Rise Music Cd

Mike Peters - Rise

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Rise      Artist : Mike Peters      List Price : $11.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1998-10-13      Studio : Velvel Records      Label : Velvel Records      Avg. Customer Rating : (9 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Rise      Good But Thinly Disguised Christian Rock      Rating:      First, don't take that as a putdown of the genre. It's not. But it was not necessarily what I was expecting when I picked up this CD. I am a huge Alarm fan, but after 1991, I lost track of Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, etc. until recently. In an effort to fill in the musical gaps, I bought this release. It's inoffensive; it has Mike's standard earnest lyrics; you can hear the signature ringing guitars. But make no mistake about it: this is NOT an Alarm CD. Other than the edgy lead track, "White Noise", you would have a hard time calling this collection anything other than pleasant. And while you don't hear a direct refernce to Jesus or God or the Bible, the subject matter is unmistakable. It probably is not far-fetched to think that this is the CD Mike thought about making for some time. The Alarm has always had a vague spirituality woven into their music. But this was clearly Mike's opportunity to sing it loud and proud.     Customer Reviews for Rise Cd      Sorry MP...      Rating:      For those of you who liked Mike Peters first solo release you will be happy with Rise, i didn't find it to be much of an improvement however. White Noise is a good track to start things off, but I felt that the lyrics were forced after that point, the rest of the disc seemed pretty low key overall. He sings about a message but it's not the same one you might be used too. If your looking to expand your old collection from The Alarm I would suggest picking up the re-released versions of their past CD's, they have some awsome b-sides and the first self titled release is now on disc.