Sacred: A Spiritual Journey

1	Deus Meus 4:32
2	Be Thou My Vision (Irish Hymn) 3:08
3	Morning Has Broken 2:45
4	My Love 4:30
5	If I Can Help Somebody 3:14
6	My Forever Friend 3:54
7	Shelter Me 3:03
8	Amazing Grace 3:15
9	To Do Your Will 3:17
10	Hail Glorious Saint Patrick (Christian Hymn) 2:29
11	How Deep the Father's Love 3:33
12	Lord of the Dance 2:40
13	There's No Cross 3:48
14	I'll Walk with God 2:55
15	Salve Regina 2:28

Barnes & Noble

The Irish Tenors are back, and despite a personnel change and a shift toward a more diverse array of musical styles, their crowd-pleasing appeal remains intact on Sacred: A Spiritual Journey. That's partly because the change in the trio's lineup is not only a departure -- Ronan Tynan has left to focus on his solo career -- but also a homecoming: Original member John McDermott has returned to the group, joining colleagues Anthony Kearns and Finbar Wright for this album of inspirational favorites. Sometimes singing solo, more often blending in harmony, the tenors naturally include some Irish-tinged material ("Hail Glorious St. Patrick"), but elsewhere they range from the Gregorian chant of "Deus Meus" and "Salve Regina," through songs associated with Stevie Wonder ("My Love"), Mahalia Jackson ("If I Can Help Somebody"), and Cat Stevens ("Morning Has Broken"), to the more contemporary Christian sounds of "How Deep the Father's Love." The album reaches one high point with a moving interpretation of "Amazing Grace," and another with the soaring "Lord of the Dance" (which adds Celtic touches to the Shaker hymn tune "Simple Gifts"), but there's something here for anyone who's looking for soul-stirring music sung with an irresistible Irish lilt. Scott Paulin

All Music Guide

Since 1998, Irish Tenors have celebrated the holidays (Home for Christmas, We Three Kings) and their beloved homeland both far and away (Ellis Island, Heritage). On Sacred, the rotating trio -- Ronan Tynan has been replaced by founding member John McDermott -- applies its collective pipes to such inspirational classics as "How Deep the Father's Love," Cat Stevens' "Morning Has Broken," and of course, "Amazing Grace." Fans of this style of classical crossover can do no better, as the Tenors craft nuanced and deeply emotional renditions of these secular and nonsecular works like the masters that they have quietly become. Reverend Lee Power