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Empty

 

  • Artist: Tait
  • Rating: StarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: July 03, 2001
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Gospel

Review

The symbolic face of a store mannequin stares back from the cover of Tait's debut album, Empty. A release born out of frontman and DC Talk member Michael Tait's personal experiences, it stems from a time he recalls as "...so empty, so lonely." With the project Tait hopes to communicate, "It's not a bad thing to be empty because then God will fill you." The group, which was named after Michael Tait's late father, is composed of Michael Tait singing lead vocals, Chad Chapin on drums, Pete Stewart on guitars, and Lonnie Chapin on bass. Combining the styles of modern rock, pop, funk, soul, and R&B to create a diverse project. The 13 songs range from the driving rock tune "Alibi" to the James Bond meets heavy rock song "Spy." Also included is the album's first radio single, "All You Got." ~ Ashleigh Kittle, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Alibi Michael Tait, Pete Stewart Tait (4:12)
Loss for Words Randy Crawford, Michael Tait, Mario Santana Tait (4:15)
Bonded Randy Crawford, Michael Tait, Chad Chapin, Dave Villano Tait (4:35)
All You Got (Lyrics) Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, Chad Chapin Tait (4:38)
Spy Michael Tait, Chad Chapin, Aaron Julison Tait (4:31)
Talk About Jesus (Lyrics) Larry Norman, Michael Tait, Daniel Joseph Tait (5:00)
American Tragedy (Lyrics) Randy Crawford, Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, Pete Stewart, Mario Santana Tait (3:29)
Looking for You Michael Tait, Pete Stewart, Chad Chapin Tait (6:34)
Altars Michael Tait, Pete Stewart Tait (4:11)
Tell Me Why Mark Heimermann, Michael Tait, Chad Chapin Tait (5:12)
Carried Away (Lyrics) Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, Pete Stewart, Kevin Max, Chad Chapin Tait (4:49)
Empty Michael Tait, Chad Chapin Tait (3:40)
Unglued Michael Tait, Daniel Joseph Tait (11:54)

Credits

Pete Stewart (Producer), Shawn Andrews (Digital Editing), Ted Jensen (Mastering), Pete Stewart (Programming), Richard Dodd (Mastering), Pete Stewart (Engineer), Pete Stewart (Keyboards), John Painter (Arranger), Michael Tait (Vocals), Kristin Barlowe (Photography), Scott McDaniel (Art Direction), Pete Stewart (Guitar), Michael W. Smith (Piano), Dan Shike (Engineer), F. Reid Shippen (Engineer), Michael Tait (Producer)
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Empty
Studio album by Tait
Released July 3, 2001
Recorded 2001
Genre Christian rock
Label ForeFront Records
Professional reviews
Tait chronology
Empty (2001) Lose This Life (2003)

Empty is the first album released by Christian rock band Tait. This album features Pete Stewart from Grammatrain, who is absent in the next album. Several songs are influenced by the passing of Michael's late father Nathel, for whom the band is named.

The advance pre-release copy for this album contained slightly different mixes to the released CD and omitted the track "Altars" as well as both hidden tracks. "Altars" is the only song from this album to be turned into a music video; "Loss For Words" was featured on the soundtrack for the movie Extreme Days.

There are two hidden tracks on this CD, one an instrumental piece that appears after the closing track "Unglued," the other in the pregap (or "zero" index) before the opening track "Alibi," which can be accessed by pressing the 'rewind' button on the CD player when track 1 begins. The disc scans back 6 minutes and 48 seconds into negative numbers revealing answering machine messages with Michael Tait doing various character impersonations. There is also a short joke-oriented piece in this hidden track.

Most songs are written by Michael Tait, but Toby McKeehan co-wrote 4 songs on the album: "All You Got," "American Tragedy," "Altars," and "Carried Away." All You Got and Alibi was featured on the solo dc Talk album.

Track listing

  1. "Alibi"
  2. "Loss For Words"
  3. "Bonded"
  4. "All You Got"
  5. "Spy"
  6. "Talk About Jesus"
  7. "American Tragedy"
  8. "Looking For You"
  9. "Altars"
  10. "Tell Me Why"
  11. "Carried Away"
  12. "Empty"
  13. "Unglued"

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