London

Legacy Five
Traditional/Daywind

To say the least, “London” would be an ambitious recording project for any group in any musical genre. After all, the artist and recording company have committed for tremendous expense when traveling across the “Great Pond,” contracting one of the most renowned orchestras in the world (The London Session Orchestra) — all in addition to the traditional costs of putting together a recording.

There’s a lot of nail-biting that could happen if every little piece didn’t fall to­gether exactly in place.

In the case of Legacy Five’s venture, everything worked, and the result is a fine album that represents yet another step forward for this growing quartet. Before moving into a nine-song set of new songs, the quartet delivers a worshipful rendition of the classic “Holy Is Thy Name” and a solid performance of Hurdist Milsap’s “I’ve Got that Old Time Religion.” Moving along, there’s something for everyone as Legacy Five sings several songs that, at least in part, come from the pen of Roger Bennett. In fact, nearly all of the Bennett family garnered songwriting credits in tunes like “It’s Good to Know” (Roger and wife, Debbie) and “Joy” (Roger and daughter, Chelsea).

Then Roger teams up with Rodney Griffin to contribute “Mercy Extended” — and the first radio single “I Found Grace” is a solo-writing effort from Roger. Other songs on “London” include the potential big hit, “He Forgets,” Glenn Dustin’s feature “Meanwhile,” the bouncy “The God who Comes Through,” the thankful “Storms I Never See,” “Committed to the Cause of Christ” and the closer “Home Free.”

Included with the CD, is a special DVD that includes footage of the recording sessions, the tour of London.

This alone is worth the purchase of “London,” especially if you enjoy the behind-the-scenes aspects of southern gospel music.

Already, on just their third major release, Legacy Five has created a benchmark for the quartet.