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Music CD: Coming Up to Breathe
Artist: MercyMe
List Price: $18.97
Our Price: $6.99
Your Save: $ 11.98 ( 63% )
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Tracks:
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1. Coming Up To Breathe
2. So Long Self
3. Hold Fast
4. Something About You
5. You're To Blame
6. No More No Less
7. Where I Belong
8. Bring The Rain
9. Last One Standing
10. One Trick Pony
11. 3:42 AM (Writer's Block)
12. Safe and Sound
13. I Would Die For You
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0828768064627
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 2006-04-25
Studio: Sony
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Summary: Some tracks on this CD are awesome
Comment: Tracks 1 & 11 & 12 are the best tracks on this whole CD. The rest of the tracks are out place & dont fit to well with the tracks that are awesome.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A step above the rest
Comment: This is one of those albums that has the gift of longevity. Even good music wears out on you after a few months, but I keep coming back to MercyMe's Coming Up to Breathe time and again.
The lyrics are deep. Take this one from
* I'd die for you *
My life has never been this clear
Now I know the reason why I'm here
You never know why You're alive
Until you know what you would die for
I would die for You
* SOMETHING ABOUT YOU *
If I could speak the tongue of every man I'm still tongue-tied
What can I say about You
When everything I have won't do
Oh, it will not do
* WHERE I BELONG *
Everybody tries
To find the purpose for their life
In hopes that one more day is justified
But once you truly see
The very reason why you breathe
It becomes so much more than getting by
Well, I have arrived
And I can't keep this inside
An album you won't regret buying that will inspire you and uplift you when you're down. It builds the fighting spirit within.
Customer Rating:
Summary: excellent
Comment: I accidentally bought two of these CD's and had to return one, very happy with the easy, no hassle return. The CD itself is great and would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: CD
Comment: Was purchased for church use for one song but we have enjoyed the others we've heard
Customer Rating:
Summary: great CD
Comment: Christian music has come a long way since Michael W Smith and Amy Grant! This is a great CD.
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Editorial Reviews:
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They set out to nail down a defining moment in their career, the MercyMe golden spike if you will. The goal for Coming Up to Breathe was a genre groundbreaking release such as Amy Grant's Lead Me On or U2's The Joshua Tree. While it's hard to go that far, it's safe to say that MercyMe's artistic integrity has met commercial appeal somewhere in the middle with Coming Up to Breathe. The one-time worship band certainly know how to write a hit and they bring us more of the same with radio-ready tracks like "So Long Self," "Last One Standing," and "Safe and Sound." But lead man Bart Millard digs a little deeper on the self-revealing "No More No Less" and "One Trick Pony." Lyrically both tracks reveal a band unapologetic about their faith and creative destiny. "Pony" is a pleasant divergence with its slide guitar and Mississippi mud atmosphere, conjuring up images of the band sitting at a crossroads somewhere in the Southland. MercyMe has never been afraid to show their musical influences on their sleeve. That's why you shouldn't be surprised by the Edge-like guitars on "Something About You" or even the pounding rhythm chords of "Hold Fast," which evoke Coldplay comparisons. So it's that struggle between creating something new and holding true to your principles that the band spells out for us. Perhaps Millard sums this up best on "3:42 AM (Writer's Block)" when he sings of a man out of words but not out of passion to allow God to speak through him. That's always been the aim of MercyMe and in this case, their hammer has driven this spike solidly into the ground. --Michael Lyttle
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