STYLE: Pop RATING OUR PRODUCT CODE: 49005-14787 LABEL: Integrity 44532 FORMAT: CD Album ITEMS: 3 RELEASE DATE: 2008-09-30 RRP: £13.00
Reviewed by Adrian Cherrill
With the number of multi-disc worship compilations on the market steadily rising, it wasn't going to be long before Integrity Music took a stab at a three-disc set of its own. There are some classic songs here; Tim Hughes' "Here I Am To Worship", Darlene Zschech's "Shout To The Lord" and Brian Doerksen's "Come Now Is The Time" are all worthy contenders, among a number of others, though unless you really know your singers, you can't tell who sings many of the songs because none of them are listed. The three discs are divided into themes, 'Timeless Classics', 'Enduring Worship' and 'Modern Classics', of which the second one is probably the best of the three, though most of the up tempo material reverts to a Celtic acoustic style so the whole thing never seems to get going. The first is all early Integrity material (which now sounds rather dated), the third sounds mostly like an up-to-date version of the first bar a couple songs. It's almost certainly aimed at an American market rather than a UK one, and rather than being what the title tries to suggest, it's really just feels like a plug for Integrity's back catalogue.
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Product Description
This is the third release in Integrity Music’s best-selling 51 Must Have Series. It contains 51 powerful worship songs: timeless, enduring and modern classics. The songs are performed by top artists such as Don Moen, Paul Baloche, Robin Mark, Darlene Zschech, Brian Doerksen and Lenny LeBlanc.