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Nothing Is Wasted by Elevation Worship

Elevation Worship's 2013 live album about a God who wastes no part of our pain, recorded with a roaring crowd.

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Masters of Chant Chapter IX by Gregorian

Gregorian's 2013 album turns modern hits into solemn chant, from a U2 anthem to an R.E.M. ballad.

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Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! by Enigma

A 1996 Enigma record I found years later, the third album, where chant and electronics search for the eternal.

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Collapsible Lung by Relient K

Relient K's 2013 album is their brightest pop turn, a lighter record about love, doubt, and trying again.

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Glorious Ruins by Hillsong Worship

Hillsong Worship's 2013 live album about faith found in broken places, recorded with a full church singing along.

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Rise by Skillet

Skillet's 2013 record turns the noise outward, a hard rock album about young people fighting to rise above fear and despair.

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Tides by Bethel Music

Bethel Music's 2013 debut studio album, spacious worship about being carried by the love of God.

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Restart by Newsboys

Newsboys' 2013 album leans into bright pop rock, a record about second chances and starting the day with God.

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Best Friend by Hillsong United

A later discovery: Hillsong United's 2000 live album captures the young worship band's early fire and plain devotion.

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Les Chants Magnétiques (Magnetic Fields) by Jean-Michel Jarre

A 1981 electronic landmark I found years later, Jarre's Magnetic Fields, four parts of pure synthesiser music.

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Zion by Hillsong United

Hillsong United's 2013 album reworks worship through electronic textures, the home of the song Oceans.

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Burning Lights by Chris Tomlin

Chris Tomlin's 2013 album sets bright, singable worship around the image of light against the dark.

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Going Public by Newsboys

The Newsboys' bright 1994 album Going Public mixes pop rock and wit with songs of grace, an old record I found later.

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Live from New York by Jesus Culture

Jesus Culture's 2012 Live from New York is a long, fervent night of worship with Martin Smith and Kim Walker-Smith.

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Masters of Chant Chapter III by Gregorian

Gregorian's 2002 third volume of chant covers, a darker, leaner set I found while exploring the series.

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New Horizons by Flyleaf

Flyleaf's 2012 New Horizons is a heavy, hopeful album, the last with Lacey Sturm, full of fