I first heard this CD when it first came out, and wasn't too impressed. I was still digging their "Learning To Breathe" album most at that point; Oh! Gravity was just too different from that for me to enjoy.

Fortunately I came to appreciate this album for what it was: a great rock album. I really like the variety presented here: from the punky opening track, to the moody psychadelic "Dirty Second Hands", to the incredibly upbeat rock anthem "Awakening", to the storytelling of "Faust, Midas, and Myself", Switchfoot still manages to tie it all together and make it their own. Switchfoot is one of the few groups that has kept my attention through the years with a fresh sound and thoughtful lyrics.

I have a fairly good sized CD collection, ranging from albums I've literally only listened to once and put away, to albums that I listen to on a regular basis years down the road. This is one of the latter.

Every new Switchfoot album surprises me. I always think they’ve reached a peak with their previous release, and then find that having apparently got to the top, they appear to have found a way to keep pushing upward. ‘Oh Gravity’ is not an exception.

Switchfoot’s melodic rock is delivered with a purpose that remains positive throughout and an energy that doesn’t diminish as you continue to press the repeat button. This would be a powerful combination in itself, but when you throw into the mix excellent musicianship and superb song writing it becomes pretty irresistible.

Jon Foreman’s lyrics are as inventive and thought provoking as ever. If you’re looking for worship, you won’t find it here. What you’ll find is a desire to erode the aimless secular worldview Foreman sees around him (‘I began to believe that all we are is material. It's nonsensical’ and ’Don't believe that there's nothing that's true’) and an eagerness to replace that worldview with a purposeful Christian one (‘In all my life I don't know if I've ever felt so alive’ or ‘All of my world, resting on your love’).

The band’s passion for what they do saturates their music and, like a champion sports team, each member knows their job and nails it. With each song, from the volume up, windows down rock of ‘American Dream’ through the extraordinarily catchy ‘Faust, Midas and Myself’ to the moving ‘Yesterdays’, ‘Oh Gravity’ will invade your day and replace your hope. Buy it.