Another collaboration between a number of CCM artists, this time to promote a new translation of the Bible. Most of the included tracks have appeared elsewhere and are fairly middle-of-the-road. Sixpence None the Richer turn in a countrified version of "Trust" from their The Fatherless and the Widow album and the Ragamuffins offer "My Deliverer" from The Jesus Record. Apart from these two tracks there isn't much of note.
Other coverage for this album
The Phantom Tollbooth 1999Reviewed by Cathy CourtwrightAccording to national research taken from Gallup and Barna polls, almost 90 million Americans are approaching the millennium having never read the Bible. Songs from The Book is just one small portion of the largest campaign ever to promote the Bible. Some of these songs were written specifically for this project, and some are re-cut classics. In a star-studded project such as this, it's difficult…The Phantom Tollbooth 1999Reviewed by Trish PattersonIn an attempt to expose the nearly 90 million Americans who, according to research, have never read the Bible, Tyndale Publishers have published a New Living Translation called The Book. A musical companion, Songs from The Book, compiles recordings by top name Christian artists such as Michael Card, Amy Grant, Anointed, Crystal Lewis, Point of Grace, Sixpence None the Richer, Jaci Velasquez,…
