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  • Audio CD (November 19, 1996)
  • Original Release Date: November 19, 1996
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sony
  • ASIN: B000002BRJ
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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Lauded earlier in her career with numerous Dove awards, Cindy Morgan's Listen, her fourth release, demonstrates a songwriting maturity worthy of recognition above and beyond any chart success. This 1996 effort is full of songs that aren't aimed at being chart toppers. Certainly "They Say It's Love" and the opening "The Master's Hand" contain enough zest and appeal to sound good on the radio, but like Tori Amos, another brilliant songwriter and pianist who focuses more on the art rather than the chart, Morgan's story-songs spotlight endearing characters struggling to balance humanity with spirituality. The silky-smooth "Jamie" reveals a woman unable to recognize happiness as she walks through people and relationships; the poignant "The Promise" introduces a woman full of grief over a failed marriage; "Gravity" pulls us down to the painful realities of life as we look upward. But within each struggle, Morgan shows us a higher power who is willing and able to help us transcend the hurdles. This is an honest and uplifting release and one that, with time, grows with the listener. --Michael Lyttle


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What happens when there is total freedom--no restraints, no rules, no expectations, no clock to watch, no one standing over your shoulder saying, "Do it this way." What happens? Something rare. Something beautiful and childlike. Something wonderfully expressive and true. Cindy Morgan's fourth solo project, Listen, reveals a fresh artistic freedom--a return to pure passion at the piano, a step above and beyond her highly acclaimed 1995 project Under the Waterfall.

The gatekeeper this time is producer Brent Bourgeois who, along with co-producer/engineer Craig Hansen, encouraged Morgan to simply, "Do what you want." The result is a delightful surprise package of powerful, playful and poignant songs. You get a little Broadway, a touch of jazz, hints of ragtime, and inventively modern pop all riding on the clean, crisp keyboard artistry of the one who penned it all to begin with.

Arranger/composer Tom Howard's nothing-short-of incredible orchestrations provide a needed depth and color without encroaching upon the purity of one woman at the piano, singing her heart for God. In Listen, we find a rare, organic, living thing.

The album opens with "Carry Me," a confidant piano-driven testament to the power of grace to deliver us daily, cushioning our fall ("If we fall/We will land 'cause His grace is a feather bed/When we're touched by the Master's hand"). This cut segues into "God is Love," which speaks to the futility and emptiness of life apart from God. "Need" and "Jamie" continue to address real life struggles in powerfully unique ways.

"They Say It's Love" is Morgan like you've never heard her, complete with banjo and horns that hearken back to Glenn Miller. (Craig Hansen's sound wizardry on this cut demands you listen at least twice, without interruption.)

The title cut is Morgan's gift to her father, a one-time aspiring songwriter who gave up his dream to be a husband and father. She has taken her father's lyric and given it a jazzy facelift as a way to thank him for the sacrifices he made.

Whenever I think of Cindy Morgan, even to this day, I think of her Dove Award-winning video "I Will Be Free." You know, the beautiful, stoic cliffs of stone, field of green, the little girl playing with the plane, the doorway to eternity. The sheer joy in anticipating a future with God was so poignantly communicated through those images-images of freedom always captivate us. So does the sound of freedom. Listen will captivate you, too. -- Melissa Riddle (c) 1996 CCM Communications, Inc.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Listen Indeed, November 16, 2000
In LISTEN, long gone are the dance/pop days of Cindy's REAL LIFE debut, and even the smooth R&B laced pop of UNDER THE WATERFALL is absent. In their place we find what can only be described as a stunning marriage of the earthy groove of producer Brent Bourgeois and Cindy's trademark songwriting, vocals, and piano roots. People, pop music doesn't get much more intelligent than this. While in the past her upbeat cuts were well performed, her brightest moments have always been her most simple ballads. LISTEN takes that strength as its foundation and upon it builds an architectural masterpiece, musically speaking. Piano-driven for the most part, you will also find some beautiful orchestration in many of the songs. Cindy wrote/co-wrote every song on the record, and is the sole piano player on the project.

What stands out after hearing the CD is just how beautifully each song flows into the next. Clearly, a conscious effort was made to craft a cohesive album, for every song is a natural, perfect progression to the next. So instead of a CD full of 12 singles, LISTEN is more like a 12 part oratorio. Many times you don't even realize the track has changed, the transition is so pure. While Cindy has always been noted for her songwriting, the departure of long-time collaborator Mark Hammond has seemed to provide the push that has taken her writing to the next level. Never have her lyrics been more engaging. Un-content to spout rhetoric or pat answers, Cindy instead deals honestly with problems and life in a manner that is both revealing and poetic. And it is in large part because of her writing that LISTEN stands out as Cindy's finest work, and one of the best Christian albums of the 90's. She'd have to dig far and deep to someday top this record. Five+ stars.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A peak in Cindy's career, and one of the ten best Christian albums of all time., January 20, 2006
I listen to a very wide range of music, from metal, to classical, to pop, to alternative - so for me to make the above statement is saying something.

Cindy Morgan began her career as a run-of-the-mill Pop Princess for the Christian set. But it was her early song, "I WILL BE FREE" that first showed her potential as a true siren of song. Two albums later, LISTEN would become an early pinnacle of her career and, as much as I love THE LOVING KIND and POSTCARDS,
one that would prove hard to top.

But, with LISTEN, you really almost need no further work from her. It is hard to imagine that she could ever put together another album so succintly clear, mature, and outspoken with purpose and meaning. Early in the album, the song NEED sets Cindy MILES apart from all of her former work, and proves that Christian music can hold its own among the world of recorded music. But it is the penultimate track, GRAVITY that may be Cindy's single best effort to date. The importance of the words is perfectly matched by the weight of the orchestration, and I often find myself playing this track over and over.

Just listening to these tracks again recently, I am struck anew at how outstanding this album is musically, completely blowing away any of her peers in Christian music!

All told, this was a phenomenal, and unfortunately, unique album from Cindy. While THE LOVING KIND was a fantastic concept-album follow up, I am still waiting for her to get back to the brilliance of LISTEN.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hands down, this is Cindy's best., July 12, 1999
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Wow. This album leaves everything Cindy did before in the dust. "Listen" is so packed with memorable songs, I wouldn't be surprised if it accounts for half the songs on her upcoming Greatest Hits CD (due this fall). But perhaps the greatest triumph of this album is the title track. The lyric was written decades earlier by Cindy's father, who gave up his dream of recording professionally to keep his family in North Carolina. The music execs probably laughed in his face. Cova had the last laugh on the music execs, however, as Cindy turned his inspirational song into a jazz-flavored #1 hit on the Christian charts.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Listen is a true masterpiece of beauty and emotion
As an avid lover of Cindy Morgan's music, I would have to say that "Listen" is her best album, tying with "The Loving Kind". Read more
Published on June 10, 2003 by Michele J. Raffaele

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes!
Not the cookie cutter CCM I was led to believe this might be. The first five songs on this cd shine like crazy. Read more
Published on June 23, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT!
This is my first Cindy Morgan CD to own and I have thoroughly enjoyed every song!!! I especially like "The Promise". She is a very talented artist! Read more
Published on September 18, 1998 by rmrobe@acxiom.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Hear ye! Hear ye! This arist has something to say!
Though "Listen" was Cindy's fourth album, it might as well be her debut. Cindy talents shine like never before on this album. Read more
Published on July 7, 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars Taking you closer to God
With this album Cindy Morgan improved her perfomance of Under the Waterfall. This album is even better. The lyrics are thoughtful and give you inspiration. Read more
Published on April 28, 1998 by P. J. Van Ginkel

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