Heaven in the Real World

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Throughout his career, Steven Curtis Chapman has tastefully combined his appreciation for down-home country with forward-sounding pop sensibilities. Add to the country and pop a bundle of opportunities for Chapman to flash his guitar wizardry, and you have his 1994 release Heaven in the Real World, one of the more pleasing Christian-music efforts of the decade. The light-hearted "King of the Jungle" and "Dancing with the Dinosaur" are balanced by the more serious and moving "Still Listening" and "Miracle of Mercy." The appealing title track rocks with an urgency that drives Chapman's divine message home. With the best yet to come (1996's Signs of Life), Chapman still stands tall with this quality recording. --Michael Lyttle

Heaven in the Real World, Music, Steven Curtis Chapman, CCM, Christian, Contemporary Christian Music, Inspirational, Pop, Religious / Contemp. Christian

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a definet scc fan pleaser!

Heaven In The Real World

SCC takes on production chores

His best album at that point

Well Balanced

Heaven in the Real World
Steven Curtis Chapman
Manufacturer: Sparrow
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music
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Signs of Life

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More to This Life

Declaration

ASIN: B000005KX0
Release Date: 1994-07-12

Tracks:

Heaven in the Real World
King of the Jungle
Dancing with the Dinosaur
The Mountain
Treasure of You
Love And Learn
Burn the Ships
Remember Your Chains
Heartbeat of Heaven
Still Listening
Facts Are Facts
Miracle of Mercy
Heartbeat of Heaven (Reprise)

Amazon.com essential recording

Throughout his career, Steven Curtis Chapman has tastefully combined his appreciation for down-home country with forward-sounding pop sensibilities. Add to the country and pop a bundle of opportunities for Chapman to flash his guitar wizardry, and you have his 1994 release Heaven in the Real World, one of the more pleasing Christian-music efforts of the decade. The light-hearted "King of the Jungle" and "Dancing with the Dinosaur" are balanced by the more serious and moving "Still Listening" and "Miracle of Mercy." The appealing title track rocks with an urgency that drives Chapman's divine message home. With the best yet to come (1996's Signs of Life), Chapman still stands tall with this quality recording. --Michael Lyttle

Customer Reviews:

a definet scc fan pleaser!.......2005-11-12

this is the best album in christian music yet!all 13 songs on here are amazing!even the 56 second reprise at the end!i love the songs heaven in the real world,king of the jungle,dancing with the dinosaurs,treasure of you,and remember your chains!

YOU BETTER BUY THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heaven In The Real World.......2005-10-17

In my opinion, this cd has AWESOME songs, with GREAT tunes, lyrics, and messages. My favorite SCC album.

SCC takes on production chores.......2005-07-08

I have to believe it's the fact that he has more control over his own sound, but Chapman sounds like he's really having fun making this album and that makes it another step up for him. For the first time, SCC joins with Phil Naish to produce and his voice sounds stronger and he takes more chances with it (and with the music for that matter, including his first genuine rock number).

HIGHLIGHTS:
The title tune kicks things off with its call for life change NOW...rather than in a future paradise. ("Where is the hope?/Where is the peace?/That will make this life complete/For every man, woman, boy and girl looking for/Heaven in the real world") Knowing Jesus personally, of course, offers that "real world" peace. A percussive track is the foundation for "King of the Jungle"..the jungle being the "rat race" of modern life. It's Chapman's reminder that "the Lord of the gentle breeze is Lord of the rough and tumble",too. "Dancing with the Dinosaur" celebrates the "old fogey" label placed on those of us who assert traditional morality. ("Right is right and wrong is wrong just like it has been all along....") "Treasure of You" is an electric guitar charged self-esteem boost. ("You are a treasure/Worth more than anything under the sun or the moon/God's greatest treasure/the treasure of you...") "Remember the Chains" urges believers to remember their sinful pasts in order to better appreciate their freedom in Christ. ("Remember your chains/Remember the prison that once held you/before the love of God broke through/Remember the place you were without grace/When you see where you are now, remember your chains and remember your chains are gone..") "Facts are Facts" isn't very deep lyrically (more or less God said it, I believe it, that settles it..) but it's a quality rock-edged rave-up.

LOWS:
"The Mountain" is tuneful and "nice" but not especially memorable. SCC sounds remarkably like Dan Hill on "Love and Learn"'s call for marital reconciliation. Again, it's pretty but not really on par with past "love songs" like "I Will be Here" or "Go There with You".

BOTTOM LINE:
While I think those saying this is his BEST record are being too generous, (ALL THINGS NEW, SIGNS OF LIFE and DECLARATION are decidedly superior on all levels) Chapman does advance his craft again here and turns in a very solid disc. A must for all Chapman fans and most CCM fans in general will probably enjoy it.

His best album at that point.......2005-06-22

Along with "Signs Of Life", "Heaven In The Real World" is another essential album in CCM. It's SCC at his finest. Highly recommended.

Well Balanced.......2005-02-04

I was walking through a Christian bookstore almost 10 years ago when I heard the song "Dancing with the Dinosaurs" playing over the sound system. I listened to it and thought it was cute then headed home. The whole way home I had the song stuck in my head. The next day I went back and bought this wonderful treasure. All of the songs on this CD compliment each other rather nicely. It is a great album to have playing in the background throughout your day. To this day I still love it and play it quite regularly. Like other reviewers have said this was one of Steven Curtis Chapman's breakout albums. A must have for any Christian-music enthusiast.

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Pictures of the Gone World

Manufacturer: Synergy Ent
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0007GAEMG
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

Away Above A Harborful
Just As I Used To Say
In Hintertime Praxiteles
In Paris In A Loud Dark Winter
Not Too Long
And The Arabs Asked Terrible Questions
Yes
Sarolla's women In Their Picture Hats
'truth Is Not The Secret Of A Few
For All I Know Maybe She Was Happier
Fourtune
And She Like A Young Year
It Was A Face Which Darkness Could Kill
So
Funny Fantasies Are Fewer Never So Real As Oldstyle romances
Three Maidens Went Over The Land
Terrible
London
With Bells For Hooves In Sounding Streets
That Fellow On The Boattrain Who Insisted
Heaven
Crazy
Dada Would Have Liked A Day Like This
Picasso's Acrobats Epitomize The World
The World Is A Beautiful Place
Reading Yeats I Do Not Think/Sweet And Various The Woodlark

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