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Good to come back to
I popped this CD in my player the other day having not heard it for several years. I was amazed by the songs and remembering certain moments when I heard Find A Way being played on my favorite top 40 radio station. In those days, hearing a song by a Christian artist was unthinkable and by todays standards Find A Way is a true Christian anthem of love and hope. This album is a true historical icon! No other artist has ever made this kind of impact in this way before with such powerful staying presence. Amy Grant is definately an artist to celebrate over. Her music continues to inspire and creat more and more other artists who are following in her footsteps-Jaci Velasquez and Leanne Rimes to name a few. Unguarded was a true breakthrough album for Amy and cemented her as a true artist and performer and not just a stuffy Christian hymns trendsetter. Amy made Christian music real and inventive. You go girl! Amy, you haven't released anything in a while, what's up?!?

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Amy's Best
All the pop flair that Amy became known for later with "Heart in Motion" and with "Baby Baby", but with all the heart that marks her original work. This is Amy Grant at her best and most unique. If you can only get one Amy Grant CD, get this one.

The overplayed "Love of Another Kind" is still great in spite of its heavy rotation. "Everywhere I Go" is a slow yet heavily rhythmic sweet song. "I Love You" is classic Amy, with driving rock and intriguing lyrics, not your standard formula love song.

"Fight" is in the same general category, although an entirely different song, with the uniquely Amy Grant pop energy and a solid Christian message. "Wise Up" has become a Christian pop classic.

The surprise gem on this recording is "Sharayah", an incredibly thoughtful and emotional outreach to a friend, with a twist that only a Christian pop song could have, and with a memorable lyric and melody that will stay with you a long time.

Overall, this album really was the first truly great solid Christian pop album, and as great as Amy's work has been since, "Unguarded" remains Amy's best work to date.

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Pushing the envelope.
By the early 80's, Amy Grant had established herself as a true force in Contemporary Christian music, having sold over a million copies of her albums 'Age to Age' and 'Straight Ahead'. These milestones still did not prepare her primary audience for the new sounds of 'Unguarded', however. At the time of its release, 'Unguarded' sounded more like the top 40 radio of the time, with 80's synth-rock production and oblique lyrics that had Amy singing about a vague "you", rather than God or Jesus directly. There was some dismay among traditionalist fans, who saw this album as Amy moving away from her roots, but the mainstream audience, many of whom had never heard 'Age to Age' or 'Straight Ahead' made 'Unguarded's singles top 20 hits on the secular charts, a feat unheard of at the time for a Christian artist. In retrospect, 'Unguarded' is perhaps more important as an historical turning point for Christian music, rather than as an album in itself, since the songs do sound somewhat dated today, and yet the Christian music audience is forever indebted to this album because it broke Christian music to a wider audience and paved the way for many rock-oriented Christian acts to follow.