"Here's a welcome collating of the best performances from one of America's greatest hippie Christian bands. While bands like Petra and Resurrection Band spent the '70s perfecting a heavy rock'n'roll, ASFB plowed a blusier furrow with ace blues guitarist Glenn Schwartz exemplifying his renowned skills. This 18-track CD brings together tracks from their four albums and, while the bluesy thing is going on, the band's music is not easily pigeon holed.

One joy is the fact that they wrote songs that were simple in their message. These are songs to get people to think about the Gospel, an art that seems to be missing in modern Christian music. These recordings are very much of their time so they are a little ragged around the edges production wise but the band certainly fulfilled their ambition to create music that would stop people in their tracks and make them respond to the Gospel."[Mike Rimmer, Cross Rhythms U.K.]
 

Harps On Willows is named one of the 20 best albums of 2006

"The totally essential Jesus rock album featuring some baroque chamber folk with harpsichord, strings, piano and woodwinds, some otherworldly smoky dream psych and some stripped-down electric boogie blues. This was an odd congregation that collectively created an atmosphere representing the best in what was once Jesus rock." [Bob Felberg, New Creation Radio, WVOF and co-author of The Archivist]

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"This is a tough band to figure out. With some of the best Christian 70s rock by anyone anywhere their music is stunningly powerful with a dark, creeping psychrock menace achieved via songwriting and guitar/organ arrangements that spell big league all the way. If "For Christians, Elves & Lovers" is the mellower side of ASFB, "Brainwashed" is the flip side of the coin. This album is non-stop sizzling stuff with plenty of heavy organ, harmonica and, of course, Glenn Schwartz's searing guitar fireworks. This is an incredible album folks. So much variety here, too - it never gets boring." [Ken Scott, Archivist - Vintage Vinyl Jesus Music]   [Read the rare review of Brainwashed from Harmony Magazine - Sept, 1976]

"Somewhat unexpected move from the mainstream rockers as they go on a British folk-rock bender here, complete with sparse guitar arrangements, some tasteful chamber music orchestration and female vocal harmonies. Whereas a lot of orchestration tends to convert decent tunes into elevator fodder, here the strings, harp and piano add a tasteful classical edge. Good progressive folk-rock from the States is hard to come by. Wish that other works were even half as creative as this." [Ken Scott, Archivist - Vintage Vinyl Jesus Music]

"And what is the result of this musical fusion? An absolutely incredible album which might well become a classic in the annals of Jesus music. The credit for this record's brilliance belongs to the artists themselves. Because of their talent and versatility, the 14 cuts never suffer from being repetitious or boring. One need only look at the diversity in style from one selection to the next in order to appreciate the creative abilities of these musicians. This is the 3rd album for ASFB and belongs on the shelf of every Jesus music fan."  [Russ Proctor/Harmony Magazine/May, 76]

"Man, these guys were just so good! Wailing away one minute - folk mood, jazz lightness the next. Seems impossible on paper, but with ASFB it works. Showing maturity in sound and lyric, all tracks are standouts. All their albums are treasures with layers of interest both musically and lyrically." [Bob Felberg, New Creation Radio, WVOF and co-author of The Archivist]