The Ultimate Collection

Description

The Ultimate Collection is a double disc compilation album by the American singer Steve Green, released on Sparrow Records in March 2006, manufactured by EMI CMG Label Group, distributed by EMI CMG Distribution.

Some may run but they can’t hide from the fact that most of these songs on this two CD ‘best of’ from America’s king of inspirational balladry are highly crafted for the genre they occupy. «We Trust In The Name Of The Lord Our God» has layers, arrangement and texture of the highest quality. The positive message of «He Who Began A Good Work In You» is sung so sweetly it can’t help but be an encouragement to those who listen with unbiased hearts. Steve does what he does well; he’s sold over three million albums and won six Dove Awards. This is a first-class showcase of his music so far. Not that there aren’t any drawbacks: the big beefy snare with a reverb that reaches to the moon and back dates «Find Us Faithful» (it is from 1987, so what can you expect?), also some of the choir type songs belong to a specific period of 80’s American inspirational music, which sound decidedly dated now, furthermore the big finale of some of the songs is clichéd and hard to listen to. Nevertheless the strings are rich, the craftsmanship of the musicians is outstanding and the production by Greg Nelson or Brown Bannister or Billy Ray Hearn sounds as if they mean it and want to do the best job possible. [Paul Poulton, Cross Rhythms, April 2006]

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2CD tracklist:

Disc One

1-01. People Need the Lord – 4:42
1-02. God and God Alone – 4:07
1-03. Let Us Praise the Almighty – 2:01
1-04. When His Kingdom Comes – 5:44
1-05. Household of Faith – 2:59
1-06. I Can See (On the Emmaus Road) – 5:30
1-07. Find Us Faithful – 4:42
1-08. Touch Your People Once Again – 3:59
1-09. Cherish the Treasure – 4:24
1-10. Broken and Spilled Out – 5:14
1-11. He Holds the Keys – 5:26
1-12. A Mighty Fortress – 3:00
1-13. Enter In – 4:42

Disc Two

2-01. We Trust In the Name of the Lord Our God – 3:45
2-02. He Who Began a Good Work In You – 3:22
2-03. Embrace the Cross – 4:11
2-04. We Believe – 4:49
2-05. That’s Where His Mercy Begins – 4:24
2-06. What a Wondrous Love Is This – 3:50
2-07. The Faithful – 4:23
2-08. He Is Good – 3:45
2-09. God Causes All Things to Grow – 4:30
2-10. I Repent – 3:48
2-11. Sacrifice of Praise – 4:27
2-12. Oh, I Want to Know You More – 4:06