 |  | One of the greatest you NEVER HEARD! |  |
After 20 years Mark Heard's music still hits me right in the heart.
Check out "Heart of Hearts"... it almost always brings me to tears.
Some of his stuff was just plain fun too.
It is a shame he passed so young, not just for his music, but for a young family he left behind.
February 6, 2008| | | Absolutely No B.S. - - - Relentless, Wonderful and Straight Shooting Music | |
For me there's no escaping the straight to the heart, straight to the truth and straight to the jugular lyrics on this album. For that reason I wonder if it will ever be very well known. The Music reminds me of the 80's but the message is immediate. To be honest, you may be underwelmed when you first listen -- I was. But if you're like me, you just keep listening and listening and it's time I admitted that this man's music is my favorite.
March 21, 2007 | | Mark Heard ROCKS and does a couple ballads | |
Nobody laid down the rock tracks at the time like Mark Heard. That fat bassed southern fried rock was really rare in CCM. Mark wrote down to nobody. He was who he was and he did not play church for anybody. Somewhat sarcastic with a lazerbeam of truth that clipped the crap he rarely got airplay. Too bad. He was great at this time and people should have heard him. His one real hit is on here and it signified the turning point in Mark's work toward country music. But don't get confused- he did not follow the trends in country music of the time. His stuff is timeless and surely lacks nothing.
August 10, 2004 | | Mark Heard: Greatest Hits of the Home Sweet Home Years | |
The title of this CD is somewhat misleading since the record does not encompass the whole of Mark's career. The CD should be called the best of the Home Sweet Home Years for that is the period the CD covers. Mark produced several records before this period including Appalachian Melody for Larry Norman's Solid Rock records and of course his mature work as Ideola and his masterpieces of the early 90's for Fingerprint records. None of these recordings will be found on this CD!
For what it's worth this CD does include some great songs including some that deal with Mark's concerns with world affairs, "Everybody Loves a Holy War" (which seems more relevant today than ever before) in the same vein of social criticism is the wonderfully satiric "Nothing Is Bothering Me." Then there is the early eighties pop masterpiece "Dancing at the Policeman's Ball." The song "Heart of Heart's" is not only a wonderful song epitomizing the artist's deep faith in God, but also features a young Leslie Phillips (better known as Sam Phillips) on backing vocals. But my personal favorite of this collection is "Threw it Away" (co-written with friend Pat Terry.) The song originally appeared on the great album Ashes to Light a record dedicated to Francis Schaffer.
All that being said the CD is good, but if you are interested in Mark's music I suggest also buying Mark's High Noon disc which features songs from Mark's final trilogy of records. October 5, 2003
| | | "The Best" should be about 100 songs worth | |
The best singer-songwriter anywhere.....you should buy all of Mark Heard's albums...this is a great start..."Dancing at the Policeman's Ball" is a great commentary on many churches today...
brilliant stuff here.... August 12, 2003
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