One Way: The Songs of Larry Norman

Va-One Way | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 17, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI CMG
• ASIN: B000005KVB
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,663 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #82 in Music > Christian > Compilations > Contemporary Christian

Track Listings

1. U.F.O.

2. Sweet, Sweet Song of Salvation

3. The Great American Novel

4. Why Don't You Look into Jesus

5. Shot Down

6. Righteous Rocker #3

7. One Way

8. The Outlaw

9. Nothing Really Changes

10. Six O'Clock News

11. Why Should the Devil (Have All the Good Music)

12. The Rock That Doesn't Roll

13. If God Is My Father

14. I Wish We'd All Been Ready

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Christian Rock's Roots Revisited, June 9, 2001

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Christopher Ray (Salem, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Way: The Songs of Larry Norman (Audio CD)

Larry Norman has been hailed as the godfather of contemporary christian music. His no-compromise lyrics helped revolutionize the christian music industry in the 1960's and 1970's. These songs, written during one of the most culturally turbulent times in US history, present the Christian gospel in a straight-foward, no nonsense manner.On the "One Way" album, today's top Christian artists gather to pay tribute to this living legend.

"One Way" brings together some of today's top Christian artists for a tribute to an amazing singer/songwriter whose songs have helped to shape Christian music for over 30 years.

Whether you have been listening to his music for decades, or have never heard of him before, Larry Norman's music will change your life.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wowie Zowie, The Cat's Got Soul, September 29, 2003

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A.Trendl HungarianBookstore.com "What should ... (Glen Ellyn, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: One Way: The Songs of Larry Norman (Audio CD)

Most of the people interested in this album are Larry Norman fans and couldn't find his albums online. They are in for a treat. More than a best-of album, or an honorary collection of cover songs, "One Way-Songs" serves as a lesson in how to write a rock song without losing faith. This is the good stuff, done by some good bands.

LN fans might know about bluesman Larry Howard, and have already heard a Geoff Moore cover of "Why Should the Devil." They'll know dc Talk, but the other musicians may be new to them. Michael Anderson came and went, and Dana Key fans aren't usually looking to buy Holy Soldier songs. Rebecca St. James is still out there, bigger now than when this now obscure CD first came out. Norman is often called the grandfather of Christian rock, and these are his grandchildren.

The album title "One Way-Songs" refers to Norman's famous index finger pointed skyward toward Heaven, which became a symbol of a generation of young Christians. It also refers to an ethereal song from "In Another Land," based on the same same theme.

Larry Norman's history, from his days with People! has been amazing. Remember their 1967 cover of the Zombie's tune, "I Love You (and I Don't Know What to Say)" and the satiric "What We Need Is a Lot More Jesus and a Lot Less Rock & Roll"? No one since Martin Luther has brought more contemporary music into the Church. While his days with People! aren't many, his prodigious work in the 1970s and early 1980s forged the way for each of the bands playing on this CD. That's why metal, rock and pop are all here, doing homage as best they can.

"I Wish We'd All Been Ready" is Norman's signature song, but the others are not toss-offs, but poignant in their own right. "Sweet, Sweet Song of Salvation" is still in many camp hymn books, sung just as it was in the height of the Jesus Movement days.

For a Larry Norman-sounding album, look elsewhere. These aren't sung in that high rock-folk nasal California/Texas Dylan style that Norman is famous for. This isn't "In Another Land," "Only Visiting This Planet" or "Something New Under The Son." The words are the same, but that's it. Find those anywhere you can, but in the meantime, check this one out. It'll hit you in a new way.

Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT, April 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: One Way: The Songs of Larry Norman (Audio CD)

IF you thought this was great or if you are truely a Larry Norman Fan, check out his web site larrynorman.com. Tons more stuff to collect and every album possible, some that have been out of print and made available again for limited runs. Total inspiration.