3 Heath Brothers "Not So Silent Night"

While their version of this classic was faithful and worthy of multiple listens, I prefer the eponymous "opener," which gives us a glimpse into their collective personality as a group. Then, they decided to take a deeper dive and give us a beautiful song that lists some likely possibilities of "What God Wants for Christmas."

Could it be a trend? After this triplicate of covers, or what many may call a medley, a dark cloud looms and the brothers sing a somber tune. Most wouldn't say the season's temperature rose when we lost a loved one, or they left us, we would say "Christmas Got Colder."

This next medley of "Feliz Navidad/ Come On, It's Christmas/We Wish You a Merry Christmas" was followed by a much warmer and hopeful sentiment with their cover of "I'll Be Home for Christmas." 

Though, if I had to choose my favorite of covers it would have to be their version of "Mary, Did You Know?" I have heard several versions but, with the multi-layered treatment with enough variety of instrumentation, and the right tone, to score the scope of the majesty that is the birth of Jesus Christ, without going overboard and cheapening it, this is my favorite.

 

The album gets even better with "This Year (Happy New Year)" with a joyful tone and a hopeful heart that oft appears at the prospect of the new year.

There is so much I can say about the finale, other than its my favorite, but I'll say this: it not only tells the greatest story ever told with engaging and rousing melodies, instrumentation and harmonies, but it also finds one of brothers attempting to lead someone back to Christ. Is it done? Is it well? 

The record could not have had a finer end.