AMG Review of Story of Your Life

Andrew Leahey
All Music Guide

Matthew West knows his pop music, having written tunes for everyone from Natalie Grant to Point of Grace, and The Story of Your Life is filled with the same hooky uplift he brings to his hired-gun work. West occasionally ghostwrites for secular artists, too, but this is a thoroughly Christian album, with slick CCM arrangements (think a PG-rated mix of the Fray and Coldplay, with more acoustic guitars and smooth-sanded edges) and sermon-styled lyrics inspired by West’s own fan mail.