Date: 21 July 1996
To: RichMailList
From: scatcat@kidbrothers.net (Danl Blackwood)
Subject: [RichMailList 77]: Songs review reprint

Hi Rich Fans,
Kathie Scott forwarded this review on Songs

Hey, Danl!  Thought people might be interested in this.

"Charisma & Christian Life" reviews Songs in the August issue:

"Best of Mullins"

Songs
By Rich Mullins, Reunion

Creators of this best-of package had a difficult task:  how do you choose
just 16 cuts to chronicle the 10-year career of one of the most poignant
Christian songwriters of our time?  Even though Rich Mullins connoisseurs
(I think they mean us) will no doubt be disappointed at the exclusion of
personal favorites, Songs is a well-assembled package with well-known
selections from each of his eight albums.  

It also boasts one new cut, "We Are Not as Strong as We Think We Are." 
Displaying his signature songwriting honesty, Mullins expresses his
thoughts about a severed relationship.

Listeners are also privy to the original version of "Sing Your Praise to
the Lord," recorded by Amy Grant on her second album, Age to Age. 
Grant's version, however, excluded the middle of the song - Mullins'
favorite part, which he includes.  

Other highlights:  "Awesome God"; "Sometimes by Step"; "Boy Like Me, Man
Like You"; "Hold Me, Jesus"; "Screen Door"; "While the Nations Rage" and
"Alrightokuhhuhamen."

Perhaps more than just a collection of 16 great songs, this album is a
tangible representation of the abundant life Christ describes:  a mishmash
of passion, intensity, sorrow, conviction, joy and peach -- all amid a
personal relationship with an all-knowing and loving God.  Music to chew on!

  -- Lindy Warren