the rest of the album.

It may lack the variety that the three-member DC Talk brings to its projects, but “Lose This Life” by Tait is nevertheless a winner. [Forefront / Dan MacIntosh]

This CD review was not printed in the March/April issue (#106) of HM Magazine, and is therefore an "online exclusive."

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By WAYNE

HORRIBLE!!

By kate

tait sucks. anything other than momentum (by tobymac) that "dc talk" has put out since their "not breakup" has sucked. its a popsellout to the emo-driven girls and their sappy little friends. *gag*

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