Voice of Christmas

Sandi Patti | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 31, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Word Entertainment
• ASIN: B000ICLRK2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #129,149 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. O Holy Night

2. Bethlehem Morning

3. Ave Maria

4. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

5. Merry Christmas With Love

6. O Magnify The Lord

7. How Great Our Joy!

8. The First Noel

9. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

10. Worship The King

11. Go Tell It On The Mountain

12. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hallmark Moments, October 31, 2006

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Staysun "staysun" (Downers Grove, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Voice of Christmas (Audio CD)

Sandi Patty completed two Christmas projects (1991 and 1996) for the Hallmark Card company (originally only sold at Hallmark Card stores) and material from those CD's are the core of this repackaged collection. Sandi's roof rattling "O Holy Night!" and "Ave Maria" are here from the 1991 Hallmark album. Five tracks are from the 1996 project which was a Sandi/Peabo Bryson shared effort: Two duets with Bryon are featured ("How Great Our Joy!" and "Go Tell it on the Mountain") as well as the best track from the 1996 Hallmark album ("Hark! the Herald Angels Sing"). Three songs from Sandi's first 1983 Word Christmas album ("The Gift Goes On") and one that was exclusive to her second 1996 Word Christmas album ("Carol of the Bells") round out the program in this collection.
There is precisely nothing new here for die-hard Sandi fans. Nevertheless, the packaging is appealing, if skimpy, and appears to have been remastered (unlike the recent "Duets" compilation).
This collection puts highlights from Sandi's 1996 Hallmark album on the general market (most of the 1991 Hallmark album is on the "O Holy Night!" album).
The definitive Sandi Christmas album is her inspired 2005 release "Yuletide Joy". Yuletide Joy

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sandi Patty "Rarities" Re Released., January 1, 2007

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Song Burd "Have You Prayed Today?" (God's Country) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voice of Christmas (Audio CD)

This CD is for those SP supporters who don't have the limited edition Hallmark holiday CDs released in 1992 and 1994 by Hallmark Entertainment and once available at all Hallmark greeting card stores. The songs are quite nice. The "new" stuff is from the 1994 Hallmark CD which hasn't been released since then. These arrangements (from the 1994 Hallmark CD) aren't as great as the David Clydesdale arrangements on the 1992 Hallmark CD, but Sandi sings them nonetheless grandioso if not seemingly a bit less passionately. The other songs that were released on the 1992 Hallmark CD were re released on Sandi's 1995 "O Holy Night" Christmas Cd by Word Records (with the exception of Ave Maria) and some of the older songs are from Sandi's first Christmas CD "The Gift Goes On" that was first turned out in the mid 80's. I suppose Word is still trying to cash in on Sandi (who is no longer on the Word Records label but INO Records now) since her popularity is growing once again. But since they own the rights to most of her catalogue, I suppose they can do whatever they want. Be sure to stay tuned for a "Best Of" definitive compilation due in '07...once again released by Word. I, myself, wouldn't call it "definitive" because it only consists of 10 songs, but oh well. I wonder if Word regrets losing her to INO?

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still worth having, but there is nothing new here., November 22, 2006

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Tomasino (Hollywood California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Voice of Christmas (Audio CD)

Any release by Sandi Patty is worth taking notice of... she's a brilliant musician, and I for one, am glad for every high note she sings. Her high notes are exciting and always in tune--I can't understand how anyone could describe that as "tedious." However, Word Entertainment is stretching the truth here: The duets with Peabo Bryson and the other five songs were released on Hallmark CDs more than 10 years ago. Unfortunately, there's really nothing new about this CD. At least you won't have to listen to the Peabo Bryson solos, though, which were included on the Hallmark release.