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Passion of the Christ: Songs (Original Songs Inspired by the Film)

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The CD is 12 songs inspired by the Passion of the Christ movie. These artists wrote their songs *after* they saw the movie (unlike the other "passion inspired" album out there) to reflect their feelings and reflections brought on by this amazing experience.

This is a CD of great variety. Those of you with appreciation for different musical styles will be surprised at how many genres they put together and how well they did it. There are songs from several different music genres: Rock, Adult Contemporary (inc. Country), and Urban. You can have an advance listen at their web site at http://www.passionsongs.com There are artists from both Christian and mainstream markets. Great stuff!

The Rock tunes vary in style and intensity within the genre. "The Empire" by MXPX and Mark Hoppus from Blink182 is terrific. POD is there too with their latest hit, "Truly Amazing". It's a metaphorical exploration of the "love for the fallen" shown so dramatically in the Passion film.

Pop/Country music lovers will really be touched by a Brad Paisley and Sara Evans' duet of a touching dialog between Jesus and Mary on the cross. It makes me cry every time! A relatively new band Big Dismal, perform "Rainy Day". It's a bit country, a lot contemporary Christian.

Urban fans will love How Many Lashes, by Kirk Franklin and Yolanda Adams, a tight journal-like reflection with a great edge. Lauryn Hill contributes a heavily syncopated R&B tune that I found invited me into a place of deep contemplation while listening to it. Very cool! Definitely a groove with a purpose! The BeBE Winans' tune adds some great Gospel to the Urban mix.

There's all this and more! Buy it!

"The Passion of the Christ - Songs" is a fine collection of great songs, each in their own way a reaction to the spectacular film that Mel Gibson has created. The standouts are the song "I See Love" by Steven Curtis Chapman, Third Day an MercyMe; Scott Stapp's powerful solo debut song "Relearn Love;" "Rainy Day" by Big Dismal, and the emotional "New Again" by Brad Paisley and Sarah Evans. Despite a couple of songs that don't reach their true potential ("The Passion," and "How Many Lashes"), this is a fine CD that belongs in anyone's and everyone's Christian music collection. Grade: A-

This is a great CD with a wide range of musical styles. From Creed frontman Scott Stapp, to MXPX with Mark Hoppus from Blink-182, to rapper Kirk Franklin. This is an impressive CD with great performers and well written songs.

I love the first half of the cd, but after song 5 the quality of the music goes down.

For the reviewer who thinks that every Christian is perfect or that only fundamentalist bible thumpers like yourself can write songs that glorify God, this CD is all about the music and it does a great job of capturing some of the beautiful themes in Mel Gibson's film. It's been in my player all day and I love it!

Praise all the artists in this album for a truly Christian but suitable for the secular ear album!

Keep the Good Work to POD, 3rd Day, Creed etc. We need more LOVE of the DIVINE kind on the Radio and on MTV!

"The Passion Of The Christ: Songs" is excellent! All of the songs are excellent and brilliant in their own ways. "I See Love" by Third Day / Steven Curtis Chapman / MercyMe is powerfully brilliant. "Relearn Love" by Scott Stapp is stunningly brilliant. "Truly Amazing" by P.O.D. is superb and excellent. "New Again" by Brad Paisley & Sara Evans is powerfully stunning and brilliantly enchanting. "Rainy Day" by Big Dismal is powerfully excellent and superb. "The Passion" by Lauryn Hill is brilliant and stunning. "How Many Lashes" by Kirk Franklin feat. Yolanda Adams is superb. "The Empire" by MxPx feat. Mark Hoppus is brilliantly excellent and powerful. "Finding My Own Way" by Charlotte Church is heartwarming and brilliant. "Miracle Of Love" by Bebe Winans & Angie Stone is thoughtfully brilliant and superb. "To Give Love" by Dan Lavery is brilliantly powerful and stunning. "Reason I Live" by Big Dismal is powerfully superb and excellent. This is an brilliant addition to add to your collection of "The Passion Of The Christ" memorabilia.

I was glad to find a used CD From amazon. This was nice to additional connection of CDs.

Alright, I wasn't the one to think that a movie like "The Passion of the Christ" (which I did cry when I saw it, like everyone else who was with me when I saw it) would have a soundtrack with actual songs... I thought it would be an instrumental CD. However, while on this lovely website :) I found this CD while looking for stuff on P.O.D. (featured on the CD), bought it, and never regretted it. The tracks on this CD are:

1. I See Love - Third Day, Steven Curtis Chapman, MercyMe
2. Relearn Love - Scott Stapp (former "Creed" vocalist), The Tea Party, 7Aurelius
3. Truly Amazing - P.O.D. (the best song on here)
4. New Again - Sara Evans, Brad Paisley
5. Rainy Day - Big Dismal
6. The Passion - Lauryn Hill
7. How Many Lashes - Kirk Franklin featuring Yolanda Adams (not bad)
8.The Empire - MxPx featuring Mark Hoppus
9. Finding My Own Way - Charlotte Church
10. Miracle of Love - BeBe Winans, Angie Stone
11. To Give Love - Dan Lavery
12. Reason I Live - Big Dismal

Overall: I was very impressed with the song selection and will definitely be listening to it for a long time.
Overall rating: infinity/100 (my usual rating for CDs this good)

I had a very speedy delivery!! My CD was shipped to me the very next week, and that was standard shipping!!!! Thanks, Amazon:)

Karen-Salisbury, MD.