''Lament'' is the twelfth and last studio
album of original material, from American
Christian rock
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band
Resurrection Band, released in 1995. The band also reverted to their original moniker with this album.
Recording history
Concerned that they had fallen into a rut musically, Resurrection Band decided to reach outside the band for inspiration, finding it in producer
Ty Tabor, guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the band
King's X. However, the most radical departure from prior releases was not so much the style of music—the
blues
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-based hard rock of latter-period REZ is still here in evidence—but the approach to the material. ''Lament'' is the band's first
concept album
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, a song cycle about one man's disillusionment with the harshness and cruelty of life and his eventual realization that things will not change without his own spiritual redemption. As the band's final album of original material, it is a fitting
swan song
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, given that Resurrection Band's entire reason for existence was to inspire listeners to seriously consider their own spiritual condition and their need for
a Savior.
Recognizing the importance of how the songs are ordered, Resurrection Band played the entire album from beginning to end on the tour which supported this album, which was rare enough in rock music—save for
The Who,
Pink Floyd
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,
Iron Maiden and
Styx
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—and unheard of in Christian rock. As a result, the creative rebirth of ''Lament'' was highly praised among long-time fans of Resurrection Band as well as prominent Christian music critics, with some calling the album the finest the band ever recorded.
Track listing
Personnel
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Glenn Kaiser
Glenn Kaiser (born January 21, 1953) is a Chicago-based Christian blues musician, singer, songwriter and pastor. He was the leader of Resurrection Band and is currently the leader of The Glenn Kaiser Band.
Personal life
Childhood
Kaiser's ol ...
– acoustic and electric guitars, dulcimer, harmonica, lead and background vocals
*
Wendi Kaiser – lead and background vocals
*
Stu Heiss – electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards
*
Roy Montroy
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– bass guitar, background vocals
*
John Herrin – drums
*
Roger Heiss
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– percussion
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Ed Bialach
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– percussion
*
Ty Tabor – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, producer,
engineer
* Chris Cameron – organ
*
Hilde Bialach
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– cello
* Julie M. Andrews – background vocals
*
Diane Borden
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* ''D ...
– background vocals
* Eric Clayton – pan pipes
*
Colleen Davick
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– background vocals
*
Shelli Friede
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* Shelly, Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
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– background vocals
*
Chris Garno
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– background vocals
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Micky Griffin – background vocals
*
Bonnie Groth – background vocals
*
Laurel Heiss – background vocals
*
Lottie Jones – background vocals
*
Caryl Montroy – background vocals
*
Andrea Spicer – background vocals
'' Additional production
* Tom Cameron – executive producer
* Brian Garcia – engineer
* Roger Heiss – engineer
* Ed Bialach – assistant to engineer
* Marty Phillips – assistant to engineer
References
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Resurrection Band albums
Concept albums
1995 albums