Plumb Customer Reviews (20 reviews)
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Beautiful Lumps of Coal
Great CD! July 27th 2004 by Kristin in USA
Plumb's Beautiful Lumps of Coal is amazing. The vocals are unique, but beautiful. The songs are great, and have inspired me with my writing time and time again. This is a great CD to buy for inspiration, just to listen to, or if you're a fan of Plumb.
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The Best of Plumb
Plumb is best when . . . August 19th 2004 by Anonymous in PA
Solid Christian rock is becoming easier to find with time, but it has always been difficult to find solid Christian rock headed by a female lead singer. Jennifer Knapp, Superchick, Zoegirl all come to mind...but none matches Plumb for hard-rocking sound. And not only does Plumb have great rockers, like "Crazy," but they switch it up with softer songs like "Phobic" and "Pennyless." Give it a look – good female-fronted Christian rock is not in abundance.
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Candycoatedwaterdrops
5 stars for the first 5 tracks . . . August 19th 2004 by Anonymous in PA
Plumb's sophomore release, and follow-up to their self-titled debut, shows a marked progression both musically and lyrically. The album starts on an absolutely amazing note, with standout tracks like "Stranded" and "Late Great Planet Earth." Unfortunately, the album seems to lose some momentum in its last six tracks. A great start, and still a very, very good CD overall. But in the end this is one of those CDs that I listen to specifically for a handful of tracks.
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Beautiful Lumps of Coal
Awesome August 29th 2004 by Jayne in Wisconsin
Upon hearing "Sink 'N Swim", I became interested in the whole CD, and I was quite pleased with what I found. Songs like "Boys Don't Cry", "Unnoticed", and "Nice, Naive, and Beautiful" are excellent.
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Beautiful Lumps of Coal
Once again! September 2nd 2004 by Leah in Malta
Once again Plumb have totally kicked my cd collection. Really. WOW! I just love this band, and this cd says so much. It speaks so much to me. The music has a certain edge to it, Tiffany puts so much style and charisma into it and altogether I just feel God moving along track by track! Sometimes I don't really get the meaning of most of the songs, but I know that there is so much spiritual and inspirational reflection behind them all that seriously...it's all awesome stuff. Tracks like 'sink n swim' and 'nice, naive and beautiful' have become hits. But I absolutely love 'hold me' and 'unnoticed' cuz they're so real and speak directly.
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The Best of Plumb
Hit Tracks! September 21st 2004 by Leah in Leah
Some AWESOME hard rocking vocal chick music. Tiffany is so talented, and gives Plumb such an edge to their music. This album contains their hits. Among my real favorite are Track 1: Here with me; Track 3: Stranded; Track 11: God-shaped Hole. God-shaped Hole made it in the soundtrack of Bruce Almighty what a real amazing song that is. so true in the lyrics. Plumb are just so comforting to listen to. Their music just puts me in awesome moods. These hit tracks are put altogether for all of you out there who love Plumb just the way i do!
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Candycoatedwaterdrops
Skilful Blend October 13th 2004 by Glenn in Okinawa, Japan
I loved Plumb's debut album, and their second release is also really good. From the powerful first two tracks, "Late Great Planet Earth" and "Stranded", Plumb continue to weave a skilful blend of upbeat ("Here With Me", "Worlds Collide: A Fairy Tale") and introspective songs ("Phobic", "Damaged"). Throughout, the lyrics are thoughtful and meaningful, and once again Tiffany Arbuckle's vocals are perfect for each song.
Highlights: "Late Great Planet Earth", "Here With Me", "Phobic" and "God-Shaped Hole"
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Beautiful Lumps of Coal
Beautiful July 19th 2005 by Anonymous in california
Plumb has a truely beautiful voice. THe songs are really great and there is a good message in them but her voice simply holds the album together. I recomend this to anyone who likes LaRue or Sixpence None the Richer.
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Simply Plumb (Simply (Provident))
Plumb is amazing! July 19th 2005 by Isabel in Kansas
I've loved Plumb since they first came out and this CD has all of their greatest hits. My favorites include "Stranded", "Here with me" and their rendition of "Late Great Planet Earth." Tiffany's voice is amazing and I definetly recommend this for anyone who's into Christian rock!
