Music CD - Jars of Clay: Redemption Songs

	Music CD: Redemption Songs Artist: Jars of Clay List Price: $17.98 Our Price: $8.99 Your Save: $ 8.99 ( 50% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Essential
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Tracks: 1. God Be Merciful To Me 2. I Need Thee Every Hour 3. God Will Lift Up Your Head 4. I'll Fly Away 5. Nothing But The Blood 6. Let Us Love And Sing And Wonder 7. Our Lord Is Crucified 8. Hiding Place 9. Jesus, I Lift My Eyes 10. It Is Well 11. On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand 12. Thou Lovely Source Of True Delight 13. And They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0083061075828 Label: Essential Manufacturer: Essential Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Essential Release Date: 2005-03-22 Studio: Essential
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent CD Comment: Each and every song on this CD is amazing. It surely blessed me. I love the song I'll Fly away. I am thankful this band truly walks with God and blesses us with their music! Customer Rating: Summary: great, uplifting songs Comment: I had been away from Jars music for a while, but a friend had this CD and I really loved the songs on it. So I had to get it for myself. Lots of great uplifting, upbeat songs to listen to! Customer Rating: Summary: Jars of Clay: Redemption Songs Comment: There is something I just love about new versions of old hymns. The one I bought this CD for is "I'll Fly Away." There are several other songs I would have bought the CD for if I had heard them before I bought it. Jars of Clay has an interesting take on some of the songs, which you may find contrived or may find to give new insight. I listen to this CD over and over. Customer Rating: Summary: Not very redeeming Comment: I wanted this CD to be some of the old hymns sung with all the verses in the original tune, but it wasn't. There were too few "Old" Redemption Songs, and odd music, with most the song being the chorus repeated.. over...and over...and over... I only hear one of the songs on the radio.... just not what I was thinking it would be ..... Customer Rating: Summary: Classics with a new generation twist Comment: Many of the classics with a New Generation Twist. I enjoy the added instruments to the oldies. Jars of Clay does a great job. My favorite is "Fly Away". More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: It would be easy to pass off this latest Jars of Clay release as a marketing gimmick, especially as more and more Christian artists are turning to casting age-old hymns in their own creative image. Has the modern praise-and-worship songwriting well run dry or are artists truly looking back over time to gain that "renewed and refreshed perspective" as Jars describes this effort in the liner notes for Redemption Songs? The thoughtful listener will quickly discover that the latter is true. Jars of Clay's acoustic, organic sound is an ideal approach to presenting "very old words set to almost completely modern music" as never once does the music overshadow the power of the words. The band captures the essence of hope and joy in tracks "God Will Lift Up Your Head," "It Is Well With My Soul," and the rousing "Nothing But the Blood," aided by the great Blind Boys of Alabama. On the other side of the emotional spectrum, the needful ache of man seeking God is well captured with melancholic "I Need Thee Every Hour" and "Hiding Place." Other special guest appearances by Sarah Kelly on "I'll Fly Away" and Delirious' Martin Smith on "Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder" all fit well within the reverential mood of this marvelous release. If this record doesn't renew and refresh you, it may be time to check your pulse. --Michael Lyttle