Common Children - Delicate Fade (15 tracks) +Album Reviews

One of the most amazing albums I've ever heard.

Eric Frederickson | Fox Lake, IL | 03/10/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's truly remarkable when an artist is able to express both the pain that is felt in life, and the grace needed to overcome that pain. This album, in my opinion, is the quintessential example of how one can achieve this balance. Employing acoustic gems, near "dream pop" odes and post-punk thunderings, "Delicate Fade" paints a moving landscape through the "sigh with a smile" eyes of Marc Byrd. The opening violin of the brooding but hopeful "Stains of Time" is indicative of the rest of the album. The title track wraps lush harmonies and a mid-tempo arrangement around a sadly reflective theme, including a powerful outro. The more upbeat "Eyes of God" was a radio hit, and "Drift" pairs yearning lyrics with a pleasant acoustic guitar. "Storm Boy" has a haunting sentimentality, and "Reprise" is a beautiful reference to "Broken Smile" from the first record. Also, "Firefly" embraces a noise-light sound as a window into the writer's mind, ("Welcome to my life..."). My favorite track is "Strange Rain", with it's rainy-day dream-pop arrangement and lamenting over the loss of innocence in growing older. Throughout the entire CD, the songs point to the fact that God is the One responsible for being able to make it through everything, (which is especially evident in "Blue Raft" and "Whisper"). One of the best albums I have ever owned."

The Most UNDERRATED group EVER

cheachea | AZ | 07/28/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This cd can make you cry and give you hope at the same time. I am really really confused why they didn't get alot more attention from the secular and Christian world. This cd is really well put together."

A musician's thoughts

Saul McCartney | Oak Harbor Wa | 12/09/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I am a musician. I own around 500 CDs and listen to a varity of music from classic Jazz, to metal, to southern Gospial, to just about anything else you can imagin. If I had to give up all but one CD in my collection, this would be the one I would keep."

An eclectic, melodic progression from their debut

Jason L. Merritt | Fort Worth, TX USA | 02/24/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Fans of the debut album from Common Children will be surprised to find a new album far removed from the original sound of this trio. A possible step away from the Nirvana comparisons garnered from Skywire, Delicate Fade is an album which swings wildly from jangly-guitar modern rock to heavy post-punk to fuzzed out moodiness in the style of Pink Floyd. Although the combination of different sounds would not seem to work, the Children have somehow fused together these diverse sonic landscapes to craft an album of great impressiveness. The overall gist of the album is the grace and love of God in the midst of the pain we experience in life. In reference to the old desert island, three albums question, this particular cd would definitely make my final cut. The maturation of Marc Byrd's lyrics and the intricate guitar work draw me back to this album again and again. It is unfortunate that such talented bands receive such little recognition. I definitely recommend this album to the devotee of serious musical enterprise."

Waaaaaaay better than what's out there

Jason L. Merritt | 07/16/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I'd agree with the other reviews for this CD. It's hard enough for a band with this much creativity to break through in Christian circles, but that "tag" probably makes it doubly hard to make it outside CCM. And it's a big fat shame, too. "Delicate Fade" is one of those recordings that is still going to sound great 10 years from today. The music is so much more mature than their debut. It's truly one of the greatest rock recordings I own (and I have around 2000 CDs). If anyone out there wants to hear an album similar and just as good they need to buy Christine Glass' "Love and Poverty". Marc Byrd from Common Children helped produce the CD and it sounds like the female compliment to "Delicate Fade" (not a big surprise since Glass sang on "Delicate Fade"). I actually think Glass' recording is better and that is a HIGH compliment. I will never understand why these 2 recordings were practically ignored. I would pit them both against anything else available."

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	Common Children Delicate Fade Genres: Metal, Christian & Gospel Track Listings (15) - Disc #1 Stains of Time Delicate Fade Indiscreet Eyes of God Burn Firefly So Dream Pulse - Common Children, Common Children Reprise Whisper Strange Rain - Common Children, Common Children Drift Blue Raft Storm Boy Eyes of God II
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