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of White Heart's distinctive sound, capturing the best of their 'Tales Of Wonder' era pop rock and developing the latter day acoustic flavourings and rawer guitar workouts. Gersmehl and Smiley are back in full production control, having learned some lessons from Ken Scott who oversaw Inside's simpler, punchier direction. Don't be fooled by the boys' radical image change, either - long hair is out; crew cuts and beards are in - but this is no desperate plot to grab a few Jars Of Clay/Third Day fans. 'Redemption' is classic White Heart and their best release for years."
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512:Redemption
332:Production
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209:Redemption
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