This Is Your Life (CD - 2002)

Additional personnel: Eric Roberson (vocals).

Producers include: Lisa Kimmey, The Clemmons Brothers, Lee Jerkins, Donnie Scantz, Jamie Portee.

Personnel: Out of Eden (vocals, background vocals); Andrea Baca, Roger Ryan, Danielle Kimmey (vocals, background vocals); Eric Roberson, Natalie Jackson, Rachel Meeker, Stacy Jones , Erick Cole (vocals); Michael Ripoli (guitar); Stephanie Cummins (cello); Tony McAnany (strings); David Mann (saxophone); Barry Danielian (trumpet); John Painter (horns); Todd Collins (programming, percussion programming); Donnie Scantz, Jamie Portee, Lee Jerkins, Lisa Kimmey (programming).

Audio Mixer: Serban Ghenea.

Recording information: Lab,, Franklin, TN; Notes-On Studio, New York, NY; Recording Arts, Nashville, TN; Soundstage Studios, Nashville, TN.

Photographer: Robert Ascroft.

Arrangers: Lee Jerkins; Lisa Kimmey.

Are they an R&B/pop vocal group? Are they a Christian music outfit? The answer to both questions is an unqualified yes. Sure, these ladies may sing about the Lord, but the hip-hop-oriented production on THIS IS YOUR LIFE, bursting out with angular synth hooks, crisp percussion, and undeniably fresh sounds, gives Out of Eden the tools to compete with anyone this side of Destiny's Child in the infectious-pop stakes. To call this stuff radio-ready would be an understatement on the order of calling WWII a disagreement. On "I Am the One," skittering electronic tones mix with romantic ripples of acoustic guitar and washes of analog-sounding synth, all in support of lyrics that deal in no uncertain terms with the relationship between humanity and the deity. This is the kind of pop/theology juxtaposition that the rule of thumb throughout THIS IS YOUR LIFE. minimize