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| Between Heaven 'N Hell | ||||
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| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Studio | Tone Zone Studios,Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Christian rock | |||
| Length | 40:39 | |||
| Label | Sparrow | |||
| Producer | REZ | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Between Heaven 'N Hell is the seventh studioalbum, from AmericanChristian rock bandResurrection Band, released in 1985. This is the first album on which Resurrection Band shortened its moniker to "REZ", and it also marks the band's final album forSparrow Records.
On REZ' follow-up toHostage, the band jettisons much of thenew wave, keyboard-driven musical stylings from that album in favor of the band's traditional hard rock sound.Glenn Kaiser takes over the majority of the songwriting once again, while his wife and co-lead singerWendi Kaiser makes her most significant songwriting contributions here. This explains the likely reason her image, pulled from a live concert performance, is prominently featured on the album cover.
Between Heaven 'N Hell is also significant for being REZ' attempt to cross over to the mainstream market. Although the lyrics of the album still contain bold declarations of faith to the listener, the band opted to focus less onevangelism and more on performance for the tour which supported this album. The first single, "Love Comes Down", was shopped to mainstream rock stations, and the band's most sophisticatedmusic video was filmed for that song, which achieved regular rotation onMTV for a brief period of time.
By 1985, the issue ofapartheid in South Africa had come to national prominence in pop music with the release ofArtists United Against Apartheid's "Sun City", and although REZ had already addressed the subject several years prior on 1979'sRainbow's End, "Zuid Afrikan" reminded listeners that the issue was still of importance to the band. Other highlights onBetween Heaven 'N Hell include the closing track, "2,000," and "Shadows," which became a live favorite due to its unflinching depiction of the destructiveness ofteenage suicide.
All songs written byGlenn Kaiser unless otherwise noted
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