Wednesday, January 11, 2012

CD REVIEW: "HIS LOVE REMAINS" - COLLIN RAYE


CD: "His Love Remains"
Artist: Collin Raye
Label: Cradle Concepts
Release Date: October 24, 2011

When you hear the name Collin Raye, you think of smooth, flawless vocals and chances are you probably immediately flash back to the 90's when Collin ruled country music radio with songs like "Little Rock", "That's My Story", "I Think About You", "Little Red Rodeo" and his sentimental hit, "Love Me". He's had  a total of 16 #1 hits, so you would assume he's found where he needs to be and is satisfied with his success. Sadly, it took the illness of his granddaughter, Haley, and her death at the early age of 10 years old in April 2010, to confirm for Collin exactly where his music belongs, where he's most comfortable and to bring him to the place his heart now resides, with the Lord and with Christian music. He has no plans to return to country music as a primary market and this project will musically explain why.

The release of "His Love Remains" is Collin's first inspirational album and what an inspiration it is. The cd brims with notes and expressions of pure honesty, heartfelt love and raw emotion. There are few artists out there that can make a song an emotional experience, Collin Raye is one of those artists and this is one of those rare musical gifts.

The opening track, "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" is a spiritual arrangement of Collin's tenor voice woven in perfect unison with the angelic vocals of Christian artist, Andrea Thomas. This is truly a duet made in Heaven. Andrea is also featured later on the cd in "How Beautiful" (which is actually a perfect title for the combination of these two voices). The track listing continues with "Give Me Jesus", followed by a hauntingly perfect version of "How Great Thou Art" that will make you really stop and appreciate this song even more than the first time you ever heard it. There are other wonderful songs on the cd such as the musical prayer, "Ave Maria",  "Here I Am Lord", "I Get What I Need", "Oh Lord I Am Not Worthy" which features the powerful vocals of Marie Bellet), a lovely remake of his hit song, "Love Remains" and several others. 

One of my favorites, and his latest single, is "Undefeated", track #6 on the cd. This song pretty much says it all and describes the artist that is Collin Raye. The song bestows the message that we can keep going despite the obstacles and situations we encounter in our daily lives as long as we don't quit and we don't lose faith in the Lord. I think Collin Raye is a shining example of someone who is undefeated. He's been through so much in his life the past few years yet he's standing tall and sharing his faith and trust with the world through this new cd. 

This world needs music like this, especially in these times, to help renew our strength, our love and our faith in God. I would recommend this cd to anyone. This cd is about acceptance, conviction, and most of all, hope, which is something we all can use a little more of. Thanks to Collin for reminding us of this through his voice.

SPECIAL CD OFFER: Monday Jan 9 - Easter

Starting Monday, January 9, 2012 through Easter, if you purchase 2 copies of "His Love Remains" through www.hisloveremains.com, you will receive a FREE copy of Collin's "16 #1 Hits" cd along with FREE SHIPPING. Keep one copy of the new cd for yourself and give one as an Easter present for someone you love. Give the gift of song as only Collin Raye can sing it. It will keep on giving. Get your order in quickly, there are only 250 of these deals to be purchased. 

You can find Collin online at:

Collin Raye Official Website - www.collinraye.com
"Like" Collin on Facebook - www.facebook.com/collinraye
Follow Collin on Twitter - @collinraye

Please contact your local radio station and request "Undefeated" today! Let's get this some air play and give Collin his 17th #1 hit.


No comments: