His Name is Alive - Mouth by Mouth (93)

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01 Baby Fish Mouth
02 Lip
03 Cornfield
04 In Every Ford
05 Lord, Make a Channel of Your Peace
06 Drink, Dress, and Ink
07 Where Knock is Open Wide
08 Can't Go Wrong Without You
09 Jack Rabbits
10 Sort Of
11 Sick
12 Blue Moon
13 Ear
14 Lemon Ocean
15 The Torso
16 The Dirt Eaters

1993's Mouth by Mouth marks a high point in His Name Is Alive's career, consolidating the band's musical elements — sweet vocals, technicolor production, evocative guitar work, and arty arrangements — into 16 songs that are as diverse as they are cohesive.

Memories of Michigan summertimes, Theodore Roethke's poetry, and sensuality collide, creating the fractured sugar-pop of "Baby Fish Mouth" and "Lip," which sit comfortably beside the stark, cello-driven "Cornfield."

The band's sinister side pops up on "Ear," a deadpan retelling of Vincent van Gogh's self-amputation.

Mouth by Mouth "rocks" more than any of the band's previous work, thanks to the continued involvement of the Dirt Eaters; they are credited with the album's louder songs, such as the fuzzed-out "Drink, Dress and Ink" and "The Torso.