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Candycoatedwaterdrops
Big Improvement July 19th 2005 by Anonymous in california
Plumbs second release was a big improvement from the last CD. on the self titled album the songs were boring, slow, and just not as catchy as they are on Candycoatedwaterdrops. Some of the best songs on this album are Late Great Planet earth, stranded, Here with Me, Lie Low, Phobic, God-Shaped Hole, and Worlds collide. The title track kinda reverts back to the last album. Over all this is a must have for music lovers.
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Candycoatedwaterdrops
Plumb August 9th 2005 by in Oklahoma
I think this cd is so good. It has a great sound that is very unique, yet a great beat that makes you want to dance on some songs.
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The Best of Plumb
Great Music December 14th 2005 by meg in Virginia
This music is awesome to listen to when you just want to relax. God-Shaped hole is awesome, as are most of the songs! They are a great band!
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Chaotic Resolve
Plumb "Chaotic Resolve" is OUTSTANDING! March 1st 2006 by Susan in Humboldt, TN
Plumb “Chaotic Resolve” (02/28/06)
Plumb releases another outstanding album filled with her signature thought-provoking lyrics that cover the subjects of life and love, and not just the pretty parts. The music is cutting edge as Tiffany Arbuckle delivers powerful lush vocals over melodies and styles that lead the listener on a tour through a museum of moods and emotions. This CD is the most genre experimental album of the Plumb catalogue and encompasses many different modern rock, pop sounds that capture the ear and hold it. There are numerous radio friendly tracks showcased here and this may just be the CD that moves Plumb from the background to the forefront as one of music’s most talented Christian artists.
From the official Plumb website:
“The title “Chaotic Resolve” comes from the resolve in much of the discord in my life…To me, resolve does not always mean fix. It may mean that I’ve resolved to accept a somewhat chaotic situation as it is, or I have resolved to change my expectations of a person….My objective was to communicate the message of chaos and resolve together.”
“I Can’t Do This” is the first single from the album and has been receiving considerable airplay on Christian radio for the past couple of months. It has a busy industrial rock sound that creates a “panicked” feel with lyrics that spur tension with lines that include ideas like waking up late, failure, crazy, agitated, but then resolve into a peaceful place when Plumb announces “I can’t do this, oh God, I need your help” and submits to Him. The music softens and the vocals become breathy and calmer as she sings “press into me, breathe in me, bask in me, you’ll be free to do anything.” When I first heard this track months ago it didn’t really appeal to me because initially, I found it repetitive. Now I see that the repetitiveness gives it more meaning because Christians often struggle to let go of things in our harried lives, and when we finally do “give it to God”, it is so easy to take our burdens right back from him. It is a vicious cycle and Plumb is right, “I can’t do this!”
One of the most significant songs on the album would have to be “Cut”. This is an intimate song that speaks to the issue of a form of self-abuse referred to as “cutting”. Plumb’s passionate voice captures the desperation of a hurting soul as she cries
“I may seem crazy,
or painfully shy,
and these scars wouldn’t be so hidden,
if you would just look me in the eye.
I feel alone here, and cold here,
I don’t wanna die
But the only anesthetic
that makes me feel anything kills inside.”
The emotion in her voice as she sings these verses is chilling. The listener can not not be moved by this song. (See the video for “Cut” on Plumb’s MySpace, and you’ll see what I mean.) The simple solo piano lines and the subtle accompanying rhythm of the synthesizer, which sounds like a distant harpsichord, enhance Tiffany Arbuckle’s emotionally charged, concerned and desperate voice that penetrate the soul and demands an emotional response from the listener. When she sings with an exhausted and frightened hesitation between each word “I’m … tired … of feeling so numb, relief exists I find it when … “, it creates a certain tension and she resolves it by singing the short phrase “I am cut”. The abrupt ending on the word “cut” immediately resolves that tension the prior verse created and musically portrays the thoughts of a “cutter” desiring to feel something, anything. This is a very powerful song and is the definitive highlight of the album.
The lead off single really sets the music tone of the album with its poppy upbeat, encouraging sound. “Blush (Only You)” is a song that is about wanting to be in love with your spouse, or with God, in a way that always seems new. She sings of a pure love and a focused love that creates an emotional surge, a blush perhaps, whenever that love comes to mind.
