!Hero The Rock Opera (Jewel Case Version)

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Forefront / Emd
Category: Music

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Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 724359276021
EAN: 0724359276021
ASIN: B0000B12BQ

Release Date: 2003-09-02

!Hero The Rock Opera (Jewel Case Version)

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Tracks:

This Is How It Happened
A Few Good Men
Wedding Celebration
Fire Of Love
Lose My Life With You
Man On A Mission
Secrets Of The Heart
Stand Up And Walk
Do What You Gotta Do
Take My Hand
Love's Declaration
Raised In Harlem
They're Callin' Him Hero
Manna From Heaven
Hero

Tracks:

Leave Here
Stand By You
Say The Word
Intentions
Finally Home
Not In Our House
Murder On Their Minds
Party In The House Today
In Remembrance Of Me
Shadowman
Hero's Agony
I Am
Kill The Hero
Execute: Intentions (reprise) / Hero (reprise) / Lose My Life With You (reprise)
He's Not Here
The Truth Comes Out

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Customer Reviews:

First Rock Opera to tell the whole story of Christ.......2006-11-19

!Hero is amazing. One of the best CD's I've ever heard. It has tons of different styles of music such as Rock, Rap, Heavy Metal, Latino, Hip-Hop, etc... And the best part is that ontop of all the wonderful songs, they don't mess up the story of Jesus Christ.

If you want to like the show, don't compare it to Broadway. Don't compare it to Jesus Christ Superstar or Godspell. Both of those shows are good Rock Operas and I love them both. They have many things that are characterisic of Broadway music. The biggest problem is that they leave out the most essential part of the story of Christ. His reserection! !Hero is much different. It is not even trying to be a Broadway show, as it's not even playing in New York, but in Tenessee. It does not have music normally found in Broadway shows. It is it's own unique category and it can't be compared to Broadway shows about Christ. One of the biggest and best parts of the show and CD are not it's amazing songs (which I love and have memorised) but the fact that it tells the whole story of Christ and is very acurate to the Bible's message. It even includes the reserection.

If you want to enjoy it, don't compare it to Broadway, but listen to it with an open mind. It is a wonderful CD that almost never leaves my CD player. I love it. I would highly suggest anyone to get it!

What a great rock opera!.......2005-02-23

This is really a great cd. The songs lead into one another just as they should if it's truly an opera. I can't help but find the name interesting as when one sees words such as "opera" and "rock opera" it conjures up certain images. The great thing about this cd is that the songs can be listened to and enjoyed inidividually or together. I honestly am not sure why this cd has gotten mixed reviews other than the fact that the title of rock opera may have given some people some sort of expectation of what it should be. I encourage everyone interested in this to give it a try - I was certainly not disappointed and I don't think you will be either.

Will someone please make a movie of this!?.......2004-09-30

!HERO: The Rock Opera is an outstanding rendition of the Christ tale with a blend of rock, pop, rap/hip-hop and other musical styles. This soundtrack features great performances from Michael Tait (Tait, DC Talk) as Hero (Jesus), Rebecca St. James as Maggie (Mary Magdalene), Mark Stuart of Audio Adrenaline as Petrov (the Apostle Peter) and John Cooper of Skillet as Chief Rabbi Kai (Caiaphas, the High Priest). Some of my favorite songs include "Lose My Life with You," "Secrets of the Heart," "Love's Declaration" (the Beattitudes) and "Take My Hand" (where Hero enters a hospital and cures an AIDS patient). I also love "Not in Our House" (Chasing out the moneychangers), the title track (Petrov's response to the "Who do you say that I am?" question), "I Am" and "He's Not Here." I think the lyrics from "Leave Here" reflect the secular world's Christophobic attitude towards not only Christians and Christianity, but also toward Jesus Christ Himself. I love the soundtrack CD as well as the live performance DVD, and I would really love to see !HERO: The Rock Opera adapted as a film for the big screen. This would make a great movie musical!

Very cool.......2004-05-21

This music is very interesting; it includes several different genres, keeping the listener guessing about the next song. All in all, this album is very good. There are a couple of songs that could have been done better, but taken as a whole, this CD is great. The songs themselves are excellent, and the Christian message is uplifting. Even though I never had the privilege of seeing the performance, I still greatly enjoy the content. I would definitely recommend this CD.

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Voyage ~ Chick Corea w, Steve Kujala

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Jazz Cafe: Between the Lines ~ Various Artists

We Are Different Now ~ Samotsvety

Missing Half ~ Kyoko

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Bossa Nova ~ Fogueira Tres