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Twila Paris 's first CD release in 1990 was the album
Cry for the Desert. During those last 19 years, 33 albums of the artist were released (see our
discographies to learn more about these albums). Hereunder are some of Twila Paris's best successes. By the way, did you ever wonder how the artist succeded ? Check out
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Review of Twila Paris : Perennial: Songs For The Seasons Of Life Inspired by her home's perennial garden, resurrected each spring with little maintenance, Twila Paris embarked on recording both old and new hymns that reflect such necessary and comforting cycles. The companion to her daily devotional book,
Perennial: Meditations for the Seasons of Life,
Songs for the Seasons of Life is the second volume of her
Sanctuary series, specifically made with church use in mind. While not her most powerful work, Paris's original hymns blend nicely with traditionals, creating a space and mood for worship. Standouts are "Be My Vision" and "My Lips Will Praise You."
--Paige La Grone Users's Reviews - Twila Paris : Soothing, Worshipful MusicTwila Paris has become my favorite Christian singer and songwriter of all time, although there are others that I love as well. But Perennial is my all-time favorite album, mostly because, when I need something to soothe my soul, "Perennial" is what I turn to. It has a great mix of songs, both favorite hymns, and other worshipful Twila Paris songs. I can listen to "Perennial" over and over and never tire of it.
Your latest reviews - Twila Paris : Excellent, incredible songs, but I give it 4 starsSome of the tracks on this album I would definitely give 5 (or 6!) stars such as "Joy of the Lord", "Arise My Soul Arise" and "Keeper of the Door", but overall, I give it 4 stars. Why? This is one of her few albums where I fast forward through tracks, and the ones I skip are the instrumentals, especially of her classics "We Bow Down", "Lamb of God" and "We Will Glorify". I already have other albums with instrumental versions of Twila's songs; when I buy a Twila Paris album I want to hear her vocals! The instrumentals are done very well, but still her songs lose a lot without vocals and the lyrics (and frankly my voice singing along doesn't bring justice to the music nearly as well as Twila's!). I do like to hear different versions of her songs (like the Portugese "He is Exalted") so she could have resung those tracks with new arrangements, tempos etc. There are only eight tracks here with new lyrics from Twila, 14 total - 4 instrumentals - 1 translation ("Ele E Exaltado") - 1 cover (Charles Wesley's "Arise My Soul Arise"). That doesn't seem fair!
Is this CD worth having? Without a doubt it is. Taking the tracks as individual pieces to be used in a worship setting, each of these tracks is wonderful (yes, even the instrumentals). As an album, though, think what it could have been with more new material or vocal arrangements on it. It could have been, well, as good as "Perennial" (it only had one instrumental and it was a new composition, and had uplifting vocal covers of both her earlier songs and traditional hymns)! But this was her first in her "Sanctuary Series". These all seem to be getting better as she adds a new volume to her series (her 2001 release "Bedtime Prayers" is wonderful as well.)
