Sales Rank:626 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $5.98 Lowest Used Price: $7.25 Artist(s):
Lecrae
Tracks:
Rebel Intro
Don't Waste Your Life
Go Hard
Identity
Indwelling Sin
Breathin' to Death
Truth
Desperate
Change
Fall Back
Live Free
Got Paper
I'm a Saint
The Bride
Beautiful Feet
What are we here for? God created us to Glorify him. So in word, thought, and deed Lecrae's mission is to do simply that. Understanding that Christians live as regenerate (born again) people in an unregenerate (not born again) world, he knows the odds are against him. With no ambitions of being the next big thing or dreams of fame and wealth, Lecrae simply wants to point listeners in the direction of the Cross.
Sales Rank:519 List Price: $13.98 Lowest New Price: $8.68 Lowest Used Price: $6.93 Artist(s):
Michael W. Smith
Tracks:
Christmas Angels
It's a Wonderful Christmas
The Promise
Song for the King
Christmas Day
A Highland Carol
Sing Noel, Sing Hallelujah
Son of God
What Child Is This
Audrey's Gift
All Year Long
2007 holiday release from one of the most popular Contemporary Christian Music artists of all time. It's A Wonderful Christmas features nine original songs and one standard performed by Michael and a 67-piece orchestra, recorded at London's famous Abbey Road Studios. This album is perhaps the most anticipated seasonal release this year, so don't be left out in the cold without it! Columbia.
Sales Rank:573 List Price: $9.98 Lowest New Price: $3.73 Lowest Used Price: $5.24 Artist(s):
Tracks:
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - MercyMe, Sears, Edmund H.
Gloria - MercyMe, Public Domain
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - MercyMe, Traditional
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - MercyMe, Marks, Johnny
Winter Wonderland/White Christmas - MercyMe, Bernard, Felix
Christmas Time Is Here - MercyMe, Guaraldi, Vince
Silent Night - MercyMe, Mohr, Joseph
Away - MercyMe, Murray, James R.
Drummer Boy - MercyMe, Davis, Katherin
I Heard the Bells - MercyMe, Longfellow, Henry W
O Holy Night - MercyMe, Dwight, John Sulliv
Joseph's Lullaby - MercyMe, Millard, Bart
Stocking caps off to Mercyme, the best selling Christian rock band, for making a solid Christmas rock record that ranks as one of the year's best holiday releases. The Christmas Sessions showcase Bart Millard's arching pipes and the band's ability to rock many of the traditional hymns and popular carols without excess or restraint. No mean feat. Even "Silent Night," here played as it were always a country-rocker (with Amy Grant singing harmony), is rendered with spirited reinvention, while the band's guitar-driven sound always seems to draw yet more from such classics as "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "It Came Upon The Midnight Clear." Although the entire group could be accused of being U2's poor American cousins (despite Millard not yet having achieved the global sainthood of Bono for his humanitarian work), no one is going to be disappointed if this record gets wrapped up with a cool bow and pretty paper, or stuffed in a long stocking hanging on the mantle. Highly recommended. --Martin Keller
Sales Rank:710 List Price: $16.98 Lowest New Price: $8.47 Lowest Used Price: $8.75 Artist(s):
Switchfoot
Tracks:
Dare You To Move
Meant To Live
Stars
Oh! Gravity.
This Is Home
Learning To Breathe
Awakening
This Is Your Life
On Fire
Only Hope
Dirty Second Hands
Love Is The Movement
Company Car
Lonely Nation
The Shadow Proves The Sunshine
Concrete Girl
Twenty-four
The Beautiful Letdown
The Best Yet is Switchfoot's first greatest hits compilation and it features the best songs from all their albums. Over the course of 10 years, Switchfoot has become one of the most successful and respected bands in rock music and they are is known for creating groundbreaking music that is compelling for both its sound and presence, and socially aware lyrics. With their breakthrough album The Beautiful Letdown, Switchfoot's music resonated with a broader audience and they saw two singles climb into the Top 10 at Pop Radio.
Sales Rank:806 List Price: $17.98 Lowest New Price: $12.11 Lowest Used Price: $9.95 Artist(s):
Tobymac
Tracks:
One World
Made to Love
Boomin'/Opera Trip
I'm for You
Face of the Earth/Chuck @ Artist Development
No Ordinary Love
Ignition
Hype Man (Trudog '07) - tobyMac,
Suddenly
All In (Letting Go)/Mr. Talkbox
Feelin' So Fly
No Signal - tobyMac,
Lose My Soul/Afterparty
With an "alright, this time it's for real" promise, Toby Mac turns the keys of the ignition and hits the gas on Portable Sounds, his third and most impressive solo effort to date. The musician-producer sounds more confident and comfortable than ever before, deftly mixing elements of rap, rock, pop, R&B, funk, and even a little reggae into a deliciously creative entrée. Some of the "joints on this record" – as Toby Mac's boy TruDog calls them – fall more into one style or another. Yet the world party sound that Toby Mac introduced on his previous Diverse City is built upon here with the opening "One World" as well as "No Ordinary Love." Pop flavors more tracks than before with guitar-driven numbers like "Made to Love," "I'm For You," and the infectious "Suddenly." Fans will also be pleased as TruDog is indeed back on the ridiculously cute "Hype Man." Urgent rockers like "Ignition" and the silky smooth "Lose My Soul" give even more spice and variety to liven up an already electric mix. The latter track is finely tuned with guest vocals from Kirk Franklin and Toby Mac pal Mandisa. Much like Sting, Toby Mac has transcended a former identity (as part of the D.C. Talk super group) and grown into an artist worthy of merit on his own. Portable Sounds stands up to repeated listens with a fresh and energetic sound and a buoyant and unapologetic joy seldom heard. --Michael Lyttle