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I'm not much for the Christian music scene, but Waterdeep's Sink or Swim is definatly a must for any music lover. The songs are timeless and this is one of the only CD's I can listen to from start to finish. My wife and I and her brother and his wife used track 15 for our wedding march. Definately the most beautiful song ever made in my mind and I am an avid music listener. Beautiful transitions of all instruments. The first five tracks on the album are ok. But once you hit track 5 get ready for a circus for your ears. Track 9, vertigo uses so many instruments I lost count. I even heard an accordian and kazoo. The lyrics are amazing. The song And is one of my personal favorites and the song that got me hooked to this CD. Honestly I'm not big on thier other albums but this is a great CD. Also, if you have the opportunity see them live, go. I saw them in concert at Ozark Christian College a few years ago when I attended. Superb music. If you hate Christian music and think it sucks, get this CD. It's definately worth it.

~ Lakin P. Lankford

Innovative, heart-wrenching music--the kind of melodies that sleek through your skin and wrap around your bones--paired with voices that belt out a heart's cry and lyrics that take off shoes in deepest darknesses with the wide-eyed awareness of God's nearness there. I believe that Waterdeep is doing something that Jesus does, and that "Christian Culture" rarely does--reach into the masses, with truth *and* mercy; explore the rawness there, and the beauty. They know about how their faith surrounds blood and sacrifice, and one who was not afraid of our worlds' sickness. The result? They can sing about death, the world's craziness, men leaving their wives for bimbos, God speaking in bathrooms next to the condom machine, how everyone "seems basically fine" and yet they "cling to what's dead, instead of what's alive." Artists, writers, *anyone* engaging in the world should listen to their music as a lesson in how to explore the lengths and depths of Christ's love in *today's* world (and not in the fanciful, utopian dream of medieval Christianity come lately--my tendency, and many of ours, I think). Those in need of a new glimpse of grace should listen simply to know the One who loves them once again. There have been times when I had to stop their CDs because what the music did to me was too fast and furious for my soul to handle all at once....