Lament

Recording history

Concerned that they had fallen into a rut musically, Resurrection Band decided to reach outside the band for inspiration, finding it in producer Ty Tabor, guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the band King's X. However, the most radical departure from prior releases was not so much the style of music—the blues-based hard rock of latter-period REZ is still here in evidence—but the approach to the material. Lament is the band's first concept album, a song cycle about one man's disillusionment with the harshness and cruelty of life and his eventual realization that things will not change without his own spiritual redemption. As the band's final album of original material, it is a fitting swan song, given that Resurrection Band's entire reason for existence was to inspire listeners to seriously consider their own spiritual condition and their need for a Savior.

Recognizing the importance of how the songs are ordered, Resurrection Band played the entire album from beginning to end on the tour which supported this album, which was rare enough in rock music—save for The Who, Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden and Styx—and unheard of in Christian rock. As a result, the creative rebirth of Lament was highly praised among long-time fans of Resurrection Band as well as prominent Christian music critics, with some calling the album the finest the band ever recorded.

Personnel

Glenn Kaiser – acoustic and electric guitars, dulcimer, harmonica, lead and background vocals

Wendi Kaiser – lead and background vocals

Stu Heiss – electric and acoustic guitars, keyboards

Roy Montroy – bass guitar, background vocals

John Herrin – drums

Roger Heiss – percussion

Ed Bialach – percussion

Ty Tabor – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, producer, engineer

Chris Cameron – organ

Hilde Bialach – cello

Julie M. Andrews – background vocals

Diane Borden – background vocals

Eric Clayton – pan pipes

Colleen Davick – background vocals

Shelli Friede – background vocals

Chris Garno – background vocals

Micky Griffin – background vocals

Bonnie Groth – background vocals

Laurel Heiss – background vocals

Lottie Jones – background vocals

Caryl Montroy – background vocals

Andrea Spicer – background vocals

Additional production'

Tom Cameron – executive producer

Brian Garcia – engineer

Roger Heiss – engineer

Ed Bialach – assistant to engineer

Marty Phillips – assistant to engineer