Amy Grant - Legacy Hymns & Faith
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Artist: Amy GrantBrand: Heart Beat Records
Edition: Music CD
Published: 2002
CD Release Date: 2005-03-29
Music Label: Word Entertainment
Soundtracks:
- This Is My Father's World
- My Jesus, I Love Thee
- Softly and Tenderly
- I Need Thee Every Hour/Nothing But the Blood
- What You Already Own
- It Is Well With My Soul/The River's Gonna Keep on Rolling
- Do You Remember the Time
- Fields of Plenty/Be Still My Soul
- Imagine/Sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus
- Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- Fairest Lord Jesus
- Holy, Holy, Holy
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus/Old Rugged Cross/How Great Thou Art
- Marching to Zion
Free Music Notes for Legacy Hymns & Faith
Free Music Review: Uplifting, enjoyable, versions of traditional hymns
Hit: 5 Stars
First Amy Grant CD I have listened to (and bought!).
Really enjoyed most of the music.
My favorite tracks were "This is my Father's World,"
"It is Well With My Soul/The River's Gonna Keep on Rollin,"
"Fields of Plenty/Be Still My Soul,"
"Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,"
"Fairest Lord Jesus," and "Holy, Holy, Holy."
Other tracks on the CD are very good, also, but these
aforementioned songs were really special.
Other reviewers commented on the few songs that consist
of two separate songs. I was expecting a disjointed sound,
but they really flow into each other well.
As another reviewer commented, and I agree, it would have
been even better if instead of the blend, if each song was
given full time allotment.
"It is well with my Soul," is given some time duration, but this
song is so beautifully sung; it would have been nice for
the entire version to have been done. The song that it leads into
is ""The River's Gonna Keep on Rollin," written by Vince Gill
is tremendous. Really a classic terrific song. Grant does a
great job. The blend of the two songs is artfully done, but each is a classic and deserves full treatment on its own.
The song that "Imagine" leads into, "Sing the Wondrous Love of
Jesus," written by Amy Grant, is barely given any time, yet it
is truly beautiful. It absolutely deserved fuller treatment on the
CD, which leads into my major problem with the CD ...
its thematic style is noticeable, in that it has a rather quiet
and laid back country style with terrific (cannot be overstated)
arrangements and vocals by Vince Gill, with occassional harder
rock guitar licks ("Imagine"), so the arrangement and
execution of "Nothing But the Blood," was discordant to the flow
of the other songs. (Even with the guitar licks in "Imagine,"
the style still blends in with the other music. NBtB's arrangement
just stands out like the track that "doesn't fit" (at least on this
CD). What I really didn't care for most about the arrangement was the choir's vocals. Choir voices appear on other songs on this CD, but on this song, they don't enhance Grant and Gill's singing. I'd rather the two of them did the song by themselves, and without the full orchestra blaring out the sound of trumpets, an overamplified bass, and a loud disrupting drum.
The arrangement of "Marching to Zion," while matching the lyrics,
was also stylistically discordant with the sound of all the other
songs on the CD.
I would have much preferred if those two songs had been replaced with
the full versions of "It is Well With my Soul," and "Sing the Wondrous
Love of Jesus." (Track 13, consisting of three separate classic hymns, also could have been split up into full treatment.
That aside, the country flavor of Vince Gill's touch can be heard
throughout the CD, and it is terrific. Grant gives these songs her
unique vocal touch that turn her restrained style into moving
experiences.
An excellent booklet of all the lyrics is included with the CD.
One reviewer commented on the words Grant speaks during one song
(I think it's with "Be Still With My Soul.") It didn't bother me.
It's sort of like hearing an artist drop their singing personna and
just speak to us, person to person. She has a beautiful tone to her
speaking voice.
The other speaking section is at the beginning of the last track,
"Marching to Zion." As the reviewer said, the volume of the voice
is recorded at a lower level, in relation to the rest of the music that follows (and precedes the voice). I found the recording volume for the male's voice appropriate. And ... I am glad that the male's voice
(obviously not melliflous like that of Grant's) was not at full volume,
since it followed the sound of Grant's voice on previous songs.
The instrumental treatment (guitar solo) given to "Fields of Plenty" was beautiful.
I had expected the normal musical version being given to
"Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing." I was deeply moved by the
version I heard. Tremendous country treatment ala Gill's atyle
given to this song. The way in which the phrasing was done to match
the music, to make the lyrics fit this style was genious. When I heard this song for the first time, I had the feeling that I was listening to one of the most beautiful country flavored Christian songs I had ever heard. I can't say enough about the arrangement and vocals - a tremendous version of this song.
I gave this CD five stars, even with my dislike of the arrangements
of "Nothing but the Blood" and "Marching to Zion" (and their inclusion
on this CD), because the rest of the CD is just so good.
I bought this CD originally inspired by Grant's version of "Fairest Lord Jesus." I had heard "My Father's World," years ago, and thought getting the CD for these two songs would be worth it. Little did I know how special the rest of the CD would be (and what a gift the "Rollin" and "Fount" songs are - I highly recommend this CD for those two songs for any Grant fans who have heard her other music, but not those songs.)
Legacy Hymns & Faith Poster
Amy Grant, Legacy...Hymns & FaithWith a career retrospective boxed set and a new CD reportedly full of new material scheduled for release later this year, Amy Grant certainly appears ready for new horizons. But first she pays tribute in fitting form to her earliest influences with Legacy... Hymns & Faith, whose limited-edition version contains a DVD with videos and interviews. There's a sprightly effervescence in tracks like "This Is My Father's World" and "My Jesus, I Love Thee," mostly due to the strong country-folk influence of new hubby Vince Gill. "Softly and Tenderly" is rendered nearly perfect by Grant as the age-old classic of redemption is laid down in a moody atmosphere. Transition seems like the motif of this release, as Grant deftly merges one classic into another, as with "It Is Well with My Soul / The River's Gonna Keep on Rolling" and "What a Friend We Have in Jesus / That Old Rugged Cross / How Great Thou Art." All in all, Grant pays homage to the hymns that have carried many a church service for decades and the music that has carried her through some tough moments in life. --Michael Lyttle
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