- Faithful Love (new)
- Can't Keep a Good Man Down (new)
- Living Life Upside Down (new)
- Pictures on Mantles
- Sweetest Sound (new)
- My Heart Is Already There
- When I'm With You
- Love Revolution
- Miracles
- If You Could See Me Now
- I Smile
- Live What I Believe
Russ Lee's résumé continues to grow. Beginning with "ex-drug dealer" after accepting Christ in 1980, he continued with "singer/songwriter," "husband," "father," and "ordained minister." Now he's a record company president with his own label, and also an official music industry veteran with his new 15-year career retrospective,
In some ways, this retrospective is incomplete, only technically including three songs from Lee's solo career. 2000's
But this collection more than adequately draws on the best of Lee's pre-solo work. "If You Could See Me Now" and a new version of "Living Life Upside Down" are songs he popularized with Truth. The rest represent some of NewSong's most popular cuts from the mid-'90s, including the Go West inspired "My Heart's Already There" and a new organic cover of "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" that's supposedly truer to Lee's original vision when he co-wrote it.
Lee has clearly stated he's all about ministry, involved in everything from AWANA to international missions trips. Reviews are, in contrast, generally about quality of art, which makes it difficult to praise a collection of unremarkable and dated adult contemporary that sounds very passé by today's standards. Still, the disc does chronicle many of the songs Lee is best known for, thus appealing to anyone who's only recently embraced his soulful voice. And clearly his music ministry—including the many hearts Lee affects—has far more lasting impact that anything a review has to say.