Creeping Up on Jesus

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Creeping Up on Jesus
The Big Dish Creeping Up on Jesus 1988 album cover.jpg
Studio album by
The Big Dish
Released22 August 1988
1989 (US)
Length44:54
Label Virgin
Warner (US)
Producer Bruce Lampcov
Paul Wickens
The Big Dish
The Big Dish chronology
Swimmer
(1986)		Creeping Up on Jesus
(1988)		 Satellites
(1991)

Creeping Up on Jesus is the second studio album from Scottish pop band The Big Dish, which was released by Virgin in 22 August 1988. [1]

Contents

The album spawned three singles; "European Rain" and "Faith Healer" were released in the United Kingdom, while "Life" was released in the United States. "European Rain" reached No. 78 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1988. [2]

Background

In a 1988 interview with Record Mirror , Lindsay said of the album, "What's new about the stuff we're doing now is that it has a warmer, more direct feel to it. Swimmer was a bit too cold and distant... too over-produced. The new LP sounds more like a band effort." [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Press and Journal Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

On its release, Music & Media praised Creeping Up on Jesus for having "one of the best titles of the year", but felt the material was "too much of a pale imitation of their debut album to cause any great fuss". They recommended "Burn" and "European Rain", and described the band's sound as "a cross between Deacon Blue and Danny Wilson". [6] Billboard noted the band's return "with a brace of folk-edged tunes at times reminiscent of Lloyd Cole." [7]

Barry Young of The Press and Journal considered the album to contain "a series of thoughtful, gentle and appealing tracks, none of which would be out of place in the singles chart". He added, "Light and airy, without being shallow. Music to drive through the country by." [5] George Bryne of the Irish Independent praised the album for being "chock-full of highly-melodic hooks and memorable choruses" which "improves on the seamless pop of their debut". [8]

Scott Benarde of The Palm Beach Post wrote, "Lindsday is a talented writer and arranger. His songs sound like triumphant declarations and hopeful prayers. The songs on the band's second release play like cool, refreshing breezes against sweat-soaked skin." [9] Paul Wagner of the Santa Cruz Sentinel commented, "Scottish pop offering mid-tempo rhythms, clear lyrics, lots of songwriting craft, but an as-yet-undistinguished sound and feel." [10]

In a retrospective review, Richard Foss of AllMusic considered the album's material to contain "some good, catchy, intelligent songs here", but felt they were "buried under several layers of studio gloss", with Lindsay's vocals "competing with too much atmosphere". He added, "A few tracks succeed through sheer gifted songcraft and heartfelt performances, but only enough to show that this good band could have been great." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steven Lindsay except "Waiting for the Parade" by Lindsay and Brian McFie and "Where Do You Live?" by Lindsay and Paul Wickens

No.TitleLength
1."Life"4:43
2."Waiting for the Parade"4:24
3."Faith Healer"3:59
4."Burn"3:26
5."Swansong"4:40
6."European Rain"3:50
7."Jean"3:38
8."Monday"4:28
9."Wishing Time"3:57
10."Where Do You Live"3:41
UK CD version bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Can't Stand Up"4:01
US Warner Bros. release
No.TitleLength
1."Life"4:43
2."Waiting for the Parade"4:24
3."Faith Healer"3:59
4."Burn"3:26
5."Swansong"4:40
6."Can't Stand Up"4:01
7."European Rain"3:50
8."Jean"3:38
9."Monday"4:28
10."Wishing Time"3:57
11."Where Do You Live"3:41

Personnel

The Big Dish

Additional musicians

Production

Other

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References

  1. ↑ Smith, Robin (27 August 1988). "News - Releases". Record Mirror . p. 6. ISSN   0144-5804.
  2. ↑ "BIG DISH; full Official Chart History; Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Nicholson, Tim (13 August 1988). "Swimming in the rain". Record Mirror . p. 13. ISSN   0144-5804.
  4. 1 2 "Creeping Up on Jesus - Big Dish | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  5. 1 2 Young, Barry (3 September 1988). "Music: Albums". Aberdeen Press and Journal. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "Previews: Albums". Music & Media. 24 September 1988. p. 21.
  7. ↑ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 15 April 1989. p. 78.
  8. ↑ Bryne, George (21 September 1988). "Waveslength: A grower". Irish Independent. p. 8.
  9. ↑ Benarde, Scott (1 October 1989). "Y-NOT returns with the best in new music". The Palm Beach Post.
  10. ↑ Wagner, Paul (7 April 1989). "Records". Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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