Wayne Watson

Editorial Reviews
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Wayne Watson has had a trying year. In sight of writing a follow-up to his greatly admired project The Way Home, a freak accident left him broken, sick, and fatigued. For months he could hardly muster the energy for daily living, let alone a creative endeavor. Through this time Watson began to consider the possibility of his musical career coming to an end. But then some heaven-sent encouragement helped him believe again that God was indeed using him. His song "For Such a Time as This" was used on an episode of TV's Touched by an Angel, and he was invited to perform a private worship service for the survivors of the Columbine High School shooting. Through these events, and a little inspiration gleaned at a James Taylor concert, Watson began to write again. In 10 weeks he penned the 11 songs that make up this self-titled release, his 16th album. Reflecting on his life events over the past year, Watson has turned his pain, emotions, and questions into songs that his listeners can identify with. And breaking from his usual style, he has written these songs with both piano and guitar, making this project more lush and textured than his previous material. --Israel Button

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Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
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You ought to wait at least 25 years, Angel!

Simply the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
George Gershwin , Simon Rattle , Hyacinth Nicholls , London Philharmonic Orchestra , Camellia Johnson , Maureen Braithwaite , Colenton Freeman , Alan Tilvern , Anne Fridal , Autris Paige , Barrington Coleman , Billy J. Mitchell , Blair Wilson , Bruce Hubbard , Curtis Watson , Cynthia Clarey , Cynthia Haymon , Damon Evans , Gregg Baker , Harolyn Blackwell , Johnny Worthy , Linda Thompson , Marietta Simpson , Mervin Wallace , Michael Forest , Paula Ingram , Raemond Martin , Ron Travis , Ted Maynard , Wayne Marshall , Willard White , and William Johnson
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites

ASIN: B000AQACX4
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

Introduction
Summertime And The Livin' Is Easy
Oh, Nobody knows When The Lawd Is Goin' To Call
Give Him To Me...Lissen To Yo' Daddy Warn You...
Here's The Ol' Crap Shark!...No, No, Brudder
Here Comes Big Boy!
Six To Make!
Jesus, He Killed Him!...That You, Sportin' Life?
Where Is Brudder Robbins?...Come On, Sister
Overflow, Overflow
A Saucer-Burial Set-up, I See
My Man's Gone Now
How De Saucer Stan' Now, My Sister?
Oh, The Train Is At The Station

Tracks:

Oh, I'm Agoin' Out To The Blackfish Banks
Mus' Be You Mens Forgot About De Picnic...Oh, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
Lissen There, What I Tells You...I Hates Yo' Struttin' Style
Mornin', Lawyer, Lookin' For Somebody?
Boy. Come Here, Boy!
Buzzard Keep On Flyin' Over
'Lo, Bess, Goin' To De Picnic?
Honey, We Sure Goin' Strut Our Stuff Today!...Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Oh, I Can't Sit Down
I Ain't Got NO Shame Doin' What I Like To Do!
It Ain't Necessarily So...Shame On All You Sinners
Crown!...You Know Very Well Dis Crown!
Oh, What You Want Wid Bess?
Honey, Dat's All De Breakfast I Got Time For
Take Yo' Han's Off Me, I Say
Oh, Doctor Jesus
Oh Dey's So Fresh An' Fine
Porgy, Porgy, Dat You There, Ain't It?
I Wants To Stay Here, But I Ain't Worthy
Why You Been Out On That Wharf So Long, Clara?

Tracks:

Oh, Doctor Jesus
One Of Dese Mornings You Goin' To Rise Up Singin'
Oh, Dere's Somebody Kockin' At De Do'
You Is A Nice Parcel Of Christians!
A Red-Headed Woman Make A Choo-Choo Jump Its Track
All Right, I'm Goin' Out To Get Clara...Oh, Doctor Jesus
Clara, Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted...You Low-Life Skunk, Ain' You Got No Shame
Summertime...
Introduction...Wait For Us At The Corner
Come Out Here, Both Of You
Oh Lawd, What I Goin' Do? Oh, Gawd! They Goin' Make Him Look On Crown's Face!
Listen: There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
Introduction
Good Mornin', Sisuh!...It's Porgy Comin' Home
Dem White Folks Sure Ain' Put Nuttin' Over On This Baby
Here Mingo, What's De Matter Wid You All?
Where's Bess?
Bess Is Gone
Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way

Customer Reviews:

You ought to wait at least 25 years, Angel!.......2007-07-06

Before you declare something an antique, that is. The set is readily available in its original format, with full literature and artwork. There was room for improvement with sound balance, but ARTs are usually worse than the original! Jesus Bucket of Fried Chicken Christ, we're not that old!

