Friday 21 November 2008

DAN PEEK - ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE - 1978

















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(11-TRACKS)
1-ALL THING ARE POSSIBLES
2-DIVINE LADY
3-LOVE WAS JUST ANOTHER WORD
4-HE'S ALL THAT'S RIGHT
5-ONE WAY
6-READY FOR LOVE
7-LIGHTHOUSE
8-FORGIVE ME,FORGIVE YOU
9-HOMETOWN
10-MY SAVIOUR
11-I HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE
Originally released on Lamb & Lion Records,
it was rereleased on MCA Songbird Records,
and then on Home Sweet Home Records.
DAN PEEK-ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE-1978
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(11-TRACKS)
1-ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE
2-DIVENE LADY
3-LOVE WAS JUST ANOTHER WORD
4-HE'S ALL THAT'S RIGHT
5-ONE WAY
6-READY FOR LOVE
7-LIGHTHOUSE
8-FORGIVE,FORGIVE YOU
9-HOMETOWN
10-YOU'RE MY SAVIOR
11-I HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE
DAN PEEK-DOER OF THE WORLD-1984
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(10-TRACKS)
1-DOER OF THE WORLD
2-HOLY SPIRIT
3-REACH OUT
4-EVERYTHING
5-YOUR FATHER LOVES YOU
6-BROTHERLY LOVE
7-REDEEMER
8-I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES
9-THANK YOU LORD
10-POWER AND GLORY
This album and the title song were big hits on Christian stations. Best songs are Doer of the Word (which features his former America band mate Gerry Beckley), Power and Glory, and I Believe In Miracles. A very good album, highly recommended!I am a long time fan of America and I think I have listened to basically all of their albums including Gerry Beckley's solo "Go Van Gan" in 1995. Therefore Dan Peek's solo albums are what I've been pursuing Tons OF Christianmusic And This is On My LIST


Overall speaking I would only say it is just average materials from Dan comparing to his works in the America days where album tracks like "Glad To See You" already reflected his gospel inclination.In this CD, most of the songs are fluent with a simple & direct melody. Better tracks are "Doer Of the Word", "Holy Spirit", "Your Father Loves You" & "Redeemer". The last track which was a live recording also stood out with a strong country rock beat not too similar to the other tracks

Anyway I liked this album much better than his first solo effort. This album and the title song were big hits on Christian stations. Best songs are Doer of the Word (which features his former America band mate Gerry Beckley), Power and Glory, and I Believe In Miracles. A very good album, highly recommended!

DAN PEEK-ELECTRIC VOICE-1986















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(10-TRACKS)
1-ELETROC VOICE
2-A NEW SONG
3-SOLID GROUND
4-NOT MY WILL
5-LONELY PEOPLE
6-HIS MATER'S VOICE
7-I LL BE COMING HOME
8-OPEN UP YOUR HEART
9-THE RAPTURE
10-ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD
DAN PEEK-CROSSOVER-1987

















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(9-TRACKS)
1-CROSSOVER
2-I WILL NOT BE SILENT
3-I KNOW THERE'S AN ANSWER
4-HIS OWN
5-MY JESUS
6-GET READY
7-THE NIGHT
8-PRESS ON
9-THE LAST OF ME
DAN PEEK-BODDEN TOWN-1999
















THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(12-TRACKS)
1-BODDEN TOWN
2-LITTLE DARLIN
3-MISSING YOU
4-MAGNOLIA
5-THIS BOY
6-AMARILLO
7-HEARTLAND
8-THE LAST TEAR
9-PURE AND LONELY
10-WAILING WALL
11-WHAT IT MEANS
12-EBERYWHERE I GO
(Bodden Town) is an assortment of songs about the artist's experiences while living in in the Caribbean Islands. The title song is named after the village of Bodden Town in Grand Cayman, BWI, where he once resided.
DAN PEEK AND AMERICA BAND












Dan Peek is a founding, ex-member of the pop-rock group "America". Before he left the group, "America" recorded eight highly successful albums on the Warner Bros. label; the majority of which went platinum with sales in excess of one million copies. Since leaving America, Dan has recorded and released a number of CD's embracing a wide variety of music styles.One of the founding members of the mainstream group, America, Dan wrote their huge hit, "Lonely People," which he later rewrote in a Christian version. His solo albums are musicially similar to America being pop and adult contemporary in style.

This was Dan's first solo album after leaving the group America. It was also his biggest commercial hit. The title song went to number 1 on the CCM charts and stayed there for 13 weeks! It also crossed over to the Billboard Pop chart and Adult Contemporary chart were it peeked at number 6 and stayed on the charts for a then record 34 weeks! Regardless of what you may read elsewhere, this was CCM's first crossover hit. It also contains what Dan described as his last song with America, Love Was Just Another Word - which features his America band mates Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley. A must for CCM fans or America fans!

