SAVIOR: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man
Sovereign Grace Music
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Christ the Lord Is Born Today | Sovereign Grace Music | 4:09 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hope Has Come | Sovereign Grace Music | 3:26 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Emmanuel, Emmanuel | Sovereign Grace Music | 3:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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How Sweet the Day | Sovereign Grace Music | 4:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Salvation Is Born | Sovereign Grace Music | 3:34 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Glory Be to God | Sovereign Grace Music | 3:17 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Rejoice | Sovereign Grace Music | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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We Will Seek You | Sovereign Grace Music | 3:58 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Glory to God In the Highest | Sovereign Grace Music | 3:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Wonderful Counselor | Sovereign Grace Music | 5:10 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Son of God Came Down | Sovereign Grace Music | 5:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sleep, Jesus, Sleep | Sovereign Grace Music | 4:06 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 12 Songs |
Customer Reviews
Great music- for both Christmas & the rest of the year!!
I love this album! What makes it so phenomenal is that fact that it is great for Christmas, but it can also be played during the rest of the year. It has just enough Christmas sound to it so that it can be deemed Christmas music, but it sounds just as good in the middle of June! Buy it!!
Refreshing, Original, and BEAUTIFUL new Christmas music
I’ll have to be honest with you: I’m not a really big fan of Christmas music. There are a few artists/albums which I enjoy, such as Over the Rhine’s Snow Angels, Jars of Clay’s Christmas Songs, and Bruce Cockburn’s Christmas, but generally I find Christmas music either stale and overused, or just ridiculous and annoying. In light of those critiques, Savior: Celebrating the Mystery of God become Man - though not a spotless gem - is indeed a breath of fresh air, and has been spinning almost continually since I received it over a week ago. Savior begins strong, with what will probably be the most broadly useful song here-in for most congregations - the hymn-like “Christ the Lord is born Today”. From an engineering standpoint it is excellent: a brilliant use of stereo and panning - at times the song is driven by ‘dueling’ acoustic guitars - at times, guitar and piano - and instruments seem to slip in and out of the sound-scape seamlessly. Scott Dente of Out of the Grey lends his guitar skills, and his lead-work is reminiscent of Bruce Cockburn: bright, passionate, and precise. Best of all, the lyrics are Biblical, the song’s sound is a unique combination of ancient and modern and therefore accessible to multiple generations, and the melody is easy to remember - everything a worship pastor is looking for in that ’special’ to introduce around Christmas-time. Although there were a plethora of solid tunes here, there were a few that really stood out. I was captured by the abundance of 7th chords in the beautiful “How Sweet the Day”, making the otherwise folky-pop number feel somehow both jazzy and beatle-esque at the same time. “Wonderful Counselor” is an absolute gem - of the caliber that should be used year-round - majoring on what Sovereign Grace Music does at its best: singable, doctrinally astute, and melodically gorgeous! I could easily make an mix of just those two songs and listen to them non-stop for a week, and if I didn’t feel obligated to listen to the rest of the c.d. for this review, I may have done just that. Also of note, “Glory be to God” - though not as immediately catching as the fore-mentioned songs, is a driving folk-country-rock praise song, and has all the characteristics that make Caedmon’s Call great. In fact, I’d hope that they would consider recording this, if they ever follow Jars of Clay into “Christmas Songs” territory. That doesn’t mean the c.d. is flawless, however. “Emmanuel, Emmanuel”, which begins very strong, with mellow-yet-driving verses and very tastefully placed Hammond B3 parts, loses steam moving into the chorus, which is - in comparison - both repetitive and drawn out. Something about singing”E-ma-a-a-an-u-e-el” just doesn’t ‘work’ for me, even though the content of the lyrics themselves is fine. Honestly, the song is not BAD, but the verses were so good that I got my hopes up, and the chorus didn’t seem to live up to where the verses seemed to be heading. Also, though the female-led songs in and of themselves aren’t bad, the production on those numbers left something to be desired. Though the songs have potential, they end up sounding a bit too predicable, and even dated at times. Overall, Savior is refreshing: a new collection of all original Christmas worship material, with solid lyrics, good production, and memorable melodies. This is indeed the Christmas c.d. which this year’s seasonal memories will be set to. Thank you, Sovereign Grace Music - keep them coming, please!
Timeless
This album is a work of art. Kudos to the Sovereign Grace Music team on another job well done!!
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- $9.99
- Genres: Christian & Gospel, Music, Gospel, Pop
- Released: Nov 27, 2006
- ℗ 2006 Sovereign Grace Music










