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Stunning

J. P. Leenaarts | Nashville, TN USA | 10/09/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"These days, Christian music just doesn't do much for me. It either comes off too preachy or just too abstract and makes you wonder why the artist didn't just go secular to begin with. Being a HUGE Superdrag fan, I was somewhat reluctant to hear this release. Now that I have heard it, it is mind-blowingly (is that a word?) good. Arguably, if John Lennon had been a devout Christian when he put out the Plastic Ono Band album it may have sounded very similar to this. Don't get me wrong, Davis makes no bones about his new faith and direction, this is blatantly spiritual. But the songs on here are among his very best against the Superdrag catalog. The production is great and his voice is exceptional. Do yourself a favor...Christian or otherwise, pick this up soon. It is a power-pop masterpiece."

Whoa! John's got it better than ever!

Jeffry S. Babb | Richmond, Virginia United States | 10/27/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"So, I'm a "Head Trip..." & "Regretfully..." -era Superdrag fan who has been doing the "I wonder where they are now" thing lately and discovered two additional Superdrag records "In the Valley of the Dying Stars" (2000) and "Last Call for Vitriol" (2002) which I was happy to find and purchase. I liked what was happening with "Last Call..." and still need to give "In the Valley..." more time. BUT, BUT, BUT!!!!!



I checked out John's solo albums and HOLY MOSES (no pun)!!! What a great album! Now, I grew up around christian music and had some local band faves that were christian rock, but this John Davis record is amazing even if it were I-worship-the-dustbunny-under-my-bed rock.



John's writing and performance is capturing his best moments in Superdrag ON EVERY SONG! What a solid, solid, solid effort here. I am so psyched!"

John Davis a masterpiece

joe larkin | pa | 03/21/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

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If Brian Wilson had tithed to a Pentecostal church instead of to his meddling shrink Dr. Landy, he'd sound something like this. Davis, who spent over a decade leading punky poppers Superdrag, now multitracks his voice to trill about Jesus and salvation. And if it helped him achieve his goal (sobriety) and still permits him to write lovely secular hymns to his squeeze ("Me & My Girl"), let's hear it for a Higher Power. Davis really cranks the fuzzed-guitar and massed-choral power-pop on "Nothing Gets Me Down" and "Too Far Out," and for every mid-tempo supplication to cast out Satan ("Jesus Gonna Build Me a Home"), there are at least three more splendid psychedelic crunchers right behind, keeping Davis's music rooted in the glowing flesh.



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