Extreme Worship by jim bailey

Released in 2002 Extreme Worship is Jim Baileys fourth album. (fifth if you include "all over again the best of Jim Bailey 1994- 2000"). Extreme worship came on the back of Stonkin' Christmas Mix.

Jim teamed up again with Mark Edwards, producer of Stonkin to bring a children's dance music worship album. In the live shows Jim was using Technics 2010's ( famous classic DJ record decks) & a Roland Groove Box mixed & merged with Live Instruments & vocals.

Extreme was an independant release as Jim had set up his own studio to try & help new songwriters & musicians get a foot in the door of a then clositered Christian Music Scene.

Cross rhythms review
Reviewed by Tony Cummings Rating 8 out of 10

The intended audience for ‘Extreme Worship’ are “tweenagers” (10-13 year olds) and pretty impressive it is too. I’ve always found Jim’s kids albums a tad unconvincing but here his singing seems to have improved considerably while his long term alliance with studio whiz Mark Edwards continues here with spectacular results. Listen to the pulsating dance rhythms Mark adds to “Colours Of Salvation” and his remix of “Children Of The Cross” is attention grabbing. Plus those excellent London rappers Overflow add plenty of street sounds (I particularly liked their contribution to “Breakout”). Jim describes his album as “an eclectic mixture of funky contemporary tunes but within the mix lies a heart-rending ballad ‘All Of This’ and of course the inevitable Spicy Camels intervene at the end of the album.” Even his brave transformation of the Savage Garden classic “Truly Madly Deeply” works surprisingly well.This is surely Jim’s best ever album.
Tony Cummings

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