Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation -- Vol. 13!
Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation -- Vol. 13!

JFH Music Review




Nichole Nordeman
Live at The Door



Artist Info: Discography
Album length: 8 tracks: 37 minutes, 6 seconds
Street Date: May 20, 2003


Live albums are novelty. Every fan wants their favorite bands to release live recordings. Quite simply, it's an easy keepsake for an experience you've had at one of the artists' live shows or just another way you can feel like you're connecting with them. The problem with most live albums, however, is they often become a short-lived novelty. It isn't too long before the live project is old hat and you're looking for an all-new project to listen to. The quality of the production also determines the longevity the live project will have.

On March 15th & 16th of this year in Dallas, Texas, a very pregnant Nichole Nordeman performed some of her greatest hits in an intimate and raw musical setting at "The Door." The appropriately titled Live At The Door features eight cuts from these sessions and include songs from each of Nichole's three albums and one exclusive cover track. The album opens with "To Know You," which also opened her 1998 debut Wide Eyed, a prayerful and delicate piano-led ballad expressing her desire to know Christ intimately. The quality of the live sound isn't too far from a studio recording yet it still often possesses a live vibe. A passionate version of the 2003 Dove-Award winning Song of the Year, "Holy," follows, bringing more depth to the hit than the original on Woven & Spun could offer. "Is It Any Wonder," also from Wide Eyed adds a slight jazzy edge to her performance while the piano ballad "I Am" from This Mystery is a more delicate offering. Nordeman does a worthy rendition of Cyndi Lauper's renowned hit "Time After Time" making it a definite highlight on Live. The brief but adequate set concludes with "Legacy," "Fool For You," and finally, the worshipful "My Offering," leaving the listener longing for more. While eight tracks may feel strangely abbreviated for such a project, Nordeman decides less is more and succeeds in piecing together a well-structured set of piano pop ballads perfect for any fan of this talented solo artist.

Seemingly short, but a beautiful record nonetheless (and my personal favorite project yet from the Nordeman collection), Live At The Door is essential for fans of Nichole's music and perfect for anyone looking for some delicate and worshipful new music to aid us in meditating on our Savior's endless love and mercy.

- Review date: 5/17/03, written by John DiBiase



(JFH Sponsor Spot)

Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation -- Vol. 13!

Nordeman CD

Buy This CD Online


. Artist Info: Discography
. Record Label: Sparrow Records
. Album length: 8 tracks, 37 minutes and 6 seconds
. Street Date: May 20, 2003
. Buy It: Amazon.com

  1. To Know You
  2. Holy
  3. Is It Any Wonder
  4. I Am
  5. Time After Time
  6. Legacy
  7. Fool For You
  8. My Offering
spacer Click For Audio Sample   Click For Song Lyrics
Click For Audio Sample   Click For Song Lyrics
Click For Audio Sample   Click For Song Lyrics
Click For Audio Sample   Click For Song Lyrics
Click For Audio Sample   Click For Song Lyrics
Click For Audio Sample   Click For Song Lyrics
Click For Audio Sample   Click For Song Lyrics
Click For Audio Sample   Click For Song Lyrics

 

 

go to main Album review page
go to Album review archive

 


(JFH Sponsor Spot)

 

 

                 
Get the new FREE JFH MP3 compilation -- Vol. 13!

Search JFH




This Friday, November 8, 2024
ALBUMS
Gabby Barrett Carols and Candlelight [Warner Music Nashville]
CXMMXNS CXMMXNS Chapter 1 - EP [Essential Worship]
New Hope Oahu There Is One - EP [DREAM]
Neal Morse & The Resonance No Hill For A Climber [InsideOut]
TAKE Time Bomb [Resuscitation Records]
Lauren Talley A Lauren Talley Christmas [Horizon]

SINGLES
Cory Asbury I Hope You Dance - Single [BEC]
Jordan Kauflin, Laura Story Approach, My Soul - Single [Getty]
Sam Bowman & GLADDEN Misfit Toys - Single [DREAM]
Wavorly Enemies - Single (independent)

VINYL
Michael W. Smith Every Christmas Vinyl [Rocketown]
Stryper To Hell with the Amps Vinyl [Frontiers]
TAKE Time Bomb Vinyl [Resuscitation Records]

DVD
Stryper To Hell with the Amps Blu-Ray [Frontiers]

Next Friday, November 15, 2024
ALBUMS
Dolly Parton & Family Smoky Mountain DNA – Family, Faith & Fables [Owepar Entertainment]
The Lore Family Faith Over Fear [Horizon]
Fernando Ortega For All the Saints - EP (independent)
Earnest Pugh Worth is the Lamb
We Are Messengers Rejoice! (A Celtic Christmas) - EP [Curb]
Paul Wright III Reverie [United Alliance]

SINGLES
Big Dismal Here In My Heart - Single (independent)
Hannah Kerr It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Single [Curb]
Olivia Lane Silent Night - Single [BEC]
Tasha Layton Wake Up It's Christmas - Single [BEC]
Jamie MacDonald A Million Chances - Single [Capitol CMG]
Ronnie Martin On Christmas Morning - Single [Velvet Blue]
Hunter Plake Daylight - Single [BEC]
Jordan St. Cyr Christ is Here - Single [BEC]

VINYL
Sixpence None the Richer Divine Discontent Vinyl [Word]



For all release dates, click here!
 



Check out the new album from Taylor Holland Armstrong!



Listen to the new Single from Second Adam and the New Creations!

Check out depositphotos for royalty free images