If you appreciated the vocal dynamics of dcTalk’s Michael Tait, then you will certainly enjoy his own band, Tait, and their debut album Empty.

With its power-driven music and strong chorus vocals, "Alibi" is a perfect start for the album. It moves fluidly into "Loss for Words" - a song about "foot-in-mouth disease."

"All You Got" is the first slower song on the CD; it has gentle music and a restrained tempo. It is a song of encouragement for people going through difficult times, reminding them that, "There’s a reason for these changing seasons / God only knows how much your heart can bear / So don’t you let go / Everybody has their up and down times."

Don’t be fooled by the almost western sounding first few notes of "Spy," the song is every note of a classic spy movie ballad. This song earned itself a place in the movie version of Frank Peretti’s "Hangman’s Curse."

James 2:15-16 says, "Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily good. If one of you says to him, ‘Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?" Tait’s song "All About Jesus" is based off of this verse and is told in the first person of a poor man. The song concludes by stating that the real answer is, "when a man leaves his darkness and follows the Son."

"Carried Away" has music that faintly resembles that of a carnival. It is a well-mixed pop-rock song, driven by guitars and highlighted by its overwhelming vocal power. In contrast, the title track "Empty" is a soft, slow song about the emptiness of life'a pursuit of worldly treasures. The song has lyrical roots in Mark 8:36, "What good is it for a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?"

Through every pounding note, carefully chosen word, and well-mixed song, Empty shines through as a great musical accomplishment of 2001.