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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful: Just Okay, October 28, 2004 By  C. L. Miller (Ohio) - See all my reviews    The title is misleading, the songs are hardly what most would consider traditional. While I did enjoy a few of the selections most were almost unrecognizable. Maybe a better title would have been Innovations on Traditional Catholic Hymns.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful: A trip down memory aisle, September 25, 2001 By  V. M Salomon "vinnie70" (Glendale Heights, Il) - See all my reviews    Fr. Stan does a wonderful job of keeping traditional Catholic hymns alive. I don't hear many of these songs as much as I used to at Mass. This is unfortunate since this has been a hidden foundation of good orthodox theology during a time of confusion. Teachers can introduce odd teachings but when we hear these songs, we hear the clear truth. The recording quality is high and Fr. Stan has a wonderful voice. I almost feel as if I am back at my old parish back when churches looked like churches and had the acoustics to make a good singer sound like an angel. Yet there is more to this recording. There is a modern tone through out the recordings. The mix of traditional and modern are done just as they should be with hymns, reverently. This is a great CD!! I hope Fr. Stan will come out with "More Traditional Catholic Hymns".  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)

32 of 52 people found the following review helpful: "Traditional Catholic Hymns"?, August 21, 2002 By  Teresa Alantua, 16 (Silicon Valley, California) - See all my reviews Why is this "Traditional" CD full of songs produced in the last 40 years? (a mere second in the life of the Church, young grasshopper ;-) ) Frankly, liturgical music has been has been in a pretty sorry state for the last few decades. "On Eagle's Wings" isn't as theologically dubious as some of the other songs I've suffered through at Mass, but the words aren't exactly INSPIRED, and the melody sounds like a rather unsubtle score for a melodramatic moment in a movie. And why make the situation worse by rendering songs in jazz and rap styles, among others? It MATTERS what style music is played in, and twisting music like this just for the sake of novelty is not nessesarily good for worship. What's next, "Death Metal Mass, to be sung by KISS"? Anyway, I'm kinda sad they didn't put "Faith of Our Fathers" or "Holy God We Praise Thy Name" on here... Not to mention the Tantum Ergo, Pange Lingua, Vexilla Regis, etc. Sigh...  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)