Simply the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-02-02

This recording of Porgy and Bess is an incredible performance!!!
The performers sund just beautiful and the recording is very well remastered!!!!
Buy it!!!

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Let freedom ring!
Help for the Living who are Hurting
Brings Peace to Those Dying and Those Living
Becky (a huge fan of Wayne Watson's!)
Becky (a huge fan of Wayne Watson's!)

Home Free
Wayne Watson
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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How Time Flies
The Fine Line
A Beautiful Place
Giants In the Land

ASIN: B00000282E
Release Date: 1991-09-17

Tracks:

Freedom
Almighty
When God's People Pray
Home Free
Out Of Control
Just Never Say It Enough
Sticks & Stones
If Not For Love
Teenager In The House
The Things God Loves

Customer Reviews:

Let freedom ring!.......2003-08-31

I have been a fan of Wayne Watson's ever since his 1987 breakthrough hit "Watercolour Ponies" (if you have never heard this song and you are a parent, you need to hear it). But as popular as that song was, most Wayne Watson fans will tell you that his best album ever was the 1990 release "Home Free."

The title track from this album was written out of the pain Wayne felt from the soon to be death of a close friend of his, Sandra Kirkham. Although everyone around her was praying for her complete recovery, God opted to call her home. The song "Home Free" deals with the conflict that is inherent in all of us: allowing God's will to be done even when it hurts.

A good companion to the title song is "When God's People Pray," a reminder of what all can happen when God answers our prayers.

There are many, many more songs on this album that should be taken to heart. And each one will move your heart towards God if you will let it.

This album is a must have for not only Wayne Watson fans, but soon-to-be Wayne Watson fans.

Help for the Living who are Hurting.......2003-07-01

In response to the first review I read, I first heard this song when my then 3 year old brother was diagnosed with a brain tumor. My mother played it over and over making it her prayer that God's will be done - in life and in death. It was a unique source of hope and strength that God was there, with us, in the midst of everything - no matter what.

My brother just turned 15 in 2003.

Brings Peace to Those Dying and Those Living.......2001-07-27

My sister was dying from a brain tumor and we were returning from a fishing trip, that we knew would be her last. When she heard Wayne Watson's song Home Free she let us know that she wanted to hear it again and again. It made her feel better for herself and for us. She asked us to have someone sing it at her funeral. There is no better song to help heal the greiving. My family listens to it often and I always give this CD to anyone I know who is dealing with the pain of losing someone to an illness. We love the WHOLE album.

Becky (a huge fan of Wayne Watson's!).......1999-12-04

I had the WONDERFUL opportunity to hear Wayne perform "Home Free" for the first time in public. It was when his friend was still in alive. (That he had wrote this song about.) (Just after that concert, he had found out she was near the end, or had passed away... I don't remember which.) After I heard that, it just made that night even more memorable! If you're not sure which Wayne Watson cd to start with, this would be the one! (Thought I like all of them!) Enjoy and God Bless! P.S. If you'd like to hear about another memorable evening I had "with" Wayne Watson, feel free to email me! (I had the priveledge of interviewing him! ) :-}

Becky (a huge fan of Wayne Watson's!).......1999-12-04

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Wonderful music and great lyrics!
The Best of All Time
it's greate
Wayne is one of the BEST....Just terrific!
Fabulous!!!!!

How Time Flies
Wayne Watson
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Signatures
A Beautiful Place

ASIN: B0000028TQ
Release Date: 1992-10-27

Tracks:

It's Time
There Is A Greater Love
The Touch Of The Master's Hand
Long Arm Of The Lord
We Belong To Him
It Is Well With My Soul
Friend Of A Wounded Heart
Would I Know You
Material Magic
Watercolour Ponies
Somewhere In The World
Looking Out For Number One
Peace That Passes Understanding

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful music and great lyrics!.......2000-12-07

Fantastic CD! It is a premier example of Wayne Watson's wonderful talent not only as a singer, but also as a song writer. The lyrics are great and Wayne's story telling voice makes them easy to follow. As Wayne Watson reflects upon the CD, he states, "God has been faithful to use a few simple thoughts and songs to comfort, convict, and encourage people."