First of all, I always loved America and thought that Dan Peek's voice and melodies were out of this world. Songs like "Lonely People", "Glad to See You", "Old Virginia", etc. There are many songs during his tenure with America that are just plain beautiful without saying that the other two members were shabby. They also had a tasty repertoire of songs, but I always thought that Dan Peek had some awesome songs! How about "Don't Cross the River", WoW! They still sound as good today as they did in the past. I am not saying that everything he wrote was awesome but surely enjoyed his work throughout his stay with America. Funny, but when I went to AMG to check them out it seems the critics were not too partial to America's body of work. Too simplistic? Too melodious? I'll never know. I expected to see at least four (4) stars for some of their efforts but lo and behold, I think 3 was the max they received. That is fine, America with "Ventura Highway", "Sandman", "Tin Man", "Sister Golden Hair Surprise?" is that the name?, anywhoo, some of these songs go all the way to the start of the American Dream for me. What voices! When I heard that Dan Peek had left America I was somewhat saddened but not really surprised! I could tell by his lyrics that he was not very happy with the fast lane of those days. When I heard he had released a Christian Album I immediately bought it at a local christian store in Costa Mesa,

California. I am talking about 20 years? When I heard "All Things Are Possible" I loved it from the start. Yes, the songs were short and simple but something about the cassette (that was the format available at the time and it did not last very long, mind you) that brought the best in me. It was my first official christian album I had ever bought and in those days the christian music business was in its infancy. It kind of meant that patrons of christian music were devoted christians. I was not. I was a party monster more part of the crazy lifestyle Los Angeles and neighbouring Orange County had to offer than the limited and devoted lifestyle christians were known for. Party here, fast lane there, it did get old with time and regrets and misfortunes were all part of the package together with the loudest concerts and good times I probably will ever know. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, sort of speak. Dan Peek's "All Things Are Possible" have some songs in it that I can't still forget and that is saying a lot for a release so many years old. The title "All Things Are Possible" is just a beautiful song, the next song following "Divine Lady" is such a sweet tune, following with "Forgive me, Forgive you" (some of these long nights always led to serious regrets and a desire to have a life of health and spiritual light and this song spoke of the need to be forgiven but most important to be able to forgive, which is essential if one hopes to reach higher grounds in the spiritual realm"). I better slow down, I am getting too preachy and that is not my intention. There are many songs that make this album a 5 star album for me. Yes, I admit I did not like a couple as much as I did the others, but overall this is one album I am going to buy today for the good memories it delivers. What a voice, how about "Be a lighthouse for me and my ship lost in the sea, guide me to the safe harbor in your arms..." Beauty! Also, in the album there is a song he kind of dedicates to his former bandmates and I think is in response to a song the Blond Guy in America had sung about him by the name of "I don't believe in miracles" (a tasty song, by the way) and he replied with this one, something about "I told you before that I would take no more, you thought I was yours but now you know for sure, and that's the reason why I had to say goodbye" or something to that effect. This is the album I love the most of his Christian efforts, the ones that followed maybe one song or two, he had lost the magic touch. He never seemed to regain the touch he had with his best work with America or the quality of "All Things Are Possible", but he surely deserves 5 stars for this one. Short songs filled with inspiration and yes, Jesus his motivating force but a masterpiece to me never the less. Kind of like Bob Dylan when he went the same route and wrote some awesome songs in "Slow Train Coming" and "Shot of Love", specially and I do not know in which of his christian albums it was in, the song "Every Grain of Sand". Dylan and Peek are totally different but they both had the same inspiration during that period and some of these songs they made are so good it is not even funny. If you get a chance google the lyrics for "Every Grain of Sand" by Bob Dylan and believe me, this one is a very rare jewel you will find. Dan Peek's "All Things Are Possible" is a Beauty. 5 stars then and 5 stars now! Now I Came Around To Understand Why They Play As A Song Called
You Can Do Magic!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxUGR8vc8NE&feature=related
I Can Guess That This Song Was Dedicated to Our Jesus,even Though The video
Represent Another scenario Of What Happened with People But I Asure The Solid Christian Influence From Dan Peek Was In The Full Song!! Writting This Lirycs, Thinking On Jesus Making The Greatest Miracles In His Own Life, That's Why Jesus Is The One Who Can Put Up This Fire And A Heart OF Stone Can Turn To Play,Jesus Can Do Miracles yesterday,today Tomorrow And Forever(http://www.holymetalrob.com/)


2 comments :

Pastor Dave said...

I wish I could find "Crossover" somewhere for download. I have all of Peek's other stuff...but this one still illudes me.

Chad Bowers said...

Hi Dave, I too wish I could find not only Crossover, but Electro Voice as well for download or cd or something.