Poets & Saints
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| Studio album by All Sons & Daughters | ||||
| Released | September 2, 2016 | |||
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| Length | 42:28 | |||
| Label | Integrity Music | |||
| Producer | Chad Copelin | |||
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Poets & Saints is the third studio album from American Christian worship duo All Sons & Daughters. The album was released on September 2, 2016 by Integrity Music. It was produced by Chad Copelin and mixed by Shane D. Wilson and Sean Moffit. On December 6, 2016, it was announced that Poets & Saints would be nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Contemporary Christian Music Album category.
The All Sons & Daughters duo, Leslie Jordan and David Leonard went to Europe with renowned author and pastor Jamie George and a film crew. They traced the lives of notable historic Christian figures like C. S. Lewis, Saint Patrick, John Newton, Saint Thérèse, Saint Francis, William Cowper, George MacDonald and others with the end result being the composition of the songs in the album inspired by the trip. Jamie George wrote a companion book titled Poets & Saints: Eternal Insight, Extravagant Love, Ordinary People published it in conjunction with the album. In addition to the album and the book, a video curriculum and a study guide, Poets & Saints: A Community Experience, in which George, Jordan and Leonard collaborated on to create were released alongside the album.
Awarding the album four stars out of five on Jesus Freak Hideout, Timothy Estabrooks says that "Poets & Saints is definitely a worship album but it has a minimalist singer-songwriter feel to it that is appealing." Estabrooks, in conclusion, found the album to be "a thoughtful, musically excellent release with a sincere heart of worship," and that although "excellent for quiet contemplation and meditation," most songs will "find comfortable homes being sung in churches,". Jonathan Harris of Cross Rhythms rates the album eight-out-of-ten squares, stating that "This album is a great worship collection and lyrically never loses focus on Biblical truth and heavenly perspective." Matt Conner of CCM Magazine rated the album four-and-a-half-out-of-five stating that album "feels familiar within the duo's catalog, marked by intimate warmth, but never tired. It's a tender gift with lovely tracks that guide the listener into the presence of God with a focus on the heart and character of God." Mikayla Shriver, affixing a four and a half star rating upon the album at New Release Today, says the album "is not only a history lesson combined with worship, but it also experiments with combining several musical elements: jazz, folk, bluegrass, country and contemporary worship." Rating the album five stars for Louder Than the Music, Jono Davies says: "All Sons & Daughters already have a solid fan base and this album will do no harm for them in gaining some new fans to their music. Yet for me this really could be their best album yet. It's the All Sons and Daughters album I have invested the most time in." Davies went on to list "You Hold It All Together", "This is my Inheritance" and "I Surrender" as the standout tracks of the album. Bestowing three-point-seven stars to the album for Today's Christian Entertainment, Laura Chambers feels that the album "provides us with many extra-Biblical examples of faithful men and women that prove reliance on Christ isn’t just a relic of the first century, but has and will continue to be our best hope for this life and the one to come." The Christian Beat's Madeline Dittmer, says "Poets & Saints is truly a treat to listen to."
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