Distant Call

Susan Ashton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 1996)
• Original Release Date: October 1, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sparrow
• ASIN: B000000V43
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,057 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time Tested, December 10, 2006

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Mark Bryant "bhop" (Portland, ME) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Distant Call (Audio CD)

To me, great music is great music, regardless of genre. Songs you hear 20 years later still sound as good as the first time you heard them - and every song on this album falls into that category. The songs are written by several talented tunesmiths, including Michael W Smith and Sheryl Crow. "Lonely River" is the best track to me, but I once drove from Maine to Maryland and back (1200 miles) and this was the only CD I played for the entire trip (despite having 30 or so in my CD case). The true test is that every single person who has ridden with me while this CD was playing has asked who it was, and has subsequently bought the album (to my knowledge). I just wish Susan could have followed it up with something as good - maybe this is her magnum opus.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 'I'm Lost in a Whirlwind...', September 18, 2004

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Scamp Lumm "Littlesorrel/christian zionist" (Perseus-Pisces cluster, ~100Mpc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Distant Call (Audio CD)

'...so this is how it feels, spinning like a wheel'-words from Spinning Like a Wheel written by Susan Ashton and Wayne Kirkpatrick.

I still love this recording. When I first began to listen to christian radio, they played You Move Me and Blind Side over and over again. The radio station went under several years ago, but I still listen to this cassette even though it's 8 years old! I like it better than Vol. 1 of the best of Susan Ashton. She sings two songs written by Sheryl Crow, All Kinds of People and Hundreds of Tears which is one of my many favorites on this cd. Amy Grant helped write Send a Message, another favorite. My absolute favorite song is Lonely River, an extended metaphor comparing characteristics of a winding river to the journey God sets before us in our journey to our ultimate ending to our home in heaven with God. Wayne Kirkpatrick and Michael W. Smith wrote those lyrics: 'Lonely river, is there a place your running to, or is it something that you're running from? Is it hope that keeps you going, is it faith that makes you strong? Lonely river, lonely river, running on...' It's a beautiful song. It ends with: 'Lonely river, I think I am a lot like you, winding on in hopes to find the sea...drifting towards our destinies, the arm of God is long. And I believe that through this journey 'til we're finally home, lonely river, we will never run alone.'

Joshua 1:9 for the Lord thy G_d is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Matthew 28:10 lo, I am with you alway, EVEN unto the end of the world. Amen

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This music moves me!, September 1, 2002

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Brad Z. Weis (Moab, UT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Distant Call (Audio CD)

This is my first purchase of Susan Ashton's music. I first heard her voice on a Phil Keaggy album (cameo on one song) and I thought "That voice has SOUL!" It put me on a quest to find more. My first impression of this album is perfection. Her tones, timing, vibrato, lyrics and expressions are so deep, especially because each nuance fits the words so well. The songs have much variety and diversity. Body and Soul is almost overwhelming, and may show how beautiful Susan must really be...