Charlie Hall - The Bright Sadness

Producer:  David Hodges and Kendall Combes
Record Label:  Sixstep Records/EMI Christian Music Group
Website:  http://www.charliehall.com

As mentioned in the last review of Charlie Hall - despite still being a major part of the Passion movement - Hall has really yet to attain the level of notoriety within the rest of church market as acts like Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, and the David Crowder Band have.  His music is always viewed as bit more artistic and less corporate - alienating his music from the masses.  His songs have always been much more personal and less cliched.  His last album, Flying Into Daybreak was the biggest testament to Hall’s sound - as it felt more like a studio pop/alternative record than anything remotely worship oriented.  The Bright Sadness is very much a continuation of that album - again focusing on more art-driven, personal and introspective worship as opposed to more general praise material.  The Bright Sadness is very much alternative worship with synthesizers and atmospheric elements thrown around quite often.  This is anthemic, alternative, and atmospheric rock here - something between David Crowder Band and Future of Forestry.  Like stated earlier - there’s not much here that can be incorporated into a corporate worship setting.  The closest things to that would the opening “Chainbreaker” or “Walk the World”.  The rest of the disc is very personal and introspective - much like what you’d here coming from Top 40 radio today.  Charlie Hall will probably never gain the attention of the masses as long as he continues to make such personal and ambient records - but as long as that makes him happy, there’s no reason to ask him to stop, especially when it’s as good as The Bright Sadness. 

Purchase The Bright Sadness.

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