Name: Praise for the Ages
Brand: Crossroads Music Group
SKU: 1051303
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Praise for the Ages

Rating

Album: Praise for the Ages
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Alleluia
2)	Shout to the Lord/How Great Thou Art: Shout To The Lord / How Great Thou Art
3)	Worship the Name of the Lord with Me
4)	There Is a Fountain/Who Can Satisfy: There Is A Fountain / Who Can Satisfy
5)	High and Lifted Up/Hallelujah Chorus: High & Lifted Up / Hallelujah Chorus
6)	Oh Glorious Love
7)	No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus
8)	You Are Good
9)	I Will Sing of My Redeemer
10)	I'm Happy with You Lord
11)	Be Still Me Soul
12)	I Love That Name Medley
13)	Our Great Savior (Jesus What a Friend for Sinners)

Album: Praise for the Ages
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Alleluia
2)	Shout to the Lord/How Great Thou Art: Shout To The Lord / How Great Thou Art
3)	Worship the Name of the Lord with Me
4)	There Is a Fountain/Who Can Satisfy: There Is A Fountain / Who Can Satisfy
5)	High and Lifted Up/Hallelujah Chorus: High & Lifted Up / Hallelujah Chorus
6)	Oh Glorious Love
7)	No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus
8)	You Are Good
9)	I Will Sing of My Redeemer
10)	I'm Happy with You Lord
11)	Be Still Me Soul
12)	I Love That Name Medley
13)	Our Great Savior (Jesus What a Friend for Sinners)

Performer Notes

Talley Trio: Debra Talley, Lauren Talley, Roger Talley (vocals); Roger Fortner (bass guitar); Tony Creasman (drums); The Nashville String Machine, Jason Webb , David Johnson , Jeremy Medkiff.
Personnel: David Johnson (acoustic guitar); Roger Fortner, Jeremy Medkiff (electric guitar); The Nashville String Machine (strings); Mark Douthit (saxophone); Mike Haynes (trumpet); Barry Green (trombone); Jason Webb (piano, keyboards).
Audio Mixer: Van Atkins.
Recording information: Crossroads Studios, Arden, NC.
Photographer: Russ Harrington.
Arrangers: Roger Talley; Lauren Talley; Stan Whitmire.
It's hard to know exactly how to rate an album like this. Its surfaces are perfect: the Talleys (formerly known as the Talley Trio) are a family vocal group with an impeccable blend and flawlessly professional backing musicians -- whether they're singing over lite-soul horns or lush, faux-classical strings, every note is in exactly the right place and every musical gesture is sweet and uplifting, which is what you expect in Southern gospel music. The chords are sometimes complex, but never challenging; when they get jazzy, it brings to mind some kind of strange cross between the Lawrence Welk singers and the Four Freshmen. When they try to rock out, as they do on a supremely ill-advised arrangement of Handel's "Hallelujah" chorus the result is more endearing than annoying. To criticize them for the smoothness of their musical surfaces would be to miss the point: the Talleys are not working to deliver a musical experience, but a spiritual one, which means that their appeal is primarily limited to those who share their beliefs and are interested in albums like this one as soundtracks to their spiritual lives. As such, this album can only be counted a success. As a musical experience, it's of interest at only the most superficial level -- because that's where all the music exists. Below that level there is simply nothing to hear. If you want both spiritual uplift and musical depth, try listening to Handel's Hallelujah Chorus as it was written. While you're at it, I can refer you to a couple of other versions of "Be Still My Soul" and "There Is a Fountain" as well. ~ Rick Anderson