Search - Marion Williams :: Remember Me: Definitive Collection

AN ALBUM FOR THE AGES

Music Lover | Pennsylvania | 05/25/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"They call her the greatest singer ever, and that's fine by me. This

album beats all her other records, even those house-wreckers with the

Ward Singers. The church cuts, "How I Got Over" and "A Charge to

Keep I Have" and the sexy (forgive me lord) "Ain't That Just Like Him"

have the people shouting. The Carnegie Hall cuts, "Precious Lord"

and 'Standing Here Wondering" are just amazing. I really like her

when she's deep and subtle. You've never heard "God Bless the Child"

like this. "Remember Me," "The Storm is Passing Over," and those

scary songs, "Death in the Morning" and "The Day is Past and Gone"

would move a statue. I've always been partial to some of her later

records like "Bad News, Bad Times," "Motherless Child" and -- my secret

favorite -- "All Along the Highway." But there's not a weak song in

the bunch. I've played this album five times since yesterday. I've also added it to my iPod. Add it to yours and you'll get sanctified chills."

On My Top 10 of the Year

Timothy A. Dillinger | Nashville, TN United States | 10/02/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Not quite sure what the reviewer just before me was thinking....This album is by far the BEST collection I have heard of Marion's work. I have all of the collections that Anthony Heilbut has compiled and they are all amazing, but he has outdone himself with this one. As he stated in the liner notes, THIS collection showcases Marion in her element...in the church...singing and yes, shouting, to her heart's content...and to ours as well. They don't make singers like this anymore...and this album makes me wish that they did. I cannot pick a favorite, but I have to make special mention of the album's opening cut, "How I Got Over", which was recorded live with James Cleveland accompanying her on the piano. Marion IS at her best here...and you would think that she recorded this during her hay-day with the Wards...but it was only 20 some odd years ago! I also must say that the inclusion of the old Watts hymns was brilliant...This is the history of gospel that must be preserved as we get bogged down in more and more drum programming, sequenced vocals and nothing lyrics. Thank you Marion for the reminder..."

Unforgettable Singer

M. Silver | 08/15/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The record of the year? It's got to be "Remember Me," a collection of 24 songs by the late gospel singer Marion Williams. The MacArthur Foundation gave her a genius award, the Kennedy Center honored her--it's time for the record industry to do the same. She was, as one of her songs says, born to sing the gospel, but with her rich, emotional voice, she is not confined by the genre. She sings of life, death, God, pain, and passion. She is rapturous, vulnerable, and comforting. No wonder critics have called her the greatest singer ever."