Joshua - Reach Up

This is Track #1 from the 1988 Joshua album "Intense Defense" Listen to the whole album here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPcTOx34g9XQxPZ8HHCYMucsJTenOncye This was the final album from Joshua and it was probably their best. It is reported that the album took a better part of a year to record with a $700,000 budget. Strangely after RCA invested this time and money they actually dropped the band reportedly because they included the phrase "This album is dedicated to the Glory of God" in the liner notes. I have no idea how the album went over but wow is that a dumb reason to drop a band but that's record companies for you. They do some really stupid things. Unfortunately this silliness probably played a part in the band splitting up. Rob Rock, Greg Shultz, and Emil Lech went on to form the band Driver and Joshua Perahia changed the name of the band to Jaguar. Unfortunately neither band had any commercial success. Back to the album though, it is a very good Hard Rock/Metal album and you can hear the dollars spent in the production and engineering. This album absolutely sounds as good as anything released commercially at the time and it's a pity it was not better received in North America because it really deserved to be. Please consider supporting us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/Real80sCCM Join us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/real80sccm/ Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Real80sCCM/ See us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/real80sccm Visit our Website - http://real80sccm.com/ #Joshua #Real80sCCM #80sChristianMusic