- Love Like You Love
- How Great Thou Art
- Way of the Cross
- Bravo God
- Best Tries
- Your Child
- One and Only
- We Belong to God
- My King
- Tender Mercies
- Happy Dying
It's unfortunate today's music industry expects immediate results from artists. Some great talent has gone to waste without being given a chance to bloom. Jami Smith doesn't reinvent the wheel, but considering the popularity of both Jennifer Knapp and the modern worship scene, it's surprising she hasn't amassed a larger following. After two studio projects and one live recording with Vertical/Integrity, Smith now operates as an independent, but the lack of label support hasn't affected the quality of her music.
Produced by Will Hunt (Shane & Shane, Apt.Core),
Though the songs are a tad routine stylistically, they're all done with excellence. The weakest is a fair, upbeat rendition of "How Great Thou Art" that seems slightly choppy in its treatment of the melody. At the other end of the spectrum is "One and Only," a beautiful ballad so artfully done that it doesn't really work for corporate worship. And that's true for much of Bravo God, which provides thoughtful, vertically focused performance pieces rather than songs readily singable for the average congregation. That doesn't make this album any less a worship experience, or Smith any less effective a worship leader who's writing praise songs worthy of your attention.