I Wish We All Could Win

I Wish We All Could Win

Infobox Album |
Name = I Wish We All Could Win
Type = Album
Artist = The Afters


Released = February 22, 2005
Recorded = 2004
Genre = Christian rock
Length = 41:30 [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdReviews/IWishWeAllCouldWin.asp The Afters, "I Wish We All Could Win" Review] , Jesus Freak Hideout]
Label = Epic
Producer = The Afters
Reviews =
*"Jesus Freak Hideout" Rating|4.5|5 [http://jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/IWishWeAllCouldWin.asp link]
*"Allmusic" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rm09kectfq7v link]
*"Christianity Today" Rating|3.5|5
Last album = "When the World Is Wonderful" (2001)
This album = "I Wish We All Could Win"
(2005)
Next album = "Never Going Back to OK"
(2008)

"I Wish We All Could Win" is the debut album from the Christian rock band The Afters. The album contains their Dove Award-nominated hit single "Beautiful Love".

Track listing

#"Beautiful Love"– 3:58
#"Until the World"– 4:18
#"Someday"– 3:31
#"Love Lead Me On"– 4:28
#"All That I Am"– 4:24
#"The Way That You Are"– 3:43
#"You"– 4:00
#"Love Will Make You Beautiful"– 4:41
#"Wait"– 3:13
#"Thank God I'm Not the One"– 5:10

Personnel

*Joshua Havens - Vocals, Guitar
*Matt Fuqua - Vocals, Guitar
*Brad Wigg - Bass Guitar, Vocals
*Marc Dodd - Drums

Critical Response

The website "Soul Purpose" remarked in their review: "The Afters display talent belying their short existence. ... engag [ing] the listener on a personal journey. A glimpse of the soul is rare indeed [but] the Afters debut effortlessly captures that." More often than not, critics have approved of the soulful pop rock The Afters deliver on this disc, regardless of its more overt religious themes.
*"Jesus Freak Hideout" gave the album 4 1/2 stars out of 5 commenting that "The Afters' approach to worship is a classy and thoughtful."
*Christianity Today.com gave the album 3 1/2 stars out of 5 and added that it effectively "manage [s] to straddle the fence between what Christian and mainstream radio is willing to play." [ [http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/reviews/2005/iwishweallcouldwin.html ChristianityToday.com review of The Afters - I Wish We All Could Win] ]
*Allmusic gave the album 3 1/2 stars out of 5.

Charts

*Top Heatseekers: #40 (2005)

Awards

*CCM magazine selected "I Wish We All Could Win" for the Editor’s Top 10 Albums of 2005

Album cover

The album cover features a turtle and a rabbit, possibly referencing Aesop's fable of "The Tortoise and the Hare". The album title could be referring to the race that the two of them had in the story.

References


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