Listening to this album invokes a deep sadness in me because I feel I have wasted my hard-earned money on it. Why does her voice sound so stiff and harsh in this album ? Each song sounds like a windlass with an enormous load at work; the song ends when the heavy load gets hauled in, at which moment I feel like I could breath out in relief. Instead of getting my spirit up, this album drags me way down. I'm glad there are people out there who like it, because I'll have to find a buyer for my copy.

This album has accompanied me through the darkest hours of my life when I struggled with my faith and struggled with the Lord. It made me cry at the saddest of times and lifted me up at other times. Thank God for this album.

This album is without doubt the best Anne Murray recording ever. What a comeback. This tasteful, inspiring album is filled with lots of emotion and will make your spirits soar ! The opening cut, "Lord I hope this day is Good" provides but a glimpse of what is to come. Her powerful performances on "Amazing Grace", "Let it Be", "Put a little Love in your Heart", "The Lord's Prayer", "I Believe in You" and "I can see Clearly Now" among others, leaves no doubt as to why this album went #4 Country, #38 Pop, and #1 Contemporary Christan on the Billboard Charts, having sold well over 1 million copies. Treat yourself-buy it today !!!

Many of these songs will be familiar to you via other versions, though there are a few exceptions, most notably Elijah, written by Gene MacLellan. Anne has recorded several of his songs, most notably Snowbird.

This is not a gospel album, though there are a lot of gospel songs here. Amazing grace, Peace in the valley, The old rugged cross, In the garden, Whispering hope and How great thou art can all be found on plenty of gospel albums.

Lord I hope this day is good was first recorded by Don Williams, who took it to the top of the country charts. Lee Ann Womack has also covered it.

Bridge over troubled water is, of course, a classic song, first recorded by Simon and Garfunkel, which also appeared on LeAnn Rimes' inspirational album. It seems destined to appear on many similar albums. Anne doesn't add anything new to the song, but I was pleased to see it included here.

Other covers include Lean on me (Bill Withers), Let it be (Beatles), What a wonderful world (Louis Armstrong), I can see clearly now (Johnny Nash), You've got a friend (James Taylor) and Put a little love in your heart (Jackie De Shannon).

Anne is in fine voice throughout, and anybody familiar with Anne's music will know what to expect - and get it.

Amazon.com is advertising this CD as two discs and when I received it, I found the CD to have an assortment of slections from both discs on one CD. Needless to say, the title song - "What A Wonderful World" was not on there.