Christian Review Magazine Issue 3 - March 2015 | Page 66

Lead Us Back is Thrid Day’s 3rd worship
Album - the first in over a decade.

MUSIC
REVIEW

Artist:

THIRD DAY
Album:

LEAD US BACK: SONGS OF
WORSHIP
Rating:

Genre:

Worship, Country

W

hat can I say about Third Day
that hasn’t already been said?
They are an excellent, sold out
for Jesus Christian rock band that since
1996 have released no fewer than 12 studio
albums (including this one), two live
albums, two greatest hits albums, and one
Christmas album, not mention numerous
EP’s and singles. And in all that time and
with all those releases they have
consistently been one of the top CCM
bands, receiving much radio airplay ( the
band has had 25+ number one radio hits)
and selling 7+ million albums in the United
States alone.

For Fans Of:

Hillsong, David Crowder
Label:

Essential
Reviewed by:

Christian St John
Release Date:

March 3, 2015

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Lead Us Back is a worship album, pure and
simple. It features 12 wonderful worship
filled songs that cause the listener to
immediately ponder the greatness and
majesty of God, and our relationship with
Him.
Musically you know from the beginning
that this is Third Day. “Spirit” opens the

album and sounds a lot like something
Hillsong might have written - it’s soul
stirring and inspiring. The rest of the album
follows suit, resulting in a passionate
worship album that musically has the
sound of more traditional worship with
overtones of country and folk added into
the mix.
Lead Us Back is a toned down album, so
don’t expect the same musical gusto you
typically get on a Third Day album - the
guitars and music in general is not really
rock oriented this time round. Instead this
is an easy listening worship release similar
to the other two worship releases by the
band, Offerings 1 and 2.
To be honest, there is nothing too
groundbreaking on Lead Us Back, but it’s
still a quality worship release by one of the
premier Christian bands out there.