Burning Like the Midnight Sun

Burning Like the Midnight Sun
Studio album by The Choir
Released June 29, 2010
Recorded Sled Dog Studios,
Franklin, TN, 2009-2010
Genre Alternative rock
Length 49:29
Label Galaxy21
Producer Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong
The Choir chronology

O How the Mighty Have Fallen
(2005)		 Burning Like the Midnight Sun
(2010)		 de-plumed
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
CCM Magazine link
Chicago Sun-Times link
The Christian Rock 20 link
Christianity Today link
Cross Rhythms link
Jesus Freak Hideout link
The Phantom Tollbooth link
QRO Magazine link

Burning Like the Midnight Sun is the 12th studio album by Christian alternative rock band The Choir, released on June 29, 2010.[1]

Content

The track "Between Bare Trees" was inspired by the love of nature that drummer and lyricist Steve Hindalong shares with his wife, Nancy. Explaining this song in an interview with Songfacts, he said: "She can identify most trees by their bark, seed and leaf. Through her eyes I have learned to appreciate the structure and beauty of bare trees. And it brings to mind the importance of transparency in a relationship." [2]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Steve Hindalong, all music composed by Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong, except where noted.

No. Title Length
1. "Midnight Sun"   4:06
2. "That Melancholy Ghost"   4:44
3. "Mr. Chandler"   5:40
4. "Between Bare Trees"   4:15
5. "A Friend So Kind"   6:18
6. "Legend of Old Man Byrd"   5:03
7. "I'm Sorry I Laughed"   3:26
8. "The Word Inside the Word"   3:49
9. "It Should Have Been Obvious" (Max Chandler, Tim Chandler, Steve Hindalong) 4:17
10. "Invisible" (Tim Chandler, Steve Hindalong) 3:08
11. "Say Goodbye to Neverland"   4:45

Reception

Burning Like the Midnight Sun has received some of the most positive reviews of any album in the band's career. Jeff Eibel, writing for the Spin Control column in the Chicago Sun-Times, called The Choir's latest release "a late-career triumph," and remarked that Midnight Sun was the band's "second exceptional album in a row, and its best since 1990’s landmark Circle Slide.” Christianity Today′s Andrew Greer highlighted the band's ability to create "smooth musical clarity to contrast the murky exploration of everyday faith," while The Phantom Tollbooth′s Derek Walker called Midnight Sun a "sonic delight" and The Choir's "most cohesive, melodic and atmospheric collection to date." In QRO Magazine, writer Lloyd Epperly claimed that Midnight Sun mines "similar sonic textures as The Church and Cocteau Twins," and added that "it's as if all the pieces came together this time," while Cross Rhythms contributor Lins Honeyman simply called the album "[an] exemplary release." As of August 17, 2010, Burning Like the Midnight Sun has earned aggregate five-star reviews from consumers on both Amazon.com and the iTunes Store.

Personnel

The Choir

Additional musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ "Facebook: The Choir". Retrieved 2010-05-26.
  2. ↑ "Between Bare trees". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2010-12-24.