Fall and Winter

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Fantastic - heartfelt and true
Probably one of the best musical releases I've purchased in the least 3-5 years - certainly lyrically speaking. Foreman tells it like it is from his heart, paralleling the timeless truths of God's word.

Good Job!
I love the cd. It came in plenty of time and was in great condition.

Jon Foreman- Fall & Winter
This cd is very soft and slow so don't expect it to be the same as Switchfoot. I had the privilege to see Jon perform most of this e.p. at the Parachute Music Festival in New Zealand earlier this year. It is a more personal cd from Jon with songs like "Southbound train" written about his wife and the sad story of "Somebody's baby" written about a homeless woman who lived near him.

Joe, my man, stick with the band
Yes, I will admit, the lyrics for these CD's are really good, but great lyrics are almost completely irrelevant if they don't SOUND good. That's the problem with "Fall and Winter," Jonathan Foreman is a great songwriter, he's proven it again and again with his amazing band Switchfoot, but for all his amazing songwriting ability this CD falls flat on its face. I LOVE Switchfoot, I own all their CD's, I've seen them in concert, I've got the poster, whatever, so when I heard that their lead singer had a single out I had to get it. But to be honest, Joe needs to stick with his band mates and not try to go solo. The songs on this CD are almost all sung in a very low, breathy voice which sounds more strained then beautiful. There is no band, only his acoustic guitar, a smidgen of drums, and maybe a few other instruments, but don't expect any electric guitar or anything hard. These are all soft songs. For someone like me, who owns all of Switchfoot's albums there really is no desire for me to listen to their lead singer without the band. He NEEDS the band just as much as they need him, they go together perfectly, apart their just average. Sorry, but that's how I see it. Great lyrics, don't get me wrong, and they would have made great songs if they'd been played by the whole band, but their just not up to Switchfoot's incredible standards. Here's a list of Switchfoot other albums that you may want to check out. The Early Years: 1997-2000: The Legend Of Chin/New Way To Be Human/Learning To Breathe The Beautiful Letdown Nothing Is Sound Oh! Gravity. Replay value; low.

Hauntingly beautiful
Hauntingly beautiful, both lyrically and musically, the tracks on this 2-disc collection serve up a potent cocktail of melancholy realism, laced with an occasional ray of hope. Love and life can be devastatingly painful, as anyone who's lived very long knows. The important insight Jon Foreman hints at in these simple songs is that much of our pain is self-inflicted, and our only real hope of rescue necessarily lies outside of ourselves. The instrumentation is pleasantly sparse, but also somewhat unusual. When's the last time you heard an acoustic rock CD feature a clarinet on one song and a bass clarinet on another? As a former trumpet player I also enjoyed the tastefully understated trumpets that appear in the background of some of the songs. It's very rare that a CD immediately captures my thoughts and emotions after a single listen the way this one did. All in all, this is some of Foreman's best work. Coming from a big Switchfoot fan, that's saying a lot.