Although the release of this album was not supported by LeAnn Rimes herself... it is worth a listen to. The songs on this album are a patriotic look at the USA society as it currently stands...

The highlight of the album is "Holiday in your Heart" which was in fact recorded by Rimes many years ago. This is the most upbeat and worth it song on the album. When listening to this album one cannot judge Rimes on the content, as she had no imput into the release of the album at all... what is good though it that the next album is due out 2002 and it will be a GREAT album!

This album was given a star rating of 4 - only because it is LeAnn Rimes!!

Always Mirren.

I met LeAnn a Concert here in Ct. My wife and I 36 years married are fan club members and were invited to a meet & greet backstage before the show. She's was 17 at the time but mature and just a wonderful teen. Her dad Wilbur took a picture of us together.I have every one of her albums and the God bless America album is very moving but yet very enjoyable. No one shall be disappointed with any of LeAnn's songs.

It's wonderful to know there are still songs that uphold what is right and good in America. I can't believe there are people who don't like this album even though it may be some of her older songs. There are a couple of new gospel songs that are very uplifting,especially Sands of Time. This album is very much worth the time and money. C.T

The release of this album leaves everybody wondering about the motives behind Curb releasing it in the first place. The front cover of the album itself leaves alot to be desired. The picture is as old as the recordings of the songs.

There aren't many country albums that can't find themselves in my CD player, but I am not sure how many people are going to be happy to pump up the volume on this album. Don't get me wrong, LeAnn Rimes is one of the most talented people to emerge on the music scene. But this CD is the exception.

God Bless LeAnn. Curb is out to ruin her.

Not so sure why Curb is releasing this album. It's understandable that many artists and record companies are churning up patriotric songs in the wake of the New War but to release an album of patriotric/inspirational songs is a little too much.

Many of these songs have seen the light of day before and can be found on Rimes' earlier CDs (e.g. the title track, "Amazing Grace," "I Believe," "National Anthem," and "The Lord's Prayer"). So only about half the CD is actually unreleased material. The songs here either fall under the patriotric rubric or they belong to the inspirational/Christian music corpus. Why in the world is Curb perennially re-cycling older and released material by LeAnn Rimes is beyond me. In the long run, this could serious jepoardise her career as fans grow tired of buying "new" CDs by the singer only to find that most of the ongs are dated or have been released.

The production, mostly helmed by daddy Rimes, is extremely dated. "Amazing Grace" has so much echo that it makes you think: "Did they record it in their own kitchen?" Most of the songs are just straight readings of the old standards, with daddy Rimes adding little innovation to how the songs should be played. HINT: time to get a new producer.

The only high point of this CD is Rimes' splendid vocals. She shows us that she can still hit the high notes of "God Bless America" and still tackle with great emotions an inspirational story song "A Broken Wing." "Middle Man" (referring to Jesus the middle man amongst the three crosses) is sung with conviction as Rimes proclaims her love for the Savior.

This is certainly not Rimes at her best: dated and uninspired production with mostly released material. Buy it only if you are a fan or else maybe wait for her actual new CD of new materials.