The Bluemont Line » If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something
Rebecca St. James’ 2005 album If I Had One Chance to Tell You Something is pure genius. There are very few albums that I enjoy listening to from start to finish, but this is definitely one of them — all the songs are great.
After listening to Rebecca’s aLive in Florida album (which contains live versions of many of these songs), I was a bit disappointed when I first heard the opening song “God Help Me” on this album. The bass is pretty weak when compared to the live version! There is some synthesizer bass stuff, but the electric bass just isn’t “present” in the mix. So that’s the only problem with the album — the bass track could be turned up a bit on all of the songs, in my opinion.
But that’s easily overlooked due to the awesomeness of Rebecca St. James’ singing and songwriting skills (and the hard-rocking guitar riffs that show up quite frequently).
My favorite song from this album is probably “Shadowlands.” It nicely demonstrates Rebecca’s vocal range. I also enjoy “Alive,” which has a great message about the joy that comes from giving one’s life to God.
