Strong Tower by Kutless
Kutless set aside the hard rock for a full worship album in 2005, gathering songs of refuge and shelter.
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God He Reigns by Hillsong Worship
Hillsong's 2005 live worship album centres on the reign of God, with big, confident songs of praise.
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The Joshua Tree by U2
U2's 1987 masterpiece, a vast record about America and longing that I found long after it became a classic.
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The Dark Side by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2004 album turns rock and gothic songs into solemn chant, finding the ache under famous music.
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How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb by U2
U2's 2004 album returns to big, heartfelt rock, wrestling with faith, family, and grief beneath the anthems.
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Devotion by Newsboys
Newsboys follow their worship turn with this warm 2004 album of praise, including Blessed Be Your Name.
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Mmhmm by Relient K
Relient K's 2004 album keeps the hooks but digs deeper into grace, regret, and growing up.
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Welcome to Diverse City by TobyMac
TobyMac's 2004 album mixes hip hop, rock, and funk into a joyful celebration of a diverse, faith-filled city.
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Arriving by Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin's 2004 album gathered the modern worship songs, including How Great Is Our God, that churches still sing.
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Glo by Delirious?
A 2000 Delirious? record found later: a continuous worship rock set built around recurring glow-in-the-dark interludes.
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For All You've Done by Hillsong Worship
Hillsong's 2004 live worship album leans into gratitude, gathering a congregation around thanks for grace.
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Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel Jarre's 1976 electronic landmark, six wordless movements I discovered long after they reshaped the genre.
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More Than Life by Hillsong United
Hillsong United's 2004 live album captures a youth congregation singing bold, guitar-driven worship.
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Alien Youth by Skillet
A 2001 Skillet album found later: heavier, electronic-tinged Christian rock about faith standing apart from the crowd.
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Sea of Faces by Kutless
Kutless step from hard rock toward melody on this 2004 album about being known by name in a faceless crowd.
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Watermark by Enya
Enya's 1988 breakthrough built a whole world from layered voices, a calm Celtic record I found years after its release.
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World Service by Delirious?
The British band Delirious? balance arena rock and honest worship on this ambitious 2003 album about grace.
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Masters of Chant Chapter IV by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2003 album reworks famous pop and rock songs as solemn neo-Gregorian chant for a choir of voices.
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Collide by Skillet
Skillet's 2003 record where they sharpen into a heavier rock band while keeping faith at the centre.
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Casting Crowns by Casting Crowns
The 2003 debut from a band of church volunteers, full of plain-spoken songs about honesty, calling, and grace.
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Voyageur by Enigma
Enigma's 2003 album drops the Gregorian chant for a brighter, more human electronic sound about travel and change.
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Hope by Hillsong Worship
Hillsong's 2003 live worship album gathers a congregation around songs of trust, including the quiet anchor Still.
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Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do by Relient K
Relient K's witty 2003 pop-punk record hides real heart and faith under its fast hooks and silly jokes.
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Adoration by Newsboys
Newsboys turn to congregational praise on this 2003 worship album, trading clever pop for songs the church can sing.
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The Beautiful Letdown by Switchfoot
Switchfoot's 2003 breakthrough turns the ache of feeling out of place into a call to live for so much more.
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