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|  | This is a good work. I wouldn't call it "raw" as I see some have or "simple and beautiful." I think it's just a scaled down version of a soul that wants to just be and be close to God, too. I don't pretend to talk for Sarah. My mom got me this CD several years ago when it came out. I took the wrap off it a year later and I wouldn't say I was mezmerized but quietly taken. I just gave it to my best friend for her birthday, this year, 2008. It really grew on me over the years and now it's become a staple for me. Some projects are just a subtle and heartfelt work. I think that's okay. "Dreamlife of Angels" is what it is.
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| | I liked Sarah Masen ever since she released the single "All Fall Down." (I liked the video as well.) She has a beautiful voice, and it is very well showcased in this project.
If one needs to pigeon hole this project, it would be as folk. The acoustic guitar is the prominent instrument. "Midnight" is the sole excursion into alternative music on this project.
Masen wrote eight of the songs on the project, and co-wrote a ninth, "Home" (the final song) with Julie Lee. Masen also has a cover of the Supertramp classic "Give A Little Bit." On one hand, I was disappointed with it, because I loved all the great acoustic guitar-work on the original, which is lacking on this remake. However, Masen's strengths are her singing and the words she's singing, which are clear.
My favorite tracks on the project are "We Are A Beginning", "Girl On Fire", "The Valley", "Hit And Run", and "Hope".
I would recommend this to both Sarah fans and to newcomers to Masen's music.
| | | I love this CD and I'm so glad Sarah Masen's gone back to her original scaled-down sound. While I loved her songs on the Carry Us Through CD, I found them to be overproduced--too heavily layered with sound that made her voice hard to hear and appreciate. I had seen Sarah play live and she played a very folky/scaled down show, and the songs from Carry Us Through sounded so much more real and vulnerable without all the frosting on top. So...I was most pleased when I heard the stripped down sound of Dreamlife. Sarah's voice and songs are excellent as always. It rates a 4 instead of a 5 because the little hooks that were evident in the self-titled CD aren't found here. But, it's still a really thoughtful CD.
| | | | I love this album! Her voice has a unique and haunting quality that really drives home the lyrics. For once this is a Christian album that is musically excellant as well as morally good etc. Out of interest I also bought her earlier album. Contrary to the views of some of the previous reveiwers I actually think this new album represents a real maturation of her talent and voice. In this case less is definitely more! When are you coming to the UK Sarah...?!
| | | Hey...let me say first off... i've loved each Masen record... the last 2 being a bit more PoP... surely due to the Peacock influence... (and i'm a CPeacock fan!).... I saw Sarah live a couple years back... and she was incredible... on the guitar and the whimsy vocals... good stuff... i was quite shocked Charlie had never used her guitar work on the 2 re:think releases.... I think this new record is a bit more "Sarah"... it's definately a folk record rather than straight pop... (i listen quite a bit to folk legend David Wilcox)... and i was thrilled to hear such a great release from Sarah... she can write a songs.... and like most Folk music tends to do... it causes me to look into real-life normal happenings in a slightly different vain! grab this one!
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