Coming From Somewhere Else

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Coming From Somewhere Else, the first of hopefully many in the "Rocketown Writers Series," gives four songwriters an opportunity writers rarely receive. Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Phil Madeira and Billy Sprague have taken their behind-the-scenes, one-of-a-kind gifts, put them back in their original boxes and on the shelf for your listening pleasure. In other words, these four have re-recorded their own songs-made classics by other artists-in their own way. Oh yeah, and they produced the project themselves as well.

Included are three Dove Award-winning Songs of the Year: Sprague's gripping "Via Dolorosa," a signature classic for Sandi Patty; Kirkpatrick's "Place in This World," a career song for Michael W. Smith; and "Man After Your Own Heart," a crystal collaboration between Kirkpatrick and Sprague, the Gary Chapman-recorded standout from My Utmost for His Highest. The title track, it should be noted, is the one previously unreleased song on the album, an anthemic throwback to late-'70s, early-'80s harmony-stacked rock. It's a sure-fire sway fest.Largely a relaxing, acoustic-based set, Coming From Somewhere Else showcases these songs in a greenhouse of sorts, allowing the lyric to break ground in organic honesty, unaffected by another's vocal or musical interpretation. The result is a collection of songs already proven to be great-"Change the World" (Eric Clapton), "Grand Canyon" (Susan Ashton) and "Everywhere I Look" (Phil Keaggy) to name a few more-that, mined in simplicity, come from a somehow truer place. 'Tis a gift to be simple. -- Melissa Riddle (c) 2000 CCM Communications, Inc.

Coming From Somewhere Else, Music, Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Phil Madeira, Contemporary Christian Music, Pop, Religious / Contemp. Christian

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Art The Way The Artists Intended

Coming From Somewhere Else

Coming From Somewhere Else

Original songs by the original artists

Coming From Somewhere Else
Gordon Kennedy , Wayne Kirkpatrick , and Phil Madeira
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000050HOB
Release Date: 2000-10-24

Coming from Somewhere Else
That Kind of Love
Grand Canyon
Hunger and Thrist
Man After Your Own Heart
Place in This World
You Move Me
Everywhere I Look
Via Dolorosa
Change the World

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Try it, you'll like it!.......2002-06-08

I was lucky enough to have heard the title song "Coming From Somewhere Else" on internet radio and was reminded of CSN&Y, just as another reviewer was. I haven't heard it on local Christian radio, which is a shame, because it is one of the best songs I have ever heard - great music, powerful lyrics, and excellent harmonies. I listen to this entire CD over and over - I may have to buy another one some day due to wear and tear on the original! Lots of different moods are represented. Songs that you have heard made famous by other people are performed just as capably by their authors, if perhaps with a slightly different twist than the "more famous" version.

Art The Way The Artists Intended.......2002-02-04

I first heard the title cut, "Coming From Somewhere Else" on the radio some months ago. It instantly hooked me with its acoustic, rocking sound and brilliant harmonies. Thanks to cable radio, I was recently able to ID it. This CD is about great writers who are getting the chance to let us hear their art the way they intended it to be heard. As it would have been said in the King James; They rocketh...They rolleth...Their virtues I extolleth.

Coming From Somewhere Else.......2001-11-08

If you like contemporary Christian music with a bit of country flavor you will enjoy this. These guys show they not only have writing ability, they can sing, harmonize, pick and strum!

Coming From Somewhere Else.......2001-06-22

The Old Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young Sound from four guys who are usually behind the scenes writing great songs. It is great to hear them take a turn behind the microphones and bring us some terrific acoustically driven tunes with great harmonies. You WILL like this CD!

Original songs by the original artists.......2001-01-16

Songwriters are often the unacknowledged heroes behind our favorite songs--people can remember every word of a song, know who sang or played guitar on it, what CD it appeared on, etc., and have no idea who wrote it. This collection strives to change that by acknowledging the talents behind the recording artists. Chances are great that Contemporary Christian music fans will recognize many, if not all, of the songs included, and be amazed that the songs were not written by the person whose signature work it became. Sandi Patty's "Via Doloroso", Michael W. Smith's "Place in this World," Susan Ashton and Garth Brooks' "You Move Me," Eric Clapton's grammy-winning "Change the World," and Gary Chapman's "Man After Your Own Heart" are just some of the songs that are reclaimed by the original artists, and allow you to hear the way they originally envisoned the work. A new song that sounds interestingly like CSN opens the collection, but the rest are both familiar and new. This is supposedly the first in a series or "Writer's Releases." We can only hope the collection expands.

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