David Phelps

“No More Night:  Live”

Word Records

DVD/CD

Grade - B-           

            This is a follow-up to the live release “Legacy of Love.”  The upside to this is that a CD version of the concert is included.

            This concert opens with the rousing but generic “No Place.”  Phelps is a powerful vocalist; therefore I could not understand the mix on “My Jesus I Love Thee” and “He Looked Beyond My Fault,” as Phelps voice is almost overrun by the other instruments.

            I liked the lyrics to “Live is a Church,” about which Phelps says we should not “confine God to Sunday morning.”  I also liked “That’s What Love Is.”  “Second Fiddle” reminded me of Charlie Daniels.

“Revelation” is a great story song that reminds me of Carman, including the stage performance.  However, the gimmicky scratchy-film look is not needed.

            I always look forward to the extras on DVDs but the extras on this disk are useless.  I also could live without some of the discussions that were shot at another location; they disrupt the flow of the concert.  The CD does not have the long on stage chit-chat segments.

Rob S.

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