Moore respects a boy willing to show emotion on “Cry.” Her duet with Jonathan Foreman, “Someday We’ll Know,” believes that answers to life’s impossible questions await in the afterlife. Toploader’s remake of the 1973 King Harvest hit “Dancing in the Moonlight” extols peace and harmony. The obscure “Only Hope” contains clues that Switchfoot is surrendering to a divine power. Young people are swept up in romantic love and committed to seeing it through on “It’s Gonna Be Love” (Mandy Moore), “Mother We Just Can’t Get Enough” (New Radicals) and “If You Believe” (Rachael Lampa). Although Switchfoot’s “You” loses its vertical feel in this secular context, it still praises someone special for support.
On “So What Does It All Mean,” West, Gould & Fitzgerald claim to be “so d–n blue.”
Despite appearances by CCM artists, the spirituality here is pretty subdued. Still, wholesome expressions of romantic love are a welcome change from most of what’s charting these days. It’s a Walk worth taking.
