Better Word

Towering at 15 tracks, with 9 tracks clocking in at over the 6 minutes mark, this is a garrulous album to get through. Compound to this musical verbosity is that many of these are intense anthemic big ballads which by themselves are acceptable. But to have one flowing after another, the listening experience can be taxing; and mind you, the spontaneous worship moments linger and linger that it can be truly be a test of one's patience. One understands that you really can't put a stop watch to the time it takes for the Holy Spirit to work; and Leeland are just trying to be faithful in capturing such anointing moments of worship. This is where a wise and Spirit-filled producer comes in. You can edit these tracks in such a way that you can still unleash the Spirit-imbued blast without making them sound endless. Also, the album suffers from too many fillers; if one should edit it down to 10 cut; the record would definitely ace with a sharper focus. Nevertheless, the dearth of sharper editorial skills should not overshadow the merits of some of the songs. """"The Sending,"""" which Leeland wrote with Passion's Kristian Stanfill, Brett Yonker and Jess Cates, has a ear worm chorus that has a way of ringing in our ears long after the song's ended. More importantly, this song invites the Holy Spirit to move in our hearts. In this regard, this is more than a song; it's our life goal framed in such an engaging way. Then you have the gorgeous """"Highest Price"""" a top-tiered power ballad…