The Best of All Time.......2000-03-12

This may very well be the best Contemporary Christian CD there is. On it is Wayne's music of the 80's, plus another song released with this album. You can't go wrong with any of Wayne's stuff, but in my view, no one can call him or herself a true collector of Christian music without this CD.

it's greate.......1999-04-13

i jist want to know how can i get the CD whitout of voice, only the tracks of the "how times flies" album

Wayne is one of the BEST....Just terrific!.......1998-12-21

This is the best of his best and it is still my favorite although Wayne has done many great CDs since this. "How Time Flies" is a truely remarkable collection of music.

Fabulous!!!!!.......1998-11-17

This music is absolutely fabulous, fabulous, fabulous!!!!!!!!!!

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Awesome effort from a talented musician...
Some of Waynes best work
Wayne Watson is a great Christian artist with talent!

A Beautiful Place
Wayne Watson
Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD

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Field of Souls
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ASIN: B0000029EH
Release Date: 1993-11-02

Tracks:

A Beautiful Place
Walk In The Dark
Hard Times
Say What You Say
A Season In Your Path
A Place For You
God In A Box
More Of You
The Way That I Miss You
Say It All Again

Customer Reviews:

Awesome effort from a talented musician..........2005-09-02

I don't know much about Wayne's career. I don't know his achievements, his accolades, or his story. But I do know that when I picked up this album, it became a part of me. The truth and wisdom became a part of my muscle fiber. The title track suggests that though everything is not perfect and that we may sometimes have regrets, we must continute to look ahead to see that sometimes a "rough and rocky road can take us to a beautiful place." A Season In Your Path is about the loss of connection between old friends and instantly brought pain to my heart and tears to my eyes. It's the story of a friendship, that over a period of time, drifted apart, and the singer's longing for and appreciation of that friendship. Say What You Say is a great song about motivations, and being conscious of every word and action, realizing that is has an impact on others. God In A Box is an awesome song that reminds us that God cannot be pigeon-holed. He is an omnipresent force to be reconed with. He won't be contained in a label or box. He supercedes that. It is humbling to realize that truth and at the same time, glorious to know that He is above anything we can imagine. Over all this record will take you through the gamut of emotions from joyful to tearful, happy to repentant; a quality that any good Contemporary Christian album should exhibit.

Some of Waynes best work.......2002-09-26

Wayne is a master musician. His powerful voice and acoustic sound make for very moving music. The title song "A Beautiful Place" encourages fortitude in the knowledge that a "More Beautiful Place" is not too far off. It truly is an incredible and beatiful song from a gifted musician.

Wayne Watson is a great Christian artist with talent!.......1999-03-30

Wayne Watson is a great contemporary Christian artist with a good talent! I enjoy all of his albums, he puts the other Christian artists through a challenge!

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Have I got a deal for you today! C'mon step right this way!

The Early Works
Wayne Watson
Manufacturer: Benson Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Fine Line
A Beautiful Place
Giants In the Land

ASIN: B000025Q1C
Release Date: 1994-03-01

Tracks:

Celebrate
Never Give Up
All the King's Men
To Be a Child
Touch of the Master's Hand
Sacrifice
In Those Eyes
Love Found a Way
Man in the Middle
I Don't Want Your Money
People of God
New Lives for Old
One Day
One More Song
For the Least of These

Customer Reviews:

Have I got a deal for you today! C'mon step right this way!.......2002-06-26

This is one of those rare compact discs in which the listener's finger will not get much exercise from pressing the Fast Forward button. Wayne Watson's career didn't begin with "Field of Souls", "Beautiful Place", or any of his songs from even the last 15 years. No, go back even farther. Go back to a time before there were giants in the land, before water-colored ponies could be seen on refrigerator doors, and before such times as these.

A Christian music enthusiast can do well by buying old greatest hits CDs even if the song titles aren't all that familiar. Because that's when you hear that song that you haven't heard in 15 or 20 years, the one that you loved so much when you first started listening to Christian music. Well, for me, this was one of those CDs. Some of the songs that were so familiar to me include:

"The Sacrifice":
Offer up the sacrifice
Creation set forth the call
One Holy sacrifice
One life to pay for the fall

"Love Found a Way":

Love found a way
And our hearts can hold
The price Love chose to pay
All hope was gone
Till Easter dawn
We are free because
Love found a way

"People of God":
We're the people of God
Called by His name
Called from the dark
And delivered from shame

"One Day":
One day Jesus will call my name
As days go by I hope I don't stay the same
I want to get so close to Him
That it's no big change
On that day that Jesus calls my name

Also on this album is the original version of "Touch of the Master's Hand". If you don't recall, that's the classic about the dusty, old violin and the auction. I think this version is far better than the re-recorded version found on the CD "How Time Flies". Don't get me wrong: that one's good, but this one's better. "Touch of the Master's Hand" is one of those songs you can listen to when you're feeling down, and it's a guarantee to bring you back up again.

