The Ringing Bell
| The Ringing Bell | ||||
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| Studio album by Derek Webb | ||||
| Released | May 1, 2007 | |||
| Studio | The Smoakstack and Sumner Studio, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Rock, singer-songwriter, contemporary Christian music | |||
| Length | 30:33 | |||
| Label | INO | |||
| Producer | Derek Webb, Cason Cooley | |||
| Derek Webb chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Beyond The Turntable |   [2] |
| CCM Magazine | [3] |
| Christian Broadcasting Network | [4] |
| Christianity Today |  [5] |
| Cross Rhythms | [6] |
| Indie Vision Music | [7] |
| Jesus Freak Hideout | [8] |
| Patrol Magazine | [9] |
| PopMatters | [10] |
The Ringing Bell (2007) is the fourth solo album release from singer-songwriter Derek Webb.[11]
Contents
Background
Webb has described the record as a rock record but that "it's fitting that it would be a hard thing to categorize that you couldn't just call it a rock record, that it would be too easy." He also stated that the song "Name" was "probably as close to a thesis as the record has." It carries Webb's theme that "categories in general are not helpful...it's hard to live in a world of categories when really what we need is to know each other and to engage each other and not to let our categories do the talking."
Webb has stated in response to some of his lyrics in "A Love That's Stronger Than Our Fear" and "A Savior on Capitol Hill", which generated talk that Webb was against the George Bush administration, that "I'm not anti-Bush at all...all things considered he deserves the benefit of the doubt and I want to give it to him...This has nothing to do with any specific people."[12]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The End" | Derek Webb | 1:34 |
| 2. | "The Very End" | Webb | 3:02 |
| 3. | "A Love That's Stronger Than Our Fear" | Webb | 3:03 |
| 4. | "I Wanna Marry You All Over Again" | Webb | 3:17 |
| 5. | "I Don't Want to Fight" | Webb | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Name" | Webb | 3:39 |
| 7. | "Can't Be Without You" | Webb | 3:34 |
| 8. | "I For An I" | Webb | 3:22 |
| 9. | "A Savior on Capitol Hill" | Webb | 2:04 |
| 10. | "This Too Shall Be Made Right" | Webb | 3:45 |
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30:33 | ||
Personnel
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Reception
Critical response
The Ringing Bell received universally positive reviews from Christian critics. The review site Patrol gave the album a 9 on the site's ten-point scale - a record high - praising its "substance."
Paste Magazine gave 'The Ringing Bell' a 5 out of 5 and ranked it No. 27 on their Top 100 albums of 2007.[14]
In the media
On November 8, 2007, the song "Name" was played at the beginning of the Season 4 Grey's Anatomy episode Physical Attraction, Chemical Reaction.
Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[15] | 11 |
| US Christian Albums (Billboard)[16] | 15 |
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- ↑ "Derek Webb Speaks Out And Is Heard" (2007-06-29). Press Release. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ↑ http://derekwebb.net/discography/trb/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Derek Webb, The Ringing Bell (liner notes), INO Records, 2007
- ↑ " [1]" Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ↑ "Derek Webb – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Derek Webb.
- ↑ "Derek Webb – Chart history" Billboard Christian Albums for Derek Webb.
