| RECORDINGS |
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| LABEL: |
SPARROW |
| CATALOG
NUMBER: |
G2-51404 |
| UPC
NUMBER: |
077775140422 |
| NUMBER OF DISCS: |
1 |
| RUNNING TIME: |
62:06 |
| YEAR
RECORDED: |
1993 |
| CD
RELEASE DATE: |
SEPTEMBER
13, 1993 |
| CONDUCTOR: |
RON
HUFF, DAVID HAMILTON |
| ORCHESTRA: |
N/A |
| CHOIR: |
BROOKLYN
TABERNACLE CHOIR |
| PERFORMERS: |
4HIM
SUSAN ASHTON
CARMEN
STEPHEN CURTIS CHAPMAN
CHRISTINE DENTE
MICHAEL ENGLISH
FIRST CALL
STEVE GREEN
LARNELLE HARRIS
CINDY MORGAN
TWILA PARIS
WAYNE WATSON
BEBE & CECE WINANS |
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DISC ONE
1 Overture
4:21
2 Comfort Ye My People
(Wayne Watson) 3:48
3 Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
(Larnelle Harris)
3:29
4 And the Glory of the Lord
(Sandi Patty)
2:54
5 But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?
(Chapman, Steven
Curtis) 4:19
6 O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
(Susan Ashton ...)
3:54
7 For Unto Us a Child Is Born
(Winans, BeBe and CeCe)
4:32
8 Pastorale (Phil
Keaggy) 3:50
9 Glory to God in the Highest
(Carman)
2:55
10 Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
(First Call)
3:15
11 He Shall Feed His Flock
(Sandi Patty ...)
4:40
12 Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
(Larnelle Harris ...)
3:19
13 I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
(Steve Green)
3:55
14 Lift up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
(Michael English)
3:35
15 The Trumpet Shall Sound
(Four Him)
3:44
16 Worthy Is the Lamb That Was
Slain/Hallelujah (Sandi
Patty ...) 5:36
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SITE RATING: 5/10
SITE
REVIEW: Another MOR
Christian Pop album that tries to take
Handel's Messiah
and make it "radio-friendly" for middle
America, The
New Young Messiah doesn't hit the
same exuberant heights as Quincy Jones' Soulful Celebration,
nor does it plumb the deprecating depths of
either The Young
Messiah or Messiah Rocks,
but falls nicely into the safe, slick,
unremarkable professionalism of 1993 pop
pablum which is still daily served up to the
masses. I can't recommend this album to
anyone except born-again Christians who buy
into the whole marketing trends of modern-day
mega-churches; the performances are uniformly
bland, with little histrionics (Carmen's
over-the-top "Glory To God" excepted), a few
nice, heartfelt performances (Steven Curtis
Chapman's low-key "But Who May Abide",
Larnelle Harris's "Surely He Hath Borne Our
Griefs", and similarly reverent "He
Shall Feed His Flock") - for the rest, you get
electric guitars, new-jack swing, synthesized
drum tracks, and contrived crescendos which
have about as much fizz as a day-old can of
Coke. People who mistake adrenaline for
spirit will be content; others seeking a
higher, more enriching experience will have to
look elsewhere.
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