the World." Just like what they had done with "It is Well with My Soul" and "Cornerstone," Hillsong have brilliantly taken some of the best known traditional carols and tagged them with newly written material making them less archaic and fresher on younger ears. Most gorgeous is "The First Noel (Holy is the Lord)." But just like their albums of late, they have far too many lead singers making this sound like a compilation rather than a one church project. Without sounding like a broken record, Zschech, Ligertwood and Morgan should take more of a lead. Nevertheless, with a folkier/countrier approach,this CD definitely stands out in the sea of over-produced Christmas records. They are indeed to be congratulated for trying to something different. I really enjoy Hillsong music and we do many of their songs at church. I got this album with a view to doing some of the songs at Christmas. Whilst the songs were very good, some of the introductions sounded as if they had been put their just to make their version different than everyone elses - they also sounded 'mis-matched' to the song. Many of the songs also felt a bit like Irish/Scottish folk songs - kind of a Celtic lilt going through them - odd for Christmas songs...? I did like the extra bridges that they added to a couple of the songs - it lifted them up from the standard traditional version. Overall a good album but a bit quirky in an annoying way