Shallow Water

Track Listings
1. Softly and Tenderly    
2. Standing Still    
3. You Did That For Me    
4. Abide With Me    
5. I Can't Stand Up Alone    
6. The Lord's Prayer/Collect For Purity    
7. See Myself In You    
8. It Is Well With My Soul    
9. Amazing Grace    
10. One Heart    
11. Shallow Water    
12. Softly and Tenderly (Reprise)    
13. Just As I Am/Why Me Lord (Instrumental Medley)    

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
I’m still standing," says Tom Kimmel, referring to his 30 years in the music world, "and I’m enjoying making music now more than I ever have before."

Tom and his music have certainly seen some changes. Since 1980, when his songs were recorded by The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn & Chris Hillman and The Band’s Levon Helm, over 60 of his compositions have been recorded by host of major artists including Linda Ronstadt, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, Shawn Colvin, Kathy Mattea, Waylon Jennings, the Stray Cats, Richie Havens and the Spinners.

Once an eclectic rock and roller, Tom found his voice as a singer-songwriter while opening Nanci Griffith’s 1991-92 world tour. He began performing as a solo act, stressing a lean, acoustic-centered approach to his music, and bringing a poignant and humorous spirit to his poetry and storytelling. His new album, Shallow Water, is a collection of inspirational songs, featuring Kimmel mainstays One Heart, See Myself In You, and the title song.

Tom’s peers and critics agree that his unadorned stylings are uniquely soulful. Irish songstress Maura O’Connell, who has recorded haunting versions of Tom’s The Blue Train and Poetic Justice, says, "Tom is an incredible songwriter... And he seems to be getting better as the years go on." Crow Johnson, former ZMN publisher, calls Tom a "singer’s singer, writer’s writer." And according to The Nashville Scene, "Tom Kimmel's moody textured songwriting reaches into soulful realms that few Music Row pros enter."

Featured in motion pictures such as Runaway Bride, Serendipity, and Twins, and in television shows as varied as Captain Kangaroo, Miami Vice and Touched By An Angel, recordings of Tom’s compositions have sold millions of copies around the world, achieving gold and platinum sales in many countries.

An avid whitewater enthusiast, Tom recently completed an 18 day, 226 mile kayaking adventure through the Grand Canyon. He has also paddled in the remote Himalayan kingdoms of Bhutan and Nepal, and in the mountains of France, Mexico and Costa Rica.

A graduate of the University of Alabama, he was born in Memphis, raised in rural south Alabama, and is now a 25 year resident of Nashville. Along with his artistic endeavors he is a long time student of Siddha Yoga Meditation and is a Practitioner of Alaya Process, a spirit-centered therapy.

"It all keeps me going," says Tom. "Keeps me growing. As an artist and as a person, so it keeps it all fresh. Isn’t that what we’re all aiming for?"

Album Description
A new album of inspirational songs.

Shallow Water, Music, Tom Kimmel
Shallow Water
Average customer rating: 0 out of 5 stars
  • Jesus rock -- of high quality
  • The Original and Still the Best
 Shallow Water

Manufacturer: Retroactive Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000GEYJPW

Product Description

The Oregon-based band Servant began with a classic rock sound featuring the twin lead vocals of Sandie Brock and Bob Hardy on blues-based songs that sometimes recalled Jefferson Airplane. Shallow Water was originally released in 1979 on the Canadian label Tunesmith Records, and was a hard-edged rock album forged in the same tradition as fellow pioneers Barnabas and Resurrection Band, though not as heavy. It was a breath of fresh air at a time when most CCM was cheesy, superficial, and lacking a social conscience. Known for their theatrics, dazzling light show, and smoke-bomb filled performances, many critics of the time considered them too raucous to be authentically Christian. Yet years of tireless touring garnered the band legions of fans over time. Their fame peaked in 1982 when Petra headlined for them on a national tour! Bob Rock (later of Metallica, Motley Crue, Skid Row) produced the album, but it fell into obscurity when it went out of print before CDs came along. Retroactive Records released this Limited Edition digitally re-mastered re-issue May, 2006. This is the first time it has ever been available on CD. Liner notes, including reflections on the band's history, are written by founding member Owen Brock. For fans of Rez, Barnabas, Jerusalem, and all fans of AOR/arena rock. Songs include: 'Shallow Water,' 'Rich Man,' 'Here Comes David,' 'Rejoice,' 'Jesus Star,' 'Water Grave,' 'Cup Of Water,' 'Holy Roller Blues,' and 'Fly Away.'

