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Access:dLive worship in the key of DBEATING TIMEACCESS:D I've said this before about Delirious?. The thought of a new Delirious? album release either sets the tongue salivating or rolls like water off a proverbial duck's back. A double CD of live Delirious? tracks is only going to heighten this effect. Two reasons, mainly: a double CD - value for money or just too much material? And live: recapturing those amazing concert moments or a collection of inferiror versions of the classics? But, despite your having most probably fallen into one of those two categories already, let me tell you about Access:d. It's actually quite good! Renditions of 'God's Romance' and 'My Glorious' on CD1 are carried off with convincing musical clout: neither too weak nor too different. Delirious's sound - a soaring, noisy rock - converts well into this format. Martin Smith's voice stands up well to the live test. Good on him! The idea behind Access:d seems to be to give you not only a taste of the sounds but also of the experience of a Delirious? gig. By this I mean the 'worship experience' of the show. My first reaction to this rationale was 'don't be silly, you obviously had to be there'. And, sure enough, that is sometimes the feeling which Access:d arouses. Yet, strangely enough, in another sense it does work! One of the things I like about Delirious? songs is their focus on what is unseen - on the glory of God and the songs of the angels. The reminder that listening to these songs gave me of our awesome Lord did inspire me. Don't ask me to explain the finer points of the role of music in worship - I'm too simple for that. Just let me say that the leitmotif of the song sung by the angels in heaven, 'Holy is the Lord', was a reminder, a glorious reminder, to me. Carruthers© Evangelicals Now - May 2003 |