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| Personnel Michael Tait vocals Jake Harsh guitar drums programming Seth Mosley Jake Rye guitar programming Jerry McPherson Tim Pierce guitar Jody Davis electric guitar background vocals Jonathan Surratt strings Jeff Frankenstein keyboards programming background vocals Derek Wyatt Brian Dexter Brandon Romine Duncan Phillips drums Chanel Campbell background vocals Audio Mixer F Reid Shippen Recording information The Hangar Brentwood TN The Quarry Studios Kennesaw GA Youtoocanwoo Studios Brooklyn NY Editor Seth Mosley Photographer Breezy Baldwin After the departure of lead singer and songwriter Peter Furler fans of the hugely popular Newsboys might have been worried about a change in direction or a drop-off in quality Luckily for those fans Newsboys went out and got the best free agent on the market dc Talk s Michael Tait and their 2010 album the aptly titled Born Again shows no signs of decline In fact thanks to the inspired songwriting the interesting production of the Write Bros and Tait s impassioned vocals the album stands with their best work There are some changes and alterations to their sound which is no great surprise since the band has never been content to make the same record again and again They have also always stayed up on musical trends and as such there is some Auto-Tune on the album and also some thick techno synths an emo-poppy rocker Miracles and - in a nice nod to Tait s past - a hard-rocking cover of dc Talk s classic Jesus Freak At its core however the record is about faith inspiration and belief and the band delivers the message with complete conviction and power And more importantly they deliver it wrapped in music that isn t a bargain-bin version of modern rock it s diverse interesting and huge-sounding music that packs a punch You have to hand it to the band and its management When faced with a potentially career-altering crisis they regroupe |
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