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Jesus rock -- of high quality.......2007-06-03

if you're a fan of Larry Norman, I think you'll love this album. Servant CDs were the soundtrack to my own salvation -- when I was 18 or 19 I contacted the band and received on autographed poster: it was a tour poster from their then-current swimming in a human ocean tour/album. As I recall the band was in transition and never released another album. Looking back on it, shallow water was probably the very best -- but all of servants music was uncompromising, socially aware and solid as a rock musically. They did have a characteristic zeal that today is lacking: CCM today is dreadful, in my opinion! But via the art of music, we can travel back to a more idealistic time, when kids/young adults were able to actually live out the pattern of early Christianity -- read ACTS: Chapter 2.

Mix Love, talent, zeal- all the elements, and still there is no way to describe the power when one is hearing this band for the first time, Servant is one-of-a-kind... The radical Christianity endorsed is still very relevant today, read below:
RICH MAN
Sammy Hager

All the silvers been varnished,
the linens white as snow
Im hiding in the library no one ever goes
And Im thinkin bout the wealth in this
big old house around me
You know I feel so ashamed and poor because
the Spirit hasnt found me

If I could lend someone a hand
Id be a rich man

I could hang out in the drawing room
and walk the length of the yard
But livin in all this splendor, sometimes
its a little hard
Cause Im really very human, with a heart
that can only melt
And in the worst part of emptiness I ever felt

If I could lend someone a hand
Id be a rich man

All the things that happen to me,
all the things that I'm goin' through
Well they make me stop and wonder,
is it happening to you
'Cause there really ain't no reason
to sit all alone and cry
So go out and give it another try

If I could lend someone a hand
Id be a rich man
If I could help someone to stand
Id be a rich man
And I could try to weave the words
of a song together
Aahh, Ooh rich man
Aahh, rich man
Aahh, Ooh rich man I feel so lost and lonely
Aahh, rich man Jesus I need You
Aahh, Ooh rich man

If I could lend someone a hand
Id be a rich man
If I could help someone to stand
Id be a rich man
And I could try to weave the words
of a song together
Aahh, Ooh rich man

If I could lend someone a hand
Id be a rich man
If I could help someone to stand
Id be a rich man
If I could lend someone a hand
Id be a rich man
If I could lend someone a hand
Id be a rich man
If I could lend someone a hand
Id be a rich man
If I could help someone to stand
Id be a rich man

the blues based rock and roll, and thunderous guitar work make this CD a uniquely vital and alive experience -- like a sonic treasure recalling a time before CCM was dipped in donkey dust.

I will always remember the original lineup of Servant, pioneers similar to Larry Norman who cannot ever be replaced, though sometimes imitated today.

5 out of 5 stars The Original and Still the Best.......2006-07-25

Let me admit the biases first: Servant was our band, by that, I mean part of our commune, managed and put together by my dad, and all the people in it close friends of mine. So I am going to be pretty supportive.

I like folk rock. I miss it. Well, I grew up on it. This was decidedly a folk rock album. Pleasant music that you could understand all the words to- and you really wanted to, for the words were that good. Well, for many the words were too cutting and dangerous to listen to, for who wants to hear a call to repent, that you, the church, are not actually following Jesus Christ? Isn't contemporary Christian music supposed to just make Christians happy, and be a safe outlet to dance?

Servant was cutting edge- the first Christian band with an extensive light show, the first to use lasers, and the band that gave Petra their start. A lot of what made Servant what it was comes through in this album. The words speak to the foundational elements of our commune, the Highway Missionaries. The Jesus Movement never produced a tome like the Westminster Confession; for us, our theology was expressed in our music. Even today, when I contemplate an ethical action, I consult the Bible, and the music I grew up with.