But my favorite song on here is "New Lives For Old", which is a story song about a sad, old man who used to run a carnival until something happened that caused him to shut it down. Now, he stands on the old street corner where he used to sell tickets for his show, and he shouts out to the people that pass by...

New lives for old
Warm hearts for cold
Have I got a deal for you today
C'mon, step right this way
Get you new lives for old

...and the song ends with a both sad and wonderful conclusion.

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More Tha A Little Unusual

Field of Souls - An Essay on Grace

CLASS OF '95 RULZ!

WOW! Watson is Awesome

"Field of Souls" is a weak effort by Wayne Watson.

Field of Souls
Wayne Watson
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Wayne Watson

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ASIN: B000002N1Q
Release Date: 1995-10-24

Tracks:

Field Of Souls
Rock Steady
One Time In Each Forever
Wait A Little Longer
The Class Of '95
Don't You Remember
Every Waking Moment
If I Were You
By Any Other Name
Blessed Are

Customer Reviews:

More Tha A Little Unusual.......2003-12-13

I have listened to Wayne seriously since 1986. Musical interests for me in the past have included everything from Iggy Popp to Sex Pistols to Tangerine Dream. I've always been stirred by Waynes voice and lyrical content, but have not been sure if he was just synthesized as far as background sound. I have been a sound man for several bands, and am pretty critical as to sound and talent. I recently saw Wayne perform live with no accompanying musicians, and was astounded. He blew away 98% of the rock musicians I've seen for talent. In fact, I'd put him in the category of people like Rory Gallagher, and Roy Buchanan for sheer talent. This guy can write, sing and play several instruments like a virtuoso. Oh yes he has many good cd's, this one included. I personally am found of his release from the year 2000, with the tune, "More Than A Little Unusual".

Field of Souls - An Essay on Grace.......2003-05-28

I was self-lured into buying this album when I saw the song list and "Class of '95" caught my eye. I too am a member of the Class of '95 (PhD, USF). Little did I know what was in store for me when I innocently picked up this CD.

"Class of 95" led the assault...reminding me of the past and present that He had brought me through since I'd started college in the mid-80s, then grad school. Wow, it's been a long journey, and He's been there every step of the way.

"Rock Steady", "One Time in Each Forever", remind me of what grace is about (God's mercy, and His unmerited favor towards us), and what it's NOT about (such as my feelings about life or about myself). The title cut reminds us that He uses us in different ways, different places, different times of His choosing, not of our own.

Then come the heavy guns... "If I were You" and "Don't You Remember" remind me of how different God views us and our sin, as compared to how WE view them. If it were not for that difference, we would all be without hope, without eternity. That difference is what God's grace is all about. "Every Waking Moment" is an example of a person who has come to understand that difference, and what it is about. ("...and my attempts at perfection are weak/I am lost, but for Your grace.")

The final blow: "Blessed Are". For me, it was almost as though Jesus Himself were speaking through this song...so far through these songs, I have seen traits that I should NOT have if I am trying to show the same grace to others as God would have us show ...now, let's sit down and look at some of the traits I SHOULD have... "Blessed Are" is a lyrically and musically beautiful "embellishment" of Jesus' own beatitudes (see Matthew 5). Guaranteed flood-gate opener for me. It has become my own "anthem" to grace.

Please - if you want to learn what God's grace is all about...buy this album!

CLASS OF '95 RULZ!.......2002-09-12

Wayne Watson's "The Class Of '95" is so good! I'm a 1995 graduate at West Mesquite High School from Mesquite, TX! This song is dedicated for the graduates all over the country who graduated that year and have remembered the past and go start a great job in the future! CLASS OF '95 RULZ BABY!

Richard Rauch

WOW! Watson is Awesome.......2002-01-30

I recently purchased this album and I highly recommend it to you. As a Christian I am always looking for a hip sound that's fun to sing with, but most importantly speaks to my heart and helps me to worship. Field Of Souls has it all! Wayne Watson is similar to Stephen Curtis Chapman in sound but with a different but equally good style of song.

"Field of Souls" is a weak effort by Wayne Watson........1999-05-25