The subject of tonight's post is the John Elefante album "Corridors". (Although at the rate I blog it might as well be this year's post. But I need to keep this up if only for the sake of being able to remember my password.)
Before I go any further I need to help get the word out that John Elefante has just put out his first album in 10 years, called "Revolution of Mind". It's actually a reunion of his old band Mastedon but due to confusion with a totally different band called Mastodon, it's been released in the U.S. under the name "John Elefante and Mastedon". But that's a new album, and I don't review new stuff here. So check back in about 15 years (ok maybe not that long) I haven't had a chance to buy that one yet (dang budget), though I've heard sound samples and it sounds excellent so far.
"Corridors", Elefante's 1998 album, was his second solo effort but is by no means sophmoric. John Elefante by that time had enjoyed a long and acclaimed career as a producer, particularly in the Christian market where he had worked with artists such as Petra. So of course the production on this album is top-notch. That pretty much applies to anything Elefante produces, and he's one of my heroes when it comes to audio production, up there with Tom Scholz and Aldo Nova.
The songwriting, while not quite as catchy to my ears as his 2000 follow-up Defying Gravity (which I actually got ahold of before this one), is a great listen, with good mid-tempo cuts throughout such as "Eyes of My Heart" and the title track "Corridors". The album also features an excellent ballad, "Where does our Love Go".
But the real gem of this album, and the one which I consider the centerpiece of the whole disc, is "Not Just Any Other Day". The song tells about crucifixion of Christ, making the point that people around Jerusalem in 33 AD were going about their business without realizing that the most important event in the history of mankind was taking place. How many times do we miss the most important things while going about our daily business?
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