So Shallow Water speaks of how Christians don't take their faith seriously. As Ghandi said, if only the Christians actually did what their religion called for, it would truly change the world. Rich Man speaks of the lonliness that accompanies wealth, when Christ calls us to give up all we have to the poor and come follow Him. Cup of Water reminded us of our call to care for the poor first, and not only be the poor. Here Comes David and Rejoice are praise songs- but the lines of Here Comes David unique and wonderful.

"David had a wife who stayed in town/from the top floor window she was looking down/she said, 'Hey David what do you mean, by causing a ruckus, by making a scene?/He said, 'Going to praise the Lord so go back inside/Shut the door." Truly, we need more songs in praise of dancing publicly in underwear.

Jesus Star was an homage to some of the wonderful music from the musical Lonesome Stone that toured Europe long ago. Holy Roller Blues was true Jesus Freak vintage, using the Blues to ask "Whose freak are you?", and sung wonderfully raw by Bruce, God rest his soul. He gave his testimony on stage during the tour, that lead directly into this song. It was something that made Servant unique, and spoiled all future concerts for me. Because of my dad's background in theatre, they would often have short skits interspersed throughout the songs. I came to think of this as normative in rock music. Then later I found out most concerts are so boring, for they only have music! Not so Servant, a lost art form, using theatre and music to call the Church to be what it was always meant to be.

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  • Pure Metal Onslaught!
 Suspension of Disbelief
Shallow Water Grave
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GW8R0C
Release Date: 2006-08-01

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Pure Metal Onslaught!.......2006-11-10

I work with this band's lead guitarist Ted, and he gave me this cd, their EP/demo. All 5 original tracks are completely amazing. Buy this band's stuff!
Shallow Water
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Shallow Water

    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00007GW0C
    Release Date: 2002-09-03

    Tracks:

    1. Softly and Tenderly
    2. Standing Still
    3. You Did That For Me
    4. Abide With Me
    5. I Can't Stand Up Alone
    6. The Lord's Prayer/Collect For Purity
    7. See Myself In You
    8. It Is Well With My Soul
    9. Amazing Grace
    10. One Heart
    11. Shallow Water
    12. Softly and Tenderly (Reprise)
    13. Just As I Am/Why Me Lord (Instrumental Medley)

    Album Description

    A new album of inspirational songs.
    Floating in Shallow Water
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      		Floating in Shallow Water
      Legion of Green Men
      Manufacturer: Swim Records/Revolver USA
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      AmbientAmbient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B000028DJX
      Release Date: 1999-06-10

      Tracks:

      1. Floating in Shallow Water
      2. For Maria, Wherever I May Find Her
      3. Borderless Beyond
      4. Owls in the Apple Tree
      5. Constellation
      6. Forest Primeval Pt 1
      7. Stars on Still Lake Pt 2
      8. Logarhythm Two Point Three
      9. Tracing #13
      10. DeMystified Time (& Space)
      11. Listener Defined Noise Floor [*]
      Shallow Water Blackout
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • the saddest Dieselhed album to date
      		 Shallow Water Blackout
      Dieselhed
      Manufacturer: Amarillo Records/Revolver USA
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      Binding: Audio CD
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      ASIN: B000003H4P
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      Tracks:

      1. Fog It Up
      2. Produce Section
      3. Yellow Kitchen
      4. Inches Of Air
      5. Tea Leaves
      6. Betsy
      7. Carving Soap
      8. Asphalt Bib
      9. Safety Glass
      10. Blue Hawaiian
      11. Bonus Track

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars the saddest Dieselhed album to date.......1999-03-12

      This is great stuff. Of all the Dieselhed albums, Shallow Water Blackout probably has the hardest texture and the saddest songs, though many of their saddest songs make you laugh in places. "Carving Soap," "Yellow Kitchen" and "Tea Leaves" get that old ache going, while "Blue Hawaiian," "Inches of Air," "Asphalt Bib" and "Betsy" stir up the punch. "Can you take a punch?" Then try "Produce Section," a hilarious tale with great momentum and kick. The music on this album is compelling, serious and rich. The first song, "Fog It Up," simple, wistful, and perfectly paced, introduces the listener to a seasoned and daring Dieselhed. The hidden track at the end reminds us that no matter how Dieselhed's music might change, they're always out there to have fun.
      Floating in Shallow Water
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Amazing Trance
      		 Floating in Shallow Water
      Legion of Green Men
      Manufacturer: Wmo Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00000IXGE
      Release Date: 1999-04-27

