Passion: Hymns Ancient and Modern [Enhanced]

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While the modern worship movement has revolutionized Christian music, lead worshippers realized that in their zeal to write cutting-edge church music they forgot the songs that were cutting that "edge" once upon a time. Add some creative contemporary arrangements and electricity to the originals and you have the composite that makes up the Ancient and Modern Hymns collection. For those who caught Passion artists singing some of these timeless classics during the 2003 tour, you know how emotionally moving they are live. Producer Nathan Nockels keeps that in mind and does a great job of capturing the live essence recorded in Atlanta's North Point Community Church. Of course no Passion release can be without David Crowder and Chris Tomlin and both give us some special moments on Hymns, including Crowder's "Doxology" and the magnificent "All Creatures Of Our God and King." Tomlin's reworking of "O Worship The King" and the compelling "Take My Life" are not to be outdone. Nockels and wife Christy (known as Watermark) also provide one of the finer moments with the elegant beauty of "Praise To The Lord the Almighty." Matt Redman and Charlie Hall fill out the release with a solid but unremarkable quality. --Michael Lyttle

Passion: Hymns Ancient and Modern, Music, Passion Worship Band, CCM, Christian, Pop, Religious / Contemp. Christian

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Best of the Passion Series

Awesome CD, a great gift for anyone

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Great, but shy of awesome

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Passion: Hymns Ancient and Modern
Passion Worship Band
Manufacturer: Six Step Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2004-02-24

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Take My Life

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While the modern worship movement has revolutionized Christian music, lead worshippers realized that in their zeal to write cutting-edge church music they forgot the songs that were cutting that "edge" once upon a time. Add some creative contemporary arrangements and electricity to the originals and you have the composite that makes up the Ancient and Modern Hymns collection. For those who caught Passion artists singing some of these timeless classics during the 2003 tour, you know how emotionally moving they are live. Producer Nathan Nockels keeps that in mind and does a great job of capturing the live essence recorded in Atlanta's North Point Community Church. Of course no Passion release can be without David Crowder and Chris Tomlin and both give us some special moments on Hymns, including Crowder's "Doxology" and the magnificent "All Creatures Of Our God and King." Tomlin's reworking of "O Worship The King" and the compelling "Take My Life" are not to be outdone. Nockels and wife Christy (known as Watermark) also provide one of the finer moments with the elegant beauty of "Praise To The Lord the Almighty." Matt Redman and Charlie Hall fill out the release with a solid but unremarkable quality. --Michael Lyttle

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Best of the Passion Series.......2007-04-10

I have all the Passion series and this is the best! Very inspirational-

Awesome CD, a great gift for anyone.......2007-01-10

The CD is great and came just as expected. Thanks for your great service and supply of a great product.

Refreshing.......2006-08-18

This album is a refreshing mix of hymns with a twist. Passion does an excellent job in instrumenting the hymns: keeping dynamics both traditional and modern. Most of these hymns have new choruses or bridges added, which mostly augment the songs and lead the listener into deeper worship.

What I like most about this album is that there is room to reflect the lyrics of the hymns. When singing hymns in some churches, the organist can tend to just run through the hymns quickly without time for reflection or deeper worship. This dynamic Passion album often repeats lines, verses, or choruses and has musical interludes to allow the listener to participate instead of just listening.

Great, but shy of awesome.......2006-05-09

I love the old hymns: so beautiful and inspiring. This album proves that some of the best hymns can be done in a contemporary style without destroying them, except for one: Chris Tomlin really butchered "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" in a big way. I dont claim to be a purest, but there really is no need for taking a wonderful hymn such as this and making it 'better' by jacking with the original melody (by simplifying it); he only robbed the hymn of its majesty and musical beauty. What a shame. On the other hand he did a wonderful job on "Take My Life"...maybe the best track on the album. Kudos to Watermark for "Praise Ye the Lord the Almighty" and "Fairest, Lord Jesus": they provide the paradigm for doing an old hymn in a contemporary style while preserving what makes the hymn great. The job they did makes the album worth it.

A Bit of Heaven on Earth.......2006-03-30

In my top three favorites, this album brings worshippers together in a way that no recording I've heard has before. Nothing but the best of concerts can beat it for a taste of Heaven. It sends my spirit soaring. Filled with ancient hymns, which I have always loved, it does them in a way that is passionate and moving. Starting out with "O Worship The King," the emphasis is on worship. These songs are often sung with a low mummbling, or a cheesy, "listen to how great my voice is." Not so with this one. The artists, male and female, are gifted, and their voices are instruments lifting up the songs, not the other way around. Though the rockish beat that punctuates these hymns, and U2-like guitar bits, might disturb some of the most conservative worshippers, most worshippers, young and old would love it. Me? I'm hoping this begins a movement to bring back these meaningful hymns to places of worship. If the passion that their great lyrics evokes stands out more with a bit of guitar, all the better! The one complaint I do have is occasionally, twice that I recall, the artists do the "Yes Jesus, Lord, Father, yes yes, you are king" repeating that modern worship songs are often bogged down with. A small "price" for this glorious album.
Compare to "I'll Fly Away" Jars of Clay Or Bits of Newsboy worship albums.

Hymns: Classic Songs for Modern Worship

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Hymns: Classic Songs for Modern Worship

Manufacturer: Word Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000EI6RD2

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