Review by Waldo Malan
Whenever I pick up CD by an independent artist, I must admit I do so with a certain amount of apprehension. However, from the first track of Richard Lange’s Faithful I was hooked and intrigued. Richard is a part-time lead worshipper at Church of the Holy Spirit in Cape Town and has been playing the piano since he was young. This is his second CD, the first being Finally Free, a home recording done in 2005. This album is co-produced by Matt Allison, recorded at the studio of André de Villiers and featuring other session musicians from the Cape Town area.
I loved the vocal purity of Richard’s vocals; it has a quality that demands the listener pay attention, and this is a good thing since the content of the songs are deep. While I am writing I want to say that such-and-such a song is my favourite, but really, I find each song unique in its attraction. Folkish at times, the songs are brilliant in their simplicity of arrangement and production. Not a single song is overdone – great stuff!
The tracks include “Open My Eyes,” a song speaking about our need to hear God’s voice; “Whore” touched me deeply and calls for us to turn our back on sin; “Bride” encourages us to remember that Christ is returning soon, while “Worth Dying For” challenges us to live in the fullness of our calling; “Crush” invites us to see the fingerprints of God around us, and similarly, “Faithful,” the title track, encourages us to live in God.
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