Always Hear the Harmony: Gospel Sessions

Engelbert Humperdinck | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B00020HAPG
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,157 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Always Hear the Harmony

2. The Old Rugged Cross

3. At the Cross

4. Sending Me You

5. Take My Hand, Precious Lord

6. How Great Thou Art

7. Our Wedding Song

8. What a Friend We Have in Jesus

9. It Is No Secret

10. Nearer, My God, To Thee

11. In the Sweet By and By

12. Amazing Grace

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Very Best In Country Gospel Blues, October 11, 2003

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Robert Bow (Norman, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Always Hear The Harmony: The Gospel Sessions (Audio CD)

Engelbert Humperdinck has always been a favorite of mine, but I must admit I haven't followed his latest releases not being a fan of techno pop. Since this CD was receiving rave reviews from all the gospel and country and folk music fans, I thought I'd give this international singer a try in the year 2003. Wow, what a revelation! Wow, what an album! It's like Engelbert Humperdinck has been reborn as a gospel and a folk singer. This will likely be a definitive album in his career, a turning point to making CDs that stand the test of time and become classics. "Always Hear The Harmony" is as good as any album I've ever heard in country gospel, including of course Elvis, Ernie Ford, Statlers, Oaks, and so forth. It may even be better! How these guys and Engelbert came up with this sound where you feel like you are actually there soaking in the textures of the singers and the musicians. Where a lot of pop star albums are over-produced and all-synthesized-up, this CD is the real thing. The CD booklet says this fantastic sound was recorded in Texas and at Sun Studios in Memphis. Maybe this partially accounts for the exciting, organic stuff we hear here. Fans who pick this CD up early on may be the very firsts to latch onto a phenomenum like the original Sun sound and like the Stax sound and like the Muscle Shoals sound. Engelbert and his producers have created magic with this CD and have something that will live forever. Engelbert's voice is powerful, almost raspy, almost crying out. It's like he and the gospel singers are singing these songs just for God. I heard from an Englebert fan site that this album was being considered for major international music and fan awards. This album deserves every award it gets. It's Engelbert Humperdinck, it's his friends on this album The Jordanaires, The Blackwood Brothers quartet, The Light Crust Doughboys, all coming together for one of those rare recordings that grab at your heartstrings. Let everybody say, AMEN! Can't wait to hear Engelbert sing some of these songs on TV or in the movies. God Bless This CD!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ENGELBERT SINGS "GOSPEL", October 21, 2003

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"phyllis4enge" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Always Hear The Harmony: The Gospel Sessions (Audio CD)

JUST RECEIVED MY CD AND MUST TELL THE READERS THAT IT IS ONE OF THE BEST CD THAT ENGELBERT HAS EVER DONE. WE ALL KNOW THAT HIS VOICE IS A GOD GIVEN TALENT AND TO SING SONGS OF PRAISES WITH THE REKNOWN GOSPEL GROUPS IS JUST DOING IT RIGHT. IT IS SUNG SO BEAUTIFULLY THAT YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF SINGING ALONG.I JUST REALLY CANNOT CHOOSE ANY ONE SONG AS THEY ARE ALL GREAT. "AMAZING GRACE" IS ONE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS AND WHAT A THRILL TO HEAR HIM AND THE GROUP SING IT. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR HIM IN THIS MOOD. REALLY IS TERRIFIC - MY FAVORITE BY FAR!!!WHAT A TALENT HE IS AND HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO SHARE WITH HIM WHAT IS HIS. THANK YOU, ENGE!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic by a Legendary Performer, November 12, 2005

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Lon S. Roberts (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Always Hear the Harmony: Gospel Sessions (Audio CD)

Hats off to Enge for this CD. It's a classic and easily the best album of his career. The arrangments and vocals are simply perfect. Enge's performances are honest and heartfelt. This is a CD that will help get you through good times and hard times. My personal favorite is Nearer My God to Thee. I can listen to that song over and over and over and each time it rings true and touches my spirit.

If you like Elvis' gospel, you'll enjoy this CD. It's a southern gospel classic that won't disappoint.