Info

Artist: Vince Gill
Album Title: Breath Of Heaven: A Christmas Collection
Record Label: Sparrow/MCA Nashville
Genre: Christmas/Country
Year: 1998
Encoder: Lame 3.90 & EAC (Secure Mode)
Quality: 225 avg kbps/44.10/JS

Tracklist

01 Winter Wonderland
02 The Christmas Song
03 O Little Town Of Bethlehem
04 Silver Bells
05 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
06 Blue Christmas
07 O Holy Night
08 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
09 A Cradle In Bethlehem
10 Breath Of Heaven (Mary's Song)
11 O Come All Ye Faithful

Size: 69Mb
Length: 42:45

Review

AMG Rating: 4/5

Once again, Vince Gill rises above the commonplace and delivers a project of
supreme substance and divine emotion. This holiday offering is one of the best
in recent years and comparable to the popular holiday recordings of Crosby,
Como and Elvis. As far as contemporary Christmas music is concerned, Gill,
along with Patrick Williams and his Orchestra, manages to keep tradition
vibrant and immediate. Uptempo tunes such as "Winter Wonderland," "Let It Snow,
Let It Snow, Let It Snow" and "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
complement more sacred offerings like "O Little Town of Bethlehem," "O Holy
Night" and "O Come All Ye Faithful." Especially good is Gill's version of the
rock & roll "Blue Christmas," as is his "Silver Bells" and the title cut. But,
he gives an essential and fundamentally emotional performance on "The Christmas
Song" that seems to transcend time, space and religious affiliations to create
a moment of recorded music that is wholly and completely Christmas.
Encompassing both the sacred and secular in this instant elevates Gill's
performance here to a classic status. Moreover, he has never sounded as rich,
warm and substantial as he does on this gift of holiday music. Experience never
looked, felt or sounded so good.