''Deeper'' is the fifth
studio album
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by
Meredith Andrews
Meredith Frances Sooter (born January 19, 1983), known professionally as Meredith Andrews, is a contemporary Christian music artist, songwriter, and worship leader. She has won two Dove Awards.
Biography
Andrews grew up in Wilson, North Carol ...
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Word Records
Word Records is a Christian faith-based entertainment company based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is owned by Curb Records, and is a part of Word Entertainment. It is distributed by Warner Records (the former Warner Bros. Records).
History
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released the album on February 19, 2016. Andrews worked with producers,
Jason Ingram, Paul Mabury,
Seth Mosley
Seth David Mosley (born October 17, 1987) is an American Christian musician and record producer, who plays Christian pop and Christian rock. He was the frontman for the Christian alternative rock band Me in Motion. Mosley was awarded the Songwr ...
, Mike X. O'Connor, Jacob Sooter, in the production of this album.
Background
The producers she chose to work with to make the music for this album was her husband, Jacob Lee Sooter, and four others,
Jason Ingram,
Seth Mosley
Seth David Mosley (born October 17, 1987) is an American Christian musician and record producer, who plays Christian pop and Christian rock. He was the frontman for the Christian alternative rock band Me in Motion. Mosley was awarded the Songwr ...
, Paul Mabury, and Mike X. O'Connor.
The lead single "Soar" was released to radio in late 2015.
Critical reception
Awarding the album four and a half stars from ''
CCM Magazine
''CCM Magazine'' is a twice-monthly online magazine focusing on contemporary Christian music, published by Salem Publishing, a division of Salem Communications.
History
''CCM'' was first published in July 1978, as a printed magazine. It has bee ...
'', Matt Conner states, "While already a successful recording artist, Andrews has yet to breakthrough to true stardom, but ''Deeper'' might do the trick. The songs are here, as well as the stories. It’s more of the same from Andrews, and we wouldn’t have it any other way."
Jeremy Armstrong, giving the album four stars at ''Worship Leader'', writes, "Ultimately, ''Deeper'' is a reminder of his promise to complete the work he began in those who love him. And the result is a powerful offering of praise, an offering that gathers hearts toward the arms of the Father".
Stephen Luff, indicating in a ten out of ten review at
Cross Rhythms
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, says, "this is truly an album which will feed the spirit for months and probably years to come."
Rating the album five stars for 365 Days of Inspiring Media, Jonathan Andre describes, "''Deeper'', by all accounts, may even top Meredith’s previous album recording, in both lyrical and musical content."
Amanda Brogan-DeWilde, allocating the album three and a half stars by New Release Today, says, "''Deeper'' carries the classic worship album sound and feel. It's soft, positive and drenched in Scripture."
Allotting the album four and a half stars at The Christian Beat, Madeleine Dittmer responds, "The songs on ''Deeper'' shine brightly, while addressing the darkness we find within and around us, and offer an invitation to push for the hope of a new day."
Laura Chambers, affixing the album with a 4.1 star rating at Today's Christian Entertainment, replies, "The overarching theme of ''Deeper'' is faithfulness; throughout, we see pictures of God's unwavering love and devotion to us, the kind we long to echo back...Meredith Andrews takes us by the hand and invites us to delve ''Deeper'' into the mystery of grace with her, that we might be able to proclaim as she does using examples from our own testimonies."
Taylor Berglund, reviewing the album for ''
Charisma'', writes, "With her fourth album, ''Deeper'', she may well join their ranks
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Giving the album an 83-percent at Jesus Wired, Rebekah Joy says, "throughout this album Meredith Andrews has managed to display not only her power and talent musically, but also through the meaning and inspirational messages."
Bersain Beristain, signaling in a three star review at Jesus Freak Hideout, cautions, "Though ''Deeper'' may be polished to a near perfect degree in production and performance, I still find it lacking greatly in originality as far as the actual content is concerned."
Track listing
Chart performance
References
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2016 albums
Meredith Andrews albums
Word Records albums