Sovereign Grace Music’s newest release, You and You Alone, the fifth CD in the Overflow series delivers music from father-son team, Pat and Joel Sczebel from Surrey, British Columbia.

A longtime fan of Sovereign Grace Music, I was looking forward to You and You Alone, thinking it would be in the same vein as Songs for the Cross-Centered Life and The Valley of Vision project. You and You Alone resembles the other CDs lyrically, but differs musically.

The CD begins with Joel (the son) singing the rock anthem “Trust in You,” a song that emphasizes the sovereignty of God. Dad and son switch mikes for “Over All,” another rock-flavored song that speaks of God’s rule over all creation. Things quiet down musically by the time “The Greatest of All” appears, complete with a bluesy piano and organ. My favorite song on the CD was “You Alone.”

You and You Alone contains PDF lead sheets and guitar sheets for each song, helping worship leaders easily incorporate the better offerings into their own worship sets.

Compared to some of the other Sovereign Grace CDs, I found You and You Alone somewhat disappointing. Rock worship music rarely does anything for me, so my comments are more about the style of the music than any supposed deficiencies in the production. The lyrical content is superb. But those who are not used to hard-hitting, rock-styled worship services will probably pass on Overflow 5.

written by Trevin Wax  © 2008 Kingdom People blog