Laurel Fisher

“Start Small, Hope Big”

I am by no means a Christian. In fact my music tastes include bands such as Tool and Marilyn Manson. So to say that I liked the Laurel Fisher c.d. “Start Small, Hope Big” would be questionable. From a religious point of view it was not what I would agree with, but from a musician’s point of view it was not bad at all. If I had to describe what I had heard on this album I would say Brittney Spears meets Christianity. It was a very bubble gum pop kind of sound. This is not really my kind of music, but that is not to say it was bad music. A couple of the songs such as LSD (Love Sick Dog), and Overcomer (which according to my computer isn’t a word at all) just made me laugh, not a bad laugh, but a laugh like you are kind of trying to jig with the music and hope no one is watching. For the most part the album was telling me that the writer was lonely and needed God to fill the void in her life because no one else could. I am probably wrong there, but I am just giving an opinion. I can’t say all bad news of the album because the very last song, “Start Small, Hope Big” (the title song of the album), was very touching and I really enjoyed listening to it. So all in all my review is that while I am a rocker and this is extremely not my style, and I probably wouldn’t buy the c.d. on my own, if it was playing on the radio I would not change the station. I really doubt that I would hear this on my radio station though.

P.S. My girlfriend really enjoyed it and she stole the c.d. from me.

An Opinion by Bob (Spike) E. Lynch

Fall 2006