r/AmyGrant

Been a fan of Amy since I was around 7 years old. Age to Age and Straight Ahead and Unguarded were big in our household, but it wasn't until Lead Me On that I started paying real attention. I would've been 10 in 1988, I think that's when it came out?

It's been there for me throughout my life in a way that I can't explain about literally any other album. We had the cassette, so I didn't really consider "Wait for the Healing" or "If You Have to Go Away" weren't really part of my real Lead Me On experience. Hopefully others from this time period can appreciate what I mean, I don't dislike them at all, they are just not quite at the same level for me as the rest of the album. And to make it even weirder, we always started the album out with side 2, so "What About the Love" was our track #1. If just seems to flow better that way and I'll die on that hill.

But tuning into the vibe for the first time today in years, I was again just so taken with the intensity and beauty of my favorite song on the album, "All Right." I broke down in tears because at this moment I'm my life, and going so many years not entirely embracing the meaning, it all makes sense now I just love Amy so much for her lyrical ability and how it's just been the thing that keeps me loving her and having nothing but fond memories of some of her most incredible albums. Lead Me On is such a great album. No skips. Poignant and then some.

Went on to absolutely love Heart in Motion too, before I kinda lost touch because her work afterward hasn't quite been as powerful for me. But I will sing the praises to Lead Me On forever! Thanks for letting me tell you guys here!

I waited a long time for Amy Grant’s new album and honestly I went into it hoping for something more radio friendly. Instead I got an album that emotionally wrecked me. (Please stay with me because I adore Amy Grant)

Musically, it may not be my favorite thing she’s ever done. It’s quieter, stranger, more reflective and not really built for radio at all. But lyrically? I honestly think this may be some of the bravest writing of her career.

The whole album feels like a woman in her 60s taking inventory of life, grief, aging, friendship, addiction, loss, forgiveness, division, faith, memory and what remains of us after suffering.

At some point while listening, I realized Amy Grant is no longer trying to recreate “Baby Baby” or chase hits. She’s making art now. Real art. The kind that sits beside pain instead of trying to polish it away.

There were multiple songs that made me cry, especially “The Me That Remains” and “The Other Side of Goodbye.”

This album honestly feels less like a comeback album and more like a legacy statement.

Curious what other longtime Amy fans think.