Third Day - "Move" album review
On Third Day's self-titled release from 1995, their lyrics were what I like to call "straight-up Gospel". In other words, there was no fluff, just Biblical truth. Songs like "Holy Spirit" and Praise Song" were written like it was straight from the Bible. Over the years, Third Day seemed to move away from that to a degree, which is fine, but on this new release, they are back to presenting the truth of the Gospel in music form. Take the song "Children of God", for example:
Praise to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Our God and our King, to Him we will sing.
In His great mercy, He has given us life.
Now we can be called the children of God.
It's like reading an old hymn. Another example, from "Trust in Jesus":
One of these days we all will stand in judgement
for every single word that we have spoken
One of these days we all will stand before the Lord
give a reason for everything we've done
And what I've done is trust in Jesus
See what I mean? It's not your "generic" kind of lyrics, but honest, Biblical truth. This kind of songwriting is such a refreshment in a sea of rubber-stamp Christian music.
Musically, the album has the unmistakable southern-rock sound that Third Day has all but trademarked in the Christian Music scene. Mac Powell's vocals are better than ever, which is hard to imagine. The guitars are thick and crunchy, in a melt-your-face-off kind of way.
Overall, this album is nothing short of incredible. Do yourself a favor and go buy it, crank it up to 11, and put it on repeat. You will be very glad you did.
