Audio CD review:
Phil Keaggy - Inseparable

Phil Keaggy - Inseparable

Band: Phil Keaggy Title: Inseparable Rating: Release Date: 20 September, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Perlude [Instrumental Reprise] 2: Chalice 3: Blesssed Are 4: Inseparable 5: Litany to the Spirit 6: Motor of Love 7: Still Waters 8: Carry Me Back 9: Real Life 10: Seeing Eye - Steve Crossman, Phil Keaggy 11: Headlines, Pt. 2 12: From the Beginning 13: Contemplate the Moon 14: Whose Heavy Heart 15: Inseparable [Instrumental Reprise] 16: Shape of the Journey 17: Little Star

Customer Reviews Isaac Freel: A Great All Around CD My first impression of it was not as good as I would have liked. Not long ago I purchased Inseperable. Since I'm a big Keaggy fan, play some of his stuff and and have many of his cd's I almost expected more. Yet after listings to it a couple of times it grew on me more. Not only did I apreciate his guitar playing more but also the lyrics. Especially the lyrics. Being a Christian the lyrics are what made me buy this cd. Before I bought this cd I came and read some of the reviews on the iteam first. The review by Harms was especially helpful. He said he had many Keaggy cd's and was disturbed at the lyrics of this cd. Well no offence Mr. Harms but Phill Keaggy is a Christian and the Christians objective in life is to praise and obey our Saviour Jesus Christ, so you shouldn't be surprised if a Chrisitan artist does his natural duty. I believe Keaggy sucssedes in this regard. So in general (even though it is not Keaggy's best instrumental cd) it averages as one of his best ever. I recommend this cd to everyone. P. S. Phil's best INSTRUMENTAL cd is Acoustic Sketches. Ambivalent Lyrically this was intriguing and encouraging but musically I am puzzled and ambivalent in my views. With fifteen plus Keaggy CDs in my collection plus numerous records, Phil is the one artist I have probably followed the most over the last 20 years. I'd certainly not recommend this to the many guitarists who may often hear about the delights and genius of Mr Keaggy - other albums like Crimson and Blue, Acoustic Sketches, Beyond Nature or his Glass Harp material have far greater impact. I'd not recommend this to non-Keaggy fans. It depends on what you're looking for On the one hand, I love many of the ideas on this album; the lyrics of "Chalice", the rhythm of "Real Life", the blues in "From the Beginning". I have very mixed emotions about this album. The drawback is that many of the ideas are not fully realized. Many of them, in fact, seemed to me to be pretty raw. Because of this, I have a hard time giving an unqualified recommendation. If you like to see the creative process in progress and are captivated by the ideas that go into a work before it is packaged and polished, you will enjoy this album a lot. If a lack of sparkle, a culling out of what doesn't quite work and a dearth of technical excellence drives you to distraction, then you should avoid this work. One final note: this is probably Phil's best work "theologically" in some ways. I found that the lyrics challenged me more than any of his other albums, continuing and deepening a trend found on Keaggy's self-titled release from a couple of years back. . You can see a complete list of all Phil Keaggy discography, or go back to the Phil Keaggy tabs