      Tracks:

      1. For Maria, Wherever I May Find Her
      2. The Borderless Beyond
      3. Owls In The Apple Tree
      4. Gammaland
      5. Constellation
      6. A Forest Primeval (Patience Part 1)
      7. Stars On Still Lake (Patience Part 2)
      8. Logarhythm Two Point Three
      9. Tracing #13
      10. DeMystified Time (& Space)
      11. Listener Defined Noise Floor

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Amazing Trance.......1999-07-10

      I just got it today and it is the best trance Ive ever heard! Just close your eyes and be transported to place and time. Amazing. I love LOGM.
      Drowning in Shallow Water
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        		Drowning in Shallow Water
        Squeezebox
        Manufacturer: King
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B0000V4NDY
        Release Date: 2004-01-07

        Tracks:

        1. Shallow Water
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        8. For The Record
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        13. Dance With Our Fears
        14. Exhale To Breathe
        15. Healded (Electronic Mix)
        16. Mr. Jones (Acoustic Version)

        Album Description

        Japanese edition of the Welsh indie rock act's 2003 debut album features 16 tracks including 4 bonus tracks, 'Dance With Our Fears', 'Exhale To Breathe', 'Healed' (Electronic Mix), & 'Mr. Jones' (Acoustic Version). King. 2004.

        Album Details

        Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track
        Shallow Water
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          		Shallow Water
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          Binding: Audio CD
          ASIN: B000QCWLJK

          Product Description

          1 Lakerise 2 Rachel Rae / Reels 3 Father was A Fisherman 4 The Rosebud in June / Midnight Herring Waltz 5 Between Memphis and Moosonee 6 Playter Hall, Toronto - 1936 7 The Mermaid and the Swallow 8 Blackstack Jack 9 Angel 10 The Ties That Bind
          Floating in Shallow Water
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
          • Hard to beat first best record of all time
          • Hard to beat first best record of all time
          		 Floating in Shallow Water
          Legion of Green Men
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          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          AmbientAmbient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B00005YBA8
          Release Date: 2000-06-06

          Tracks:

          1. Floating in Shallow Water
          2. For Maria, Wherever I May Find Her
          3. Borderless Beyond
          4. Owls in the Apple Tree
          5. Constellation
          6. Forest Primeval Pt 1
          7. Stars on Still Lake Pt 2
          8. Logarhythm Two Point Three
          9. Tracing #13
          10. DeMystified Time (& Space)
          11. Listener Defined Noise Floor [*]

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Hard to beat first best record of all time.......2002-03-01

          The Legion of Green Men have managed to make the best ambient record of all time, (my apologies to the orb and f.s.o.l who, although make consistently great albums, haven't managed to pack on disc what The Legion of Green Men did;) with spatial specific. However, if you've already (purchased) spatial specific, which if you haven't you should, this record defines what ambient music was set out to do, and liked it, I would strongly suggest getting Floating in Shallow Water, it is instrumentally as good as the first, however, the vocals might throw you off as they are somehow dated and traceable back to this planet, while the first's vocals always left you floating eons away. Other than that which is purely subjective, as many might like the loungy vocals on a minority of tracks, (somewhat trendy, but sure to wear) I would still buy it again if I had to.

          5 out of 5 stars Hard to beat first best record of all time.......2002-03-01

          The Legion of Green Men have managed to make the best ambient record of all time, (my apologies to the orb and f.s.o.l who, although make consistently great albums, haven't managed to pack on disc what The Legion of Green Men did;) with spatial specific. However, if you've already (purchased) spatial specific, which if you haven't you should, this record defines what ambient music was set out to do, and liked it, I would strongly suggest getting Floating in Shallow Water, it is instrumentally as good as the first, however, the vocals might throw you off as they are somehow dated and traceable back to this planet, while the first's vocals always left you floating eons away. Other than that which is purely subjective, as many might like the loungy vocals on a minority of tracks, (somewhat trendy, but sure to wear) I would still buy it again if I could.
          Two Dollar Sailboat
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            		Two Dollar Sailboat
            Shallow Water
            Manufacturer: Shallow Water
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000CADRO4
            Release Date: 2002-07-23

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