Bottle Rocket (album)

Bottle Rocket is one of the albums from Christian rock band Guardian. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Guardian is a Contemporary Christian Music Christian Metal band that was originally formed in the 80's Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Christian rock (occasionally abbreviated CR) is a form of Rock music played by bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Word Records is a Christian Record label based in Nashville Tennessee. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Roland Stephen Taylor (born December 9, 1957) is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record producer and Film director allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Guardian is a Contemporary Christian Music Christian Metal band that was originally formed in the 80's Buzz is one of the albums from Christian rock band Guardian. The album was released in October 1995 and was produced by Steve Taylor. Promesa is the second Spanish album released by Christian rock band Guardian. Christian rock (occasionally abbreviated CR) is a form of Rock music played by bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on Guardian is a Contemporary Christian Music Christian Metal band that was originally formed in the 80's The album was released in August 5, 1997 and was produced by Steve Taylor. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Roland Stephen Taylor (born December 9, 1957) is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record producer and Film director

This album delved deeper into the alternative and grunge genre the band explored in their previous album.

As of 2006, this is the last studio album to feature bassist David Bach.

1 Track listing
2 Song Meanings
3 Trivia
4 Notes
5 Personnel
- 5.1 Guest Musicians
- 5.2 Production Crew
6 External links

Track listing

"Are We Feeling Comfortable Yet?" (Rowe, Taylor) - 3:15
"Bottle Rocket" (Bach, Palacios, Rowe, Taylor) - 3:43
"Coffee Can" (Palacios, Taylor) - 3:44
"Revelation" (Bach, Rowe) - 3:46
"What Does It Take?" (Rowe, Taylor) - 4:09
"Babble On" (Palacios, Rowe, Taylor) - 4:26
"Blue Light Special" (Bach, Palacios, Taylor) - 2:43
"Break Me Down" (Palacios) - 3:40
"The Water Is Fine" (Palacios, Taylor) - 2:45
"My Queen Esther" (Palacios) - 3:47
"Hell to Pay" (Palacios, Taylor) - 3:22
"Fear the Auctioneer" (Palacios, Taylor) - 2:56
"Harder Than It Seems" (Rowe, Taylor) - 4:15
"Salvation" (Bach, Palacios, Rowe) - 3:58

Song Meanings

"Coffee Can" was written by guitarist Tony Palacios and was inspired by a recurring dream his mother had shortly before she died of cancer. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled In the dream she was trying to fly to heaven on a coffee can, but couldn't get it more than a foot or two off the ground. "The dream image became a metaphor for the futility of trusting in one's own strength, and consequently a metaphor of the deep need for grace". ^[1]
"My Queen Esther" and "What Does It Take" deal with the easing of burdens at the foot of the cross for "those who labor and are heavy laden. "^[2]
The title cut, "Bottle Rocket," (a 90's version of "This Little Light of Mine") is an encouragement to live out your faith in view of the world. ^[3]

Trivia

Producer Steven Taylor wouldn't let the band record a cover song for the album. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released

Notes

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Personnel

Guest Musicians

Eric Darken - percussion
John Painter - theremin on "Bottle Rocket", strings on "Bottle Rocket", mellotron on "My Queen Esther", "Hell To Pay" and "Bottle Rocket", keyboards on "Fear The Auctioneer". Jamie Rowe (born April 7 1970 as Earl Wilson Rowe Jr) is the lead vocalist of the Christian hard rock band Guardian. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. David Bach may refer to David Bach (author, financial columnist and author David Bach (musician, bass guitarist The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Tony Palacios is the lead guitarist of the Christian hard rock band Guardian. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical polyphonic keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard.
Russ Long - tambourine on "Babble On"
Shane Boyd - poetic recitation on "Blue Light Special"

Production Crew

Steve Taylor - producer

External links

Fan opinion of Guardian's albums

The tambourine or Marine is a Musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame often of wood or plastic with pairs of small metal jingles Roland Stephen Taylor (born December 9, 1957) is an American Singer, Songwriter, Record producer and Film director

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