Where I Stand (1996)


It was this album that really introduced me to Twila Paris. My mother had bought her previous album Beyond a Dream and I had heard that but her music never really appealed to me. As far as I knew she was just another artist. But when I bought this album (mainly because of the duet with Steven Curtis Chapman) I was amazed at how good it was. The music was excellent and very nice to listen to.

Lyrically, the album is encouraging and helpful for growing in faith. The opening song of the album, 'Love's Been Following You', is reminding us that, because of our faith in God, His love is always following us. The following track 'Hold On' is definitely my favourite song on the album. This song contains some well arranged string parts and it reminds us that we should hold on to hope because nothing is else worth holding onto. 'Faithful Friend' is another song with excellent string parts and is a duet with Steven Curtis Chapman. It is similar lyrically to the next song 'Jesus in You' because it is telling whoever the song is directed to that they have been a help and that Jesus is in them. '(I Am) Not Afraid Anymore' is one of the more popular songs on the album and it is speaking joyfully of the fact that all of the guilt from "hiding" things from God is gone. One of the most impacting songs on the album is 'What Did He Die For?' which begans with an illustration about WWII and then goes on to talk about Jesus' death and asks us to ask ourselves what Jesus died for. The album ends off nicely with 'I Will Listen', a song proclaiming that "I will listen to His voice".

Where I Stand is an excellent album musically and lyrically and has some very good talent in it. Twila receives help on the backing vocals from Chris Eaton and Chris Rodriguez and has Dan Huff on guitar. Even though this album has not received much recognition it is an album well worth buying and I can assure you that you will get your money's worth.

This review was first printed on Christian MusicWeb.

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