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Hymns Just for You

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Exceptional...very emotional...How Great Thou Art...is wonderful, brings back memories of July 4,1976...when Sandi sang our National Anthem....just fantastic...all of them are....

This is a unique blend of music, lyric and artist. These are some of the greatest songs ever written, sung by an incredible vocalist, wrapped in beautiful orchestra. Every one of these songs delivers a challenging message. Highlights are "It is Well With my Soul" and "How Great Thou Art" as well as several wonderful medleys including an invitational medley that includes: "Just as I am", "Turn your Eyes Upon Jesus" and "I need Thee Every Hour." There are 22 timeless hymns on this one CD. A bargain at any price.

this is a great cd, this was the first Sandi Patti songs i had ever heard. my friend and gone on and on about sandi patti and i just said sandi who? she sent me the cassette for christmas a few years ago and it was wonderful. i loved it and i try to get all of sandy's cds now. i lost my cassette and will get the cd this time. im so glad amazon has it.

I grew up with these songs, but I never heard them sung so beautifully. Just today I lent this tape to a friend going through tough times. "I think it will bring you peace, as it has done for me...." Nuf said!

I have all of Sandi's CD's and this ranks in the top three. No other singer has ever moved me in such a way as Sandi. "How Great Thou Art" and "Amazing Grace" are this CD's finest songs, as well as "A Mighty Fortress Medley." In "A Mighty Fortress," Sandi's vocal abiltities lends itself remarkably to the contrasting song arrangements of "Mighty Fortess" and "Victory in Jesus." She's awesome.

The arrangements and orchestration are exceptionally well done. She hits the highs that only an exceptional soprano can hit with a clarity beyond words. My personal favorite on the album is a medley entitled, "A Mighty Fortress is Our God/Rock of Ages/Victory in Jesus/Because He Lives."

This album, purchased on cassette in 1986, was instrumental in helping me focus on the Lord during a time of tremendous crisis in my life that included becoming a single parent dad, deciding to leave my 14 year U.S. Air Force career and the filing of personal bankruptcy. During 1986 and subsequent years I played Sandi's "Hymns" album over and over and now know each of the songs on it by heart. If I could meet Sandi I'd tell her that her music on this album helped me to focus on the Lord Jesus Christ in a way that made me search my soul for the truth about Him and examine my own life and walk with the Lord in a very meaningful way. Within two years I met the gal! of my dreams at the church I had begun to attend and have been married 10 years to the most wonderful Christian wife one could ever hope for.

During those years my wife and I have seen Sandi Patti in person three times. While each of those times has been special because of the other songs she sang, perhaps the most memorable was about 2 or 3 years ago when she sang the Star-Spangled Banner at the Long Beach Convention Center using a unique arrangement that I believe she originally used when singing the National Anthem at the rededication of the refurbished Statue of Liberty. NO ONE can sing our national anthem the way Sandi Patti can. I have a cassette tape with her singing that rendition of the "Star-Spangled Banner". The cassette it is on has only two songs on it, the National Anthem and "Love in Any Language". I didn't see it on the list of available music but would hope that Amazon.com makes it available also. I've about worn that cassette out ! too. Sandi hits high soprano notes that will take your bre! ath away while singing it. She just keeps going up, up, up.

I don't know what album she does her "Jesus Loves Me" song on, but when she was with us at the Long Beach Convention Center she also did a wonderful little bit about how her singing style evolved using the song, "Jesus Loves Me". If you can, you should also get an album with that song on it. I am sure it is on one of her albums and need to find out which one it is myself.

While all of those other songs are great and I really enjoy them, I believe that "Hymns Just For You" will always be the most meaningful to me. The Lord used the songs on the album to reforge my soul through an intense examination of myself that caused me to change the direction I was headed, accept the sovereignty of Jesus in my life, and gain the courage to actually make the changes that were necessary to live in a manner more pleasing to God. The songs didn't do it, but the Lord used those songs to talk to me! in a way no one else could have at the time. Someday at my funeral, this "Hymns Just For You" CD will be playing with my hope of encouraging others to change direction too before they end up at the end of their own lives trapped in Satan's lies and find themselves living in Hell, apart from God for eternity.

Simply put, this CD is definitely worth your investment, both in terms of money to purchase it and time to listen to it. It will bring you years of pleasure. I am repurchasing it in the CD version as my cassette tape is worn out. I'll bet I have played it at least 300 times over the 12 years or so I have owned it.

To God be the Glory through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who died horribly crucified on a Roman cross for the sins of each of us and then won victory over death through His resurrection from the dead. These songs are full of Jesus' promise of everlasting life that He promises to each of us that believe in Him. That is the message of! this collection of songs by Sandi Patti. I hope that the ! Lord will cause you to examine your own life and make a decision to follow Him or as in my own case, rededicate, refocus and make the changes needed to live as He would have you live.

In Christ,

David Belote

I would agree with the other reviews for the most part. Sandi Patti has a beautiful voice and the selection of songs are well chosen. The orchestration and background vocals tend to complement Sandi's voice nicely for the most part. But I can not give this recording as high of a rating as the other reviewers because it utilizes the Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) style that has little musical depth in my opinion. The background rhythmic style was particularly overbearing to me the "In The Garden Medley" track. This album is still one of Sandi's better offerings if you want to appreciate her voice.

Sandi Patti is the best! I love these old hymns and the arrangements that are presented on this CD. It is an inspiring and uplifting CD. I highly recommend it!

One of her best. This is vintage Sandi, singing vintage hymns! Need I say more?

Does anyone know where I could obtain the sound track for the How Great Thou Art that Sandi Patti used in this recording. I am told that it is out of print. Perhaps someone has a copy that I would be happy to purchase. It is the most ispiring arrangement I have ever heard of this beloved hymn and would like to have it in my library.

Please respond to e-mail: DrGlen@csi.com