Just... - Just Organ 1: Favourite Hymns

Monday 1st September 2003
Just... - Just Organ 1: Favourite Hymns
Just... - Just Organ 1: Favourite Hymns

STYLE: Ambient/Meditational
RATING 2 2
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 7338-7111
LABEL: Kevin Mayhew 1490111
FORMAT: CD Album
RRP: £10.20

Reviewed by Paul Kent

When you buy a CD entitled 'Just Organ' you're not going to be shocked when you find out that's exactly what it is. For just short of an hour, hymn lovers are offered a generous helping of classics such as “Amazing Grace”, “All Things Bright And Beautiful” and “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” on one synthesized organ. But just as name dropping won't gain you respect, great songs alone aren't strong enough to make a CD enjoyable, particularly when other artists have done the same thing, but better. The main problem with this recording is that whereas a live organ (though difficult to record) has nuances, majesty, character and emotion, the synthesized organ here lacks all of these. In fact, by the end of the third song I was anxiously looking at the CD cover hoping the next 17 songs would have some sound variation. They did not. On the plus side, 'Just Organ' could be useful as a tool for church choirs, but this recording was clearly not marketed for that purpose. In fact the cover states “Sing, Pray, Listen, Enjoy”. So I sang, prayed and listened to the whole CD... I just didn't enjoy it.

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