Many of the songs of this album are solid pop-rock tunes that hook the listener with catchy choruses and singable melodic verses. “Real Life Fairy Tale”, “Better” (which is being used by ESPN in a commercial), “Manic”, “Good Behavior”, and even the danceable, club music sound of “Motion”, and “I Have Nothing” are all good rock/pop songs that talk about the chaos of the lives we all live and offer glimpses of the peace we all desire. Plumb continues along the idea that we are all beautiful lumps of coal and has a way of relating to the listener through her lyrics, yet always offering the hope that the “ick” is not all that there is. There is something beautiful in all of us.
Masterfully balancing this excellent pop rock album are some tunes that somewhat quiet the heart of the listener to focus on subjects to be taken very seriously. As a bonus track we are treated to a wonderfully orchestrated remix of “Damaged” originally off of “Candycoatedwaterdrops” that tackles the subject of abuse and it ends praising “alleluia to His name” and offers hope, “we are his children, how much He loves you, and He will never leave you alone.”
“Bittersweet”, “Jekyll & Hyde”, “Sleep” challenge release from bitterness and resentment through forgiveness, and encourages casting ones cares upon Him when we are so exhausted we feel we can no longer go on. “Sleep” has somewhat of a dreamy texture in the orchestration with strings that carry the listener off to another place when “you have some of those days, when you just need to be, when you just need to shut your mouth, close your eyes, breathe in and out and drift away…”
“Chaotic Resolve” is a title that all serious music lovers should add to their collection. It encompasses creative lyric writing at its finest and is an exhibition of different musical genres from industrial rock edge, to soft, quiet solo ballads for voice, from a pop, club dance mix to modern alternative rock. The only misstep on this CD would be the other “bonus” track “Pray for Me”, a Michael W. Smith/Wayne Kirkpatrick tune from the late 80’s that is given a techno-dance mix makeover and, well, leaves me wondering “why?”. Despite that final “bonus” track, this offering from Plumb will raise the standard in Christian music, both lyrically and musically, as it challenges, inspires, stirs emotion, and is plainly enjoyable to listen to.
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Candycoatedwaterdrops
good music March 1st 2006 by Anonymous in Xela
Plumb is giving to fans a really nice album. The voice of the lead singer is one of a kind. I like the song "stranded".
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Chaotic Resolve
2007- FEMALE VOC. April 25th 2006 by Justin in tx
this is by far one of the best christian music releases to date-
It is the best of her albums she writes with intensity passion and zeal
Standout tracks (all of them really)
*Better
*Blush
*Motion
*Cut
*Bittersweet
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Chaotic Resolve
Chick rockers rock May 5th 2006 by Brent in whitewright
maybe it is just me but i love chick rockers and that is what turned my ear to this cd i like bands like evenessens and superchick and all those chick rockers so if chick rockers with a little gothic sound than this cd is a must.
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Candycoatedwaterdrops
Good Cd May 15th 2006 by Melissa Bermudez in Pa
I liked the song "Damaged" it was on a movie called Broken down Palace, i never knew it was a Christian song, and again I liked another song "stranded" on the move Drive Me Crazy, again didnt know it was a christian song and didnt know it was by the same group, finding this CD was really cool, the music is rock/pop with some very catchy lyrics all with a good message, I would rate at a 4.5, but thats not an option
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Chaotic Resolve
I Cant Do This May 26th 2006 by Lisa in WA
This song is rockin!! I like it very much. This whole album is great. Her voice is so beautiful, I think everyone will fall in love with her as I have.
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Chaotic Resolve
Took Me By Surprise October 28th 2006 by Anonymous in
Bought this for my wife and I think I have listened to it more. If you llike rock with string arrangements, you will love this. A really good all around cd. Very catchy, and lingers in your head for days.
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The Best of Plumb
yeah June 7th 2008 by Anonymous in Xela
I like the the girl-fronted bands, and Plumb has it. From rock to pop and even ballads, their songs are catchy and inspirational. And this album is a compilation of Plumb´s hits. My favorite song is: Stranded.
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