Crossing the Jordan

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Crossing the Jordan
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Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 3, 2004
Recorded2003–2004
StudioС
Genre Christian rock, pop rock, jazz rock
Length58:52
LanguageEnglish
Label East Meets West Records, Music Center C
Producer Tim Spransy, Daryl Stuermer (in the United States), Pavel Shelpuk
Spasenie chronology
Кардиограмма
(2003)
Crossing the Jordan
(2004)
Acoustic
(2007)

Crossing the Jordan is a studio album by Belarusian band Spasenie recorded together with musicians of Chicago band Crossroads and released in 2004. It was recorded in Brest, the producers of the record are Tim Spransy and Daryl Stuermer (in the United States). [1] The first presentation of the CD in Belarus was held in Minsk on July 29, 2005, with the support of producer Tim Spransy and his band Crossroads at the club Bielaja vieža. [2] [3]

Contents

History

The title song on the disc is a biblical story. [4]

The album Crossing the Jordan is a serious indicator of our bands professional growth. When creating, recording, and mixing, all of the compositions were thought out to the smallest detail and sustained in the same style,

vocalist Igor Mukha told the portal TUT.BY. [5]

CD sales exceeded all the expectations of Brest musicians. [6] [3]

Tracklisting

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Word Was Spoken"Tim Spransy4:25
2."Hold On"Tim Spransy4:48
3."The Garden of the King"Tim Spransy4:14
4."Son of Mercy"Tim Spransy, Maura Spransy4:14
5."Live Wire"Tim Spransy, Igor Mukha, Peter Semenuk, Pavel Shelpuk4:42
6."Joshua’s Dream"Tim Spransy, Igor Mukha, Peter Semenuk, Pavel Shelpuk4:52
7."New Song"Tim Spransy, Maura Spransy4:31
8."You Are Merciful"Tim Spransy4:17
9."Reign on Me"Tim Spransy4:48
10."Every Day"Tim Spransy4:53
11."I’m Watching the World Go By"Tim Spransy, Maura Spransy4:25
12."Do You Know Why"Tim Spransy, Maura Spransy3:37
13."Psalm 141"Tim Spransy5:06

Critical reception

Tatyana Zamirovskaya from the weekly BelGazeta on its pages noted that the album is associated with Sting, Phil Collins, and Mark Knopfler, and the compositions on it are “refined and melancholic jazz rock with folk elements.” [7]

WASP from the music newspaper Muzykalnaya Gazeta heard on the CD soft pop rock, more harmonious than the one that the band Novi Ierusalim performs, and praised the work of producer Tim Spransy, while songs from the disc also reminded the critic the works of Sting and Phil Collins. [8]

Personnel

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