I Wish We All Could Win

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I Wish We All Could Win
Studio album by The Afters
Released	February 22, 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Christian Rock
Length	41:27
Label	Epic
Producer(s)	The Afters
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link

I Wish We All Could Win is the debut album of the christian rock group "The Afters." This album also contains their hit single Beautiful Love.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Critical Response 3 Charts 4 Awards 5 Album Cover

[edit] Track listing

1. "Beautiful Love"– 3:58
2. "Until The World"– 4:18
3. "Someday"– 3:31
4. "Love Lead Me On"– 4:28
5. "All That I Am"– 4:24
6. "The Way That You Are"– 3:43
7. "You"– 4:00
8. "Love Will Make You Beautiful"– 4:41
9. "Wait"– 3:13
10. "Thank God I'm Not The One"– 5:10

[edit] Critical Response

The website "Soul Purpose" remarked in their review: "The Afters display talent belying their short existence. ... engag[ing] the listener on a personal journey. A glimpse of the soul is rare indeed [but] the Afters debut effortlessly captures that." More often than not, critics have approved of the soulful pop rock The Afters deliver on this disc, regardless of its overly religious themes.

• Jesus Freak Hideout gave the album 4 1/2 stars out of 5 commenting that "The Afters' approach to worship is a classy and thoughtful."[1]
• Christianity Today.com gave the album 3 1/2 stars out of 5 and added that it effectively "manage[s] to straddle the fence between what Christian and mainstream radio is willing to play."[2]
• All Music Guide gave the album 3 1/2 stars out of 5

[edit] Charts

• Top Heatseekers: #40 (2005)

[edit] Awards

• CCM magazine selected I Wish We All Could Win for the Editor’s Top 10 Albums of 2005

[edit] Album Cover

The album cover has a turtle and a rabbit. There is a good chance that it's a reference to Aesop's fable "The Tortoise and the Hare". Also the album title could be referring to the race that the two of them had in the story.