Music CD - Thomas Kinkade: 20 Heavenly Lullabies

	Music CD: 20 Heavenly Lullabies Artist: Thomas Kinkade List Price: $7.98 Our Price: $3.55 Your Save: $ 4.43 ( 56% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Madacy Records
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Tracks: 1. Amazing Grace 2. Brahms' Lullaby - Thomas Kinkade, Brahms 3. Holy, Holy, Holy 4. What a Friend I Have in Jesus 5. Kumbaya 6. Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore 7. Were You There 8. Peace Like a River 9. Fairest Lord Jesus 10. Precious Lord 11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Thomas Kinkade, Traditional 12. Jesus Loves Me 13. For the Beauty of the Earth 14. Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep 15. Softly and Tenderly 16. Go Tell It on the Mountain 17. This Is My Father's World 18. Just as I Am 19. God Is So Good 20. All Through the Night
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0628261036028 Format: Live Label: Madacy Records Manufacturer: Madacy Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Madacy Records Release Date: 2004-05-18 Studio: Madacy Records
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Great infant & small child night time CD Comment: I had received this CD as a gift at my baby shower and played it every night for my daughter for her first two years. It is such soothing music that it relaxes all of us in the house. She still asks for me to play it for her every once and a while and she is now almost four. That one got worn out and now I need a new one for my baby son. This is such a great CD and long so that it gives children plenty of time to fall asleep. I have given copies of it to other expectant mothers to help put their children asleep. I have not found a better lullaby collection. Customer Rating: Summary: Know what you're buying before your order this! Comment: This CD consists of a series of gentle instrumental solos, with no vocals and minimal instrumental back-up to the soloist. It would serve well as simple, soothing background music for a very young child. And, in fact, this CD is identical (same tracks, same instruments, same arrangements) to one released two years earlier, listed separately on Amazon. That earlier Christian CD is also entitled "Heavenly Lullabies", but bears the logo "Baby Blessings" and a drawing of an infant on the cover, emphasizing its intended audience. For very young children, I would rate this CD 4 stars, my only objection being that the arrangements for some of the tracks partially mask the traditional tunes by superimposing the instrumentalist's interpretation. But by putting artwork by Thomas Kinkade on the cover of this new version, the record label may be conveying the misimpression that his CD is suitable for adults (or, at least, older children). I suspect that most older children and adults who love these tunes would want vocals and/or more robust instrumental backup. Speaking for myself, this adult - who was looking for a children's choir version of "Jesus Loves Me" or a version of "Kumbaya" such as was sung around the campfire - found this CD to be a big disappointment. Unfortunately, the Amazon site does not enable buyers to listen to snippets of the tunes for this CD, so it's impossible to get a feel for the nature of the arrangements before buying it. I feel compelled to add that it is disingenuous, to say the least, to list Thomas Kinkade as the performing artist for this CD. Kinkade only supplied the cover art (probably for marketing purposes). The actual performers are several instrumentalists, none of whom, I suspect, is Kinkade himself. This music should be attributed to "Various Artists". More Reviews
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