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2nd Chapter Of Acts [20] (2 disc set)

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2nd Chapter of Acts had an impact on my spiritual life. This project is a great collection of their ministry.

It starts of with three of their early tracks that did not make it to any of their albums, though I've heard the cover of "I'm So Happy" by their friend Jamie Owens (before she added a hyphen). It ends with three more unreleased tracks. It is a great representations, for the most part.

Why for the most part? Even with 35 selections, which would average to slightly less than 3 each from their 13 projects (3 live, 10 studio), three of those projects are unrepresented. The first live project ("To The Bride", with Barry McGuire) is unrepresented. Also, the two hymn projects (two of their final three) are missing.

I will compare this to "the 2nd Chapter of Acts' Greatest Hits", which had 12 songs. Only one of the dozen songs on "Greatest Hits" was absent from this one, the hard rockin' Matthew Ward sung "Yahweh". Also, "Greatest Hits" featured the live "To The Bride" version of Prince Song, as opposed to the studio version on "20".

Unlike "Greatest Hits", this project is released chronologically by album, though the order of the songs are not always the same as the album. For example, the first two of the four selections from "How The West Was One" were the first song and the closing medley on the original project.

There are of course omissions. I considered "Love Peace Joy" a classic, but it was neither in this collection or in "Greatest Hits". As previously stated, "Yahweh" is absent from this collection. Neither this nor "Greatest Hits" include the superb title track of "The Roar of Love", though both have what I consider the lyrically weaker "Are You Going To Narnia?"

Enough criticism. This project is a blessing. My wife had tears as we listened to the first disc. The second time I listened to that disc, I spent the time singing along with all the songs. It was more than nostalgia; it was a spiritual experience.

Back in the day the 2nd Chapter of Acts was my favorite group. Though my spiritual beliefs have changed in these past twenty years, I was happy to find that a lot of this is still relevant to me. Their vocals can still send my heart soaring. There are a few pieces I would have added and that I consider missing. Maybe a reisssue with a third disc would be in order containing these and Matthew and Annie's earlier solo work.

what an anointing, unusual melodies and christ centered. Followed them since 85, just bought this again after 20 years, i wept much, it's so beautiful and mathew is amazing of course (I'm a male and sing too, he's my hero!)Buy this amazing collection ,you'll will be blown away, believe me, you will love it and me for recommending it to you. This has almost everything, not quite, but many many many wonderful songs. I was at their last concert and was crushed when they anounced they were making a change. This cd brings back so many memories. Jesus is all up in it!!!

I loved this group back in the day. Great to be able to hear the best songs on cd now. Mansion Builder and the Easter Song are my favs, but a lot of good, but somewhat dated stuff on this.

If you like the Second Chapter of Acts and want a compilation of their most popular songs, this is the CD set you should get. I have most of their songs on vinyl and this set was a great choice.

This group was recommended to me, and I am still getting to know this group. The CDs seem to cover a good span of their career from what I can tell. The production really sounds dated in places (not necessarily a bad thing), and it's interesting to see how it progresses over the years. I am trying to find something comparable to Keith Green's "Because of You", "Your Love Broke Through", or John Wimber's "Spirit Song" - but haven't found that other artist yet that captures that same sound and feeling. I find most of the modern CCM to be bland, boring, repetitive and a very artificial commercial product. It's probably got to be something retro before things went really cliche.

My CD's shipped on time.