Power & The Glory

Mahalia Jackson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002AI0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,557 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible music for ANYONE, April 27, 2002

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David Pearlman "sound fanatic" (Arlington, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power & The Glory (Audio CD)

I am not at all a religous person, but this music is so good I'd
attend church to hear it! I have a lot of Mahalia Jackson
albums, and they are all good or better,
but this is the best of all
due the terrific string accompanyment Percy Faith lends
to these songs. Songs like The Holy City are enough to
take your breath away.

Excellent songs and breathtaking performances by Jackson.

Just wonderful.

dap

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars classic performance, March 4, 2003

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Bill Cleland (Winchester, Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power & The Glory (Audio CD)

At age 51 I feel qualified to critique Mahalia Jackson. If you really know her you have to admire her. Power and the Glory is just what it says: simply put "she's the mother of them all." Her voice in this is incredibly beautiful. Unparalled! It's not gospel as a specific genre--but it is sacred music at its best. Percy Faith drove her to her highest heights. She outperformed herself. She won awards for it and rightly so. Who else sounds like an archangel? This album proves this: if you have faith in God and in yourself, the sky is the limit. Listen and see! Her "Rock Of Ages" is the most sublime ever.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerfull and Glorious, August 10, 2005

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Mike (Newcastle, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power & The Glory (Audio CD)

The Power & The Glory is not Gospel; it is a collection of beautiful old hymns that Mahalia makes her own and sings them with such incredible power and majesty all who listen will be taken to another place, a beautiful place. This album must rate as a musical masterpiece.