Reviewed by Mike Rimmer

The sleeve notes say that the Swirling Eddies are attempting to cross over into mainstream CCM and so they've recorded their 10 favourite CCM tracks which have helped them! Ahem! Terry Taylor's alter ego band have a reputation for the tongue in check ever since the epic "Hide The Beer The Pastor's Here". Now it seems that they want to upset the entire Christian community by taking some of CCM's best loved and most successful tunes and sending them up in a way that only the Eddies could manage. This spoof could be highly offensive if you love Amy's "Baby Baby" which is here reduced to a sub Crash Test Dummies soundalike complete with a brilliant keyboard solo. The hero of Carman's spiritual warfare epic "Satan Bite The Dust" is reduced to a wimpy sounding lisper who delivers all the right lines but doesn't speak with quite the same authority of Carman. "I Luv Rap Music" becomes a hilarious piece of lounge jazz! Al Denson's "Alcatraz" loses its impact when performed using cheesy synth sounds with a variable tape speed. Audio Adrenaline's "Big House" is sung by "Spot" who suffers from Elmer Fudd's disease! I suspect that there is some intention of a deeper meaning from Taylor as an observation that a lot of successful Christian tunes are theological no brainers. Ok, ok, ok. it's just one huge pointless but highly entertaining laugh! Buy the album and help the band defend themselves when the cream of CCM join together and sue them down to their Y fronts! Some Sacred Cows deserve a trip to the abattoir!

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