Reviewed by Martin Purnell

Imagine the following scenario. You are head of Brentwood Records and at the Monday morning meeting suggest that it would be good to have a kids praise CD. 45 minutes later you receive an email saying that it should be called My First Worship CD. The email also says that due to modern "techniques" the CD is now ready for release! If you like cheesy programming to well known hymns/choruses with children singing along then this could be for you! It is awful in my opinion! No real thought has gone into the melodies or singing. Why don't the Americans just take stock of themselves and admit that this type of a release is just plain stupid? Okay, it might indeed bring "A little one into His Kingdom," but it's more likely to lead them away from it! It's great though as a party game for adults. Just play the first track, Mr Kendricks' "Shine, Jesus, Shine". Play it and see how long it will take for someone to switch it off. Here, in the office, we just about got to the end of the first line. American music companies should listen to the latest releases from Spring Harvest to get inspiration on how to do kids music properly. There is no way I'll let my 16 month old son hear this album again. He prefers Creed anyway!

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