It Is Well by Kutless
Kutless trade their rock edge for a warm 2009 worship album of hymns and modern songs about faith holding firm.
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Forget and Not Slow Down by Relient K
Relient K's 2009 album is bright, bittersweet pop punk about moving on after a break-up without letting it stop you.
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Masters of Chant Chapter VII by Gregorian
Gregorian's 2009 album recasts well-known rock and pop songs as solemn choral chant, calm and strangely moving.
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Awake by Skillet
Skillet's 2009 breakthrough is loud, anthemic hard rock about fighting through the dark and waking up alive.
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Dark Days in Paradise by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 1997 release, expressive playing rooted in the blues. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
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Faith + Hope + Love by Hillsong Worship
Hillsong's 2009 live worship album is a wide, generous set of praise songs built for a singing congregation.
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Momentum by TobyMac
TobyMac's 2001 solo debut, a bright mix of hip hop and pop rock that I only found years later and now return to often.
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God by Rebecca St. James
Rebecca St. James's 1996 release, bright, well-built pop songs. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
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MCMXC a.D. by Enigma
Enigma's 1990 debut blends Gregorian chant with downtempo electronics, a strange hypnotic record I found years on.
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In the Hands of God by Newsboys
The Newsboys' 2009 album is bright, hook-led pop rock about trust and rest, the last to feature Peter Furler up front.
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Consumed by Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture's 2009 live album is long-form, hunger-driven worship led by Kim Walker-Smith's soaring voice.
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Waiting for Cousteau by Jean-Michel Jarre
A 1990 instrumental record by Jean-Michel Jarre, found years later: bright calypso pieces and a long, calm ocean drift.
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Fly by Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman's 1995 release, soaring vocal lines over lush arrangements. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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No Line on the Horizon by U2
U2's 2009 album is their most experimental in years, restless rock searching for the line where sky meets sea.
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October by U2
U2's 1981 second album is their most openly spiritual, a raw, searching record I came to long after its release.
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I'll Lead You Home by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 1995 release, craft and polish in every chorus. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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Masters of Chant by Gregorian
Gregorian's 1999 album of pop and rock songs sung as chant, a curious record I stumbled on much later.
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Not Ashamed by Newsboys
Newsboys' 1992 album catches the band early, a bright, cheeky pop rock record about plain, open faith.
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And Winter Came... by Enya
Enya's 2008 album draws on winter and Christmas, a calm, layered record of snow, light and quiet wonder.
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All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2
U2's warm 2000 return to song and heart, an album I revisited and found wiser than I remembered.
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Blues for Greeny by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 1995 release, expressive playing rooted in the blues. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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Seven Lives Many Faces by Enigma
Enigma's 2008 album mixes chant, beats and warm voices into a calm record about lives lived and faces worn.
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Hello Love by Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin's 2008 worship album turns plain songs of praise outward, toward the city and the wider world.
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To Know That You're Alive by Kutless
Kutless return to a harder rock sound on their 2008 album, with loud guitars and songs about doubt and rescue.
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The I Heart Revolution: With Hearts as One by Hillsong United
Hillsong United's 2008 double live album, taped around the world, collects two hours of youth worship into one big set.
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