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As Good As It Gets

S. Peek | Rocky Mountains, USA | 01/15/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Like the original Jesus Freak album, the 10th Anniversary Special Edition is superb. I think that it may well be the greatest album in the history of rock music. At the very least, it is the best album in the annals of Christian rock.



This is a two disc collection. The first CD has the same contents as the original 'Jesus Freak' album. The sound quality is a bit better due to technological improvements presumably. Disc two contains several remixes of some of these songs. I personally don't like most of the remixes as well as the originals, but they are fun to have for a serious dc Talk fan. There is also a version of U2's '40' that I think is better than the original.



If you don't have the original 'Jesus Freak' album, I would say that this is a must have. If you do have it, this is still a good one to pick up just to enjoy some different takes on some of these songs."

In a dc talk fan's opinion . . .

J. Read | Mechanicsburg, PA USA | 01/25/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"First of all, I have to give it five stars because I am a hardcore dc talk fan. Can't help it, I just am that way. In light of the sound quality, style and remix content, it also deserves five stars.



HOWEVER, I must confess a slight disappointment. I had been looking forward to the 10th anniversary of Jesus Freak for a long time, especially after the 10th anniversary of Free At Last. Jesus Freak is the biggest Christian rock album of all time. No question about it. It revolutionized not just the Christian music industry, but the entire music industry as well. After all, Jesus Freak is one of the first albums to have blended rap with some hard guitars. So, in light of that thought, my shoulders shrunk a little bit when I found that the comemmoration to Jesus Freak would be only a 2-disc special edition with six new remixes. Now, the remixes are the best I've heard from any dc talk remix album (yes, that goes for Toby's remix albums of his two solo projects so far.) And if you are a hardcore dc talk fan and have bought all the singles, albums, remixes and so forth, the only music you haven't heard on this CD yet is the set of new remixes--and there's only six. (There's also the unreleased demo version of Mind's Eye featuring the "fourth member of dc talk," Mark Heimmerman.) Other than that, Jesus Freak (Gotee Bros. Freaked-Out Remix) has already been released; all the live performances have already been released; the instrumental version of In The Light has already been released.



But, of course, it's a must have for the dc talk fan. Still, though, a 2-disc edition doesn't do it justice. I mean, at least the 10th Anniversary of Free At Last had a feature film to go along with it!"

STILL THE GREATEST CD EVER!!

MIKEMAC | IL | 12/27/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought it this morning. Only one copy and I paid $20.20 for it. So Help Me God remix is way cool cause the whole song the "ba-ba-ba-ba" is playing in the background over the lyrics. The remixes are all piano style but still sounds rock, it's wierd, cool, but super wierd. The reason those live songs and stuff are on there is cause there "out of print" so they through them on the cd. But hey the remastered version is well worth the money! It's SUPER LOUD NOW!

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