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The sixties and seventies would be considered by most music critics to be the golden era of the singer-songwriter in modern American music. And though there was a lot of very progressive, danceable pop and rock during that time, many artists with a decidedly mellower style flourished. Songwriters of that era like James Taylor and Carole King had a lot of musical influence on a budding young teenager named Amy Lee Grant and it’s apparent in her first attempt at being a bona fide recording artist.
Her self-titled debut album is a collection of very soft, melodic, acoustic songs that would appeal to a contemporary adult audience. Thematically, the lyrics are spiritual in content and depart from the traditionally overt nature of church music by lowering lofty religious concepts down to earth and making them relevant to a new, younger generation of listeners who may not have heard gospel music recorded in a radio-friendly mainstream style.
This was an album that was among a string of pioneering recordings that would emerge from the shadows as a force in the general music market. But despite the fact that there were other Christian artists at the time breaking new ground with greater success than Amy, this album is significant thanks in no small part to its name’s sake who would later rule the contemporary gospel music industry and lead it into the mainstream.
By today’s standards, this album at best sounds quaint. But it reflected the trend at the time for this style of music and it is a lightly polished debut album by a teenage girl who had all the potential in the world without anyone ever knowing it.
Standout tracks include Beautiful Music, Mountain Top, Old Man’s Rubble and What a Difference You’ve Made. Grape, Grape Joy gets a bit of a nod for its novelty. The lyrics are for the most part innocent and intermittently naive, but this is essentially a ‘crawl before you walk’ album in terms of musical skill, which is understandable. Compared to whatever any other budding songwriter could potentially muster with so little experience, it is quite capable and listenable and the best characteristics of her personality–the honesty and undeniable sincerity of her delivery–remain remarkably intact on her later efforts, even as she gets savvier and hones her skills to the point of near-perfection.
Track listing
1. Beautiful Music (3:11)
2. Mountain Top (3:40)
3. Psalm 104 (3:28)
4. Old Man’s Rubble (2:59)
5. Brand New Start (2:54)
6. Grape, Grape Joy (1:12)
7. Walking In The Light (1:36)
8. What A Difference You’ve Made (3:27)
9. Father (3:55)
10. I Know Better Now (2:50)
11. The Lord Has A Will (2:39)
12. On And On (3:21)
13. He Gave Me A New Song (1:22)
