Search - Ty Herndon :: Not So Silent Night

Take Ty's Christmas Old Fashioned Sleigh Ride

Music Fan-atic | Hogwarts | 10/12/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This beautifully wrought retooling of the originally self-produced, formerly only available on his website, this re-release is beautifully produced and recorded and has an old time, old fashioned Christmas-feel that has been sadly missing from many Christmas tomes of the present, the longer version of "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful" kind of brings a strange, almost out of place, Jamaican background feel.Yet it gives you a feeling of a "hand-across-the nations" feel that has been lost in the true meaning of Christmas and is something in today's world we are desperately lacking and are in need of! But the rest feels like you've just come back from a sleigh ride through a long cold snowny night and are gathered around a roaring fire. This great country voice has so long been restrained by his former poorly promoted label Epic /Sony maybe now if he'll stick with it and not give up as many of his predessors have done before him, maybe this venture with "Riviera" will bring him the recognition he richly deserves. I can only thank God that his ties with Sony have been broken for they have for too long been holding this country vocalist in retraint and hidden away this great gem of a singer as they have done with many other greats that maybe now will have their time to truly shine! I have had the distinct pleasure of meeting the man in person and for those doubters out there he is genuinely as nice as his voice is strong and pure. This CD is an extended version of the original fan club version, the songs are beautifully performed in Ty's, one of a kind baratone verbrato and if this nice little stocking stuffer is any indication of what surprises we are in store for on his new country endeavor teasingly promised in early 2004, you can bet I'll be first in line at my local retailer to buy and support this so unjustly, underrated country miracle and we'll continue to hear much more from this country wonder for many years to come! For those staunch fans, there are some new and also retooled songs done for this version...for the groupies, there is a whole new cover art...front and back...who can resist that mug? The only fault I can find which is no big deal to me is that the song order, for some odd reason, on the back of the cover is in incorrect order. But hey, it is a beautifuly made production with sometimes church choir background vocals. And even more so now worth every penny right down to the title song "A Not So Silent Night" from the Warner Brother's soundtrack "Believe In Santa". Snatch up a copy of this Christmas soon-to-be classic for your Christmas collection. You won't be disappointed! Do yourself a true favor and listen for he first time on a nice stereo with a set of headphones, the vocals are gorgeously articulated and the music breathtaking. One of the true gifts of the Magi!"

Correct track listing

J. Reilly | 01/16/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"1. Oh Come All Ye Faithful (short version)

2. Oh Come All Ye Faithful (long version)

3. Go Tell It On the Mountain

4. O Come O Come Emanuel

5. Holdin' Onto Christmas

6. Little Town Of Bethlehem

7. Little Drummer Boy

8. Silent Night

9. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

10. Oh Holy Night

11. A Not So Silent Night (from the Warner Bros Soundtrack "Believe In Santa")"