Brothers Redeemed is a nice sounding quartet based out of Aimwell, Louisiana. No One Ever Cared Like Jesus is an album featuring many Southern Gospel favorites in a traditional quartet setting. The group has a sound that resembles other traditional quartets such as Dixie Melody Boys, Southern Sound, or Dixie Echoes (though less polished than those groups).
The album starts off slowly with the title cut - and while the group does a fairly good job on the song - opening an album with such a plodding song wasn't the best option. The fun "Oh Brother" would have made a much better album opener - though there are a few spots where there was doubling of parts and inconsistent blending. "In That Great Getting Up Morning" is another song that suffers from inaccurate building of parts - thus making it a bad choice for an a cappella number.
The group tackles some other classics - like "Jesus On the Main Line" (though paced a tad bit too slow for my personal tastes), "Goodbye World Goodbye," and "Sweet, Sweet Spirit." The group's cover of "It Is Well" is an album highlight, but the flavorful "Good Old Southern Gospel Song" is perhaps the best sounding song on the disk.
Overall, No One Ever Cared Like Jesus definitely suffers from a lack of more up-tempo tracks, but the group performs these songs fairly well. A good vocal coach to help spell out the parts for the group would help wonders. Nevertheless, No One Ever Cared Like Jesus is an album the guys of Brothers Redeemed can be proud of.
Author: Chris D. Unthank
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Written: 05/15/2009
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Category: CD Reviews
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