The final Christmas album for review is Glory in the Highest, by Chris Tomlin. I bought this album yesterday because it was on sale for $5. Chris Tomlin is a popular writer of worship songs, so I thought, Sure, this should be a good album.
Chris and companions recorded this performance with an audience—a smaller one it seems, a congregation, perhaps. You hear Chris as the lead on most songs, with others singing along in the background. Audrey Assad, Christy Nockels, and Matt Redman are featured on three other songs. Chris’s four original songs are what give the album something different. He is talented. His “Glory in the Highest” is the most outstanding track, but I would have preferred to hear Chris in a studio without the background voices. It’s not just that it’s background voices; it’s the whole mood that is presented. Maybe the idea was to be warm and cozy, but I found it more of a sleepy, singalong, even save-us-some-money feeling.
Lessons learned: Don’t count on the name. A bargain isn’t always a bargain. I have other albums I would listen to repeatedly. This isn’t one. Because I would choose to listen to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra album before this one, I have to rate it 3, a notch above Plus One’s album.9 Bryan Duncan—Christmas Is Jesus
6 Michael W. Smith—Christmas
1 Michael W. Smith—It’s a Wonderful Christmas
4 Trans-Siberian Orchestra—Christmas Eve and Other Stories
7 Mannheim Steamroller—Christmas Live
8 Mannheim Steamroller—Christmas
2 Plus One—Christmas
3 Relient K— Let It Snow Baby . . . Let It Reindeer
8 Mannheim Steamroller—Christmas in the Aire
8 Mannheim Steamroller—A Fresh Aire Christmas
3 Chris Tomlin—Glory in the Highest
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