Search - Nouveaux :: Beginnings

A great alternative Christian rock album

Paul J. Mahoney | UK | 09/11/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If your resistant to the influence of modern fashions of musical preference, and you like good Christian music, then you'll love this album! There is a lot of bad music out there, especially Christian music. But this album, completely under-rated as it is, blew me away. The sound is very much a Bon jovi/winger/def lepod style of music, especially def lepod with the excessive amount of background vocals. But that didn't ruin the CD at all. The main vocals are exceptionally powerful and very moving in some of the songs such as accros the miles, about a friendship that ended but how he still thinks about her after all these years, cheesy but great. The guitar work is amazing, each song different, some a lot heavier than others, along with a much needed accompinment of a piano in some of the slower songs. The songs are relevent and encouraging, a lot of them emphasising Gods power, and how difficult life can be sometimes. Some of the songs sometimes sound like they don't quite fit together, but it works either way. This album is full of passion and power and is a must have if your a hair metal fan, Christian or not."

CCM meets Def Leppard & Richard Marx

P. Kingsriter | Lakeville, MN United States | 04/19/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ready for a trip down memory lane? Nouveaux shook CCM with their first release, Beginnings, with a sound that melded Def Leppard with Richard Marx, but with uplifting lyrics! CCM hadn't heard anything like it before and we loved it! The band reinvented itself into an acoustic rock band on its 2nd album, and things haven't been the same since. The irony is, this, their debut album, was by far their best. For fans of CCM (and Def Leppard), this is one comes highly recommended."