How many albums\/CDs\/digital downloads do you have in your music collection that you can honestly say you listen to repeatedly without fatigue \u2013 the releases that you can name on 10 fingers which are the classics, right (at least personally)? There are those special albums you draw-on \u201ctime and time again\u201d (oh, did I just say that?) for inspiration, familiarity and comfort, encouragement or just simply for escape. For me, Fire and Love <\/span>represents a timeless recording that was released at just the right point in my life that it made an impact that was impossible for me to ever forget. For many during this era it was Bride \u2013 Snakes in the Playground<\/span> (1992), an amazing album in its own right \u2013 the Christian antithesis to GNR\u2019s Appetite for Destruction <\/span>(1987). But for me, The Cult\u2019s Sonic Temple <\/span>(1989) was an extremely important secular album and one to this day I think surpasses Appetite for Destruction <\/span>in its passion and song quality. While Bride\u2019s Snakes<\/span> was for many the Christian alternative to Appetite for Destruction<\/span>, and hence, one of the most important Christian rock albums ever (which I\u2019m not disputing here), Guardian\u2019s Fire and Love <\/span>was (for me at least) just as equally important because it followed closely on the heels of Sonic Temple <\/span>and provided a more spiritually gratifying alternative to the sensational (yet spiritually-sensitive) and bluesy Sonic Temple<\/span>. To follow along with the exercises we all did in high school \u2026 Bride is to GNR as Guardian (Fire and Love <\/span>era at least) is to The Cult (Electric\/Sonic Temple <\/span>era) \u2013 Bride and GNR abrasive and harsh, Guardian and The Cult smooth, bluesy (and yes, a bit overproduced) but so seductive.<\/span><\/p>\n \n
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