They cut the wonderful lyrics of the verses and replaced them with a ...
585855
They cut the wonderful lyrics of the verses and replaced them with a lot of cliches.  Why does modern worship keep doing this?  They turned a great hymn into a bland CCM song.
3415113
I was looking for the song without the "radio edit" words in place of his actual lyrics - dissapointed again!
4475766
Songwriting masterpiece! Much improved from the pervious chaos that I stilled enjoyed. Great original lyrics. F@#$ing sincere.
579507
I wish they put all the lyrics for the other versus underneath the music instead of adding them as paragraphs.
4351502
I liked this song because it took the hymn It is well and added some contemporary lyrics to it. :)
1999843
While I have not actually listened to the accompanying CD yet, the illustrations in this book are good. My complaint is with regards to the lyrics. Froggy no longer has a sword and pistol but rather flowers. Even the two accompanying lyrics at the back of the book have him carrying flowers. While I am not adverse to flowers, I find it unfortunate that a supposed "Smithsonian Institution" book has disregarded part of the historical aspect of this old song to appease modern audiences. Aside from this though, I will admit that the book is quite good.
3225493
I bought this CD because it contained a great collection of songs, many of which are hard to come by now from the original artists. But I was very dissapointed that several of the songs wound up on somebody's cutting board! Just to name 2 examples, "Valley Girl" and "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital B-bop)" both had their last verses removed. So buyer beware.
2775414
This changes everything. Suddenly verses that made no sense to me, old hymns with lyrics I never understood. ..Suddenly everything is new! I feel like Crowder took my eye glasses off my face, cleaned them with his shirt tail, and handed them back clean and clear. Now I see things I've NEVER seen before and my eyes are opened to how wrongly Scripture has been divided to exclude the inheritance of joy they were pointing to. This changes EVERYTHING.
2803654
Wonderful job on the remixing and remastering of these classic songs.  There are parts of songs that I have not heard before and I highly recommend this even though you might have the records and discs already!
4016109
I love the new mixes of these brilliant songs, all written in the worst of times. My car stereo speakers love the new mixes too, since playing the old ones sounds like my speakers are about to blow! "From first to last the peak is never passed", you might say. 'Love this brilliant re-painting of an underrated masterpiece of dark thoughts. It's a bit like reading Poe at times. You feel so bad for the poet, but reading the poetry is a wonderful experience that stirs the soul.
971955
This song is better, but the artist needs to make very good change to alternate the song to make it more attractive. This should also be done on every single song in the album.
3383897
I was disappointed to find that the writing had been changed from the original, thus eliminating the charming dialect from the story. It changes everything and detracts significantly from the original, and nothing about this change was mentioned in the description. So sad.
2226668
I like the singer but some of the cuts are not like the original recordings.
2482498
Raspy voice singing these vulnerable lyrics....BEAUTIFUL!
3128073
I really liked this book with verses, songs,and prose...My only problem that I had with this book was all the misspelled words and the and the way paragraphs were put in and also how it was broken at the end of sentences . Otherwise it was great.
4270979
After hearing that Billy Sherwood's remix was finally going to be released on the 4th. I decided that I better snag it because honestly, I didn't really care for the original mix that much. The songs seemed to be lacking that dynamic sound and some parts just did not fit in well with the songs.

Fast forward a day later. I sit with the digital copy in my hands of the deluxe edition and threw on my Motorheadphones and WOW! I was very impressed with the newly refreshed sound that Mr. Sherwood has given the songs. Basically all the songs have a new atmospheric sound to them, new life, new parts added, some parts thrown out and all the songs have their own new life and they sound great! A very much improved and needed remix! I give it 4/5 starts compared to the original mix that I gave 2.5/5 stars.

This is definately worth getting a 2nd spin. Hopefully people's minds change after hearing this a 2nd time around. I know my thoughts have. 4/5 stars. Check it out!
2358939
And for all those who prefer the clean version,they do a great job of editing out all the obscenities that are said in this as long. Goes right into your music folder so sing and dance the night away!