All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.
Collin Raye has built his reputation on romantic ballads ("Love, Me") and social commentary ("Little Rock," "I Think About You.") THE WALLS CAME DOWN serves up more of the same, and that's a good thing. The CD examines love in its many forms, from the pain of losing it ("I Can Still Feel You," "Someone You Used To Know"), to the triumph of keeping it alive ("Anyone Else," "Survivors.")
The highlight is the hard country ballad "Make Sure You've Got It All." It's among the most traditional songs Raye's ever done, and he sings the heck out of it. As for social commentary, the CD's final track, "The 11th Commandment," will literally make your hair stand on end. Raye brutally details the horrors that can befall kids (incest, abuse, drug addiction), and then hits the point home in the chorus: "Did God overlook it/What ought have been written/The 11th Commandment/Honor Thy Children." It's a truly chilling performance that few singers could pull off convincingly. Raye does.
