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Group Name: Brad Moreland
Website: www.bradmoreland.com
Album Title: “This Is The Walk”
Song Titles:
1. This Is The Walk
2. When Jesus Speaks Life
3. God’s Home
4. I’ll Take Jesus
5. What Others Choose To Endure
6. Redeemed, Redeemed
7. He Can
8. In All Of His Glory
9. Where There’s No Night
10. He Watered The Garden
11. Walk In Jerusalem

Having sung with groups such as Southern Cross, The Bibletones, and NewDay Quartet, Brad Moreland has now embarked on a solo career.  “This Is The Walk” is his first album as a soloist.  It contains songs from such writers as Buddy Mullins, Chris Binion, Dianne Wilkerson, Chris Allman, Ricky Atkinson, and Kyla Rowland.

Now, let’s take a look at each of the songs on the album.

Song #1 is an up-tempo tune called “This Is The Walk”.  The title track for the album, Brad’s baritone voice fits this song perfectly.  His vocals are solid, with a pleasant amount of richness in his lower tones.  It’s easy to hear why he sang baritone in groups before going solo.  Next up is a medium-tempo song called “When Jesus Speaks Life”.  This is immediately followed by an up-tempo, driving tune called “God’s Home”.  The mix comes close to burying Brad’s voice in the background vocals at times on this song.  A soloist should be just a bit more out in front of his background vocals.  Still, I like the arrangement of this song, and Brad does it well.  The fourth song is a slower ballad called “I’ll Take Jesus”.  This song is actually a duet performed with Nicole Watts Jenkins.  He seems to blend very well with her, making this one of the highlights of the album.

“What Others Choose To Endure” is the fifth song, and it has a medium-to-up-tempo arrangement that makes it a fun song to listen to.  The tempo slows down just slightly for the next song, “Redeemed, Redeemed”.  This song has a very strong message that people need to hear.  Song #7 is an up-tempo offering called “He Can”.  I really like the overall sound of this song, and I think it would be a great radio release at some point.  The next song is a familiar one to many.  “In All Of His Glory” is done as a duet with Kanah Dunaway Lovern.  It’s obvious when Kanah comes in on the last half of the first verse that their vocals were recorded in separate studios.  This detracts a bit from what otherwise is a powerful song.

The ninth song is a medium-tempo number called “Where There’s No Night”.  This is followed by a slower power ballad called “He Watered The Garden”.  The album ends with the up-tempo “Walk In Jerusalem”.  This is a Southern Gospel remake of the Mahalia Jackson gospel song, and it’s the first radio single from the album.  Brad did a very good job with his version.  It maintains the fun excitement of the original while infusing a bit of Southern Gospel flavor.  All in all, a good closing to the album.

Brad’s first solo album, is a solid piece of work.  His vocals are very good as long as he’s not pushing himself too far in the higher range.  He needs to be careful about straining his voice too much in doing that.  There are a few slightly pitchy notes throughout the album, but that’s something that can be easily corrected with more work and experience as a soloist.  His song selection is very strong, which is always a good thing.  Overall, I would give this album a 8 out of 10 microphones!

Favorites: “I’ll Take Jesus”, “What Others Choose To Endure”, “He Can”, and “Walk In Jerusalem”