Continental Singers - O Come All Ye Faithful: An International Christmas With The Continental Singers

Published Friday 2nd August 2024
Continental Singers - O Come All Ye Faithful: An International Christmas With The Continental Singers
Continental Singers - O Come All Ye Faithful: An International Christmas With The Continental Singers

STYLE: MOR / Soft Pop
RATING 6 6 6 6 6 6
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 47303-18770
LABEL: Word WST9648
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1

Reviewed by Tony Cummings

As any student of Christian music will tell you the Continentals, led by the tireless Cam Floria, Made dozens of albums. This Christmas offering, released in 1984, gave Joe Public 32 Christmas songs - many of them put into medleys - so alongside the usual suspects ("Away In A Manger", "Hark The Herald", "O Come All Ye Faithful") there are some unfamiliar Christmas songs, toted on the sleeve as "international". By far the best new song and the best rendition on the whole album is "Hallelujah Jesus Is Born", written by two Fins, Anna-Mari Kaskinen and Pekka Simojoki, emanating from a work of theirs called the African Gospel Mass and with Paulino da Costa weighing in with some African drumming and the mighty Dan Huff contributing some tasty guitar. Talking of the accompaniments, despite a backsleeve promise of "Continental Singers And Orchestra" the "orchestra" is synth played by Rhett Lawrence. The Singers' vocals are competent enough and there are some CCM big names drafted in as guest vocalists. So if you're a big fan of Steve Green, Sheila Walsh, Steve Camp or Phil Driscoll you might want to search out this album to complete your collection. And the best of the special guest renditions, Michelle Pillar on "European Christmas Lullabies", Is sweetly sung. All in all, a pleasant enough Christmas album.

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Reader Comments

Posted by Julie Marley in Doncaster, UK @ 21:25 on Dec 13 2018

This is one of my all time favourite Christmas albums along with The Gunter Kallmann Choir Christmas LP (you'll find this one on Youtube).
Thanks to Cross Rythems I now have the Continentals album on CD (purchased here several years ago & on play in my car at the moment). Thanks very much & a Happy Christmas to everyone. Xxx



Posted by Joy McWhinney in La Jolla CA @ 05:32 on Jan 25 2014

I have great memories of the the 1967 summer tour across the US, Puerto Rico, Haiti, ...
Thank you Cam, ....wherever you are!!
Joy McWhinney Sworder



Posted by otto kladensky in san jose costa rica @ 13:28 on Dec 20 2012

we wore this casette out! our (now adult) kids LOVE it as much as we do. how can we get this music?



Posted by Enrique Sanchez in Lima, PERU @ 14:37 on Apr 11 2012

For me, this is one of the best Christmas albums ever. Those who know the work of the Continental Singers should expect something superb as always. Cam Floria does a wonderful job with the arrangements. My favorite tracks are EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS LULLABIES; HALLELUJAH, JESUS IS BORN and KING AND LORD. Fully recommended.



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