Song Title		MP3 Price
1	Carry On Coningsby	-	-	-
2	Torn Corners	Listen	-	-
3	Cold Fear	-	-	-
4	I Will Give	Listen	-	-
5	All To The World I Leave	-	-	-
6	Rambler ‘68	-	-	-
7	Ordinary Time	-	-	-
8	Nocturne In P	-	-	-
9	Prayer Of St. Francis	Listen	-	-
10	Ode To A Porch Swing	-	-	-

Ordinary Time is about giving value and priority to the small tasks in life. A devotion to the idea that it is not how much you do in life that is important but how much love you put into doing it. As portrayed in fine foreign films, truth and beauty often reside in the anonymous, the simple, and the ordinary.

The album is 43 minutes in length. The tempo is slow and tranquil. Among the instruments is an assortment of guitars, piano, organ, banjo, harmonica, accordion and some percussion. Ten ballads that can be seen as well as heard like an intimate collection of paintings beginning in the Italian school followed by a tribute to the French impressionists and coming to a rest in the pioneer spirit forged by American soul.

It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play, They've been going in and out of style, But they're guaranteed to raise a smile. So may I introduce to you…Bert Hill??? Yes, Bert Hill. Who is he and what's the Beatle reference? Bert Hill’s father was the late Beatle John Lennon’s limo driver. Lennon music style helped influence Bert ,and of course Bert’s dad being a known limo driver helped pay for Bert’s education. Many of John Lennon’s positive messages have helped to influence Bert Hill’s CD Ordinary Time. Bert has a laid back, almost folk sound. It’s almost Test Crash Dummies meet Don McLean. Bert’s songs are reflections on life and God’s influence on it and him. “Rambler ‘68” is an excellent song about remembering memories as life is coming to an end and all is turning gray, yet God is your guide…”You’re my bright beacon, you are my best savior and best friend.” The title track, “Ordinary Time,” is really a love song to Jesus. It’s how we are doing time while we wait for Him. “I want to break out, I want to celebrate all the sacred mysteries in Your life...” Bert presents a beautiful adaptation of the “Prayer of St. Francis”. He tells us he wants to be the man that God made him to be in the song “I Will Give”: “I want to live after I die, so all I have I will give.” Ordinary Time's tempo is slow and tranquil. Among the instruments are an assortment of guitars, piano, organ, banjo, harmonica, accordion and some percussion. Bert Hill is currently a candidate for a Master's Degree in Theology at Loyola Marymount University. He volunteers as a teacher of adult and children's religious education at St. Francis of Assisi in East Los Angeles. This is a ‘don’t miss it’ kind of CD!

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Loved it! 12/6/2005 -

Reviewer: Crystal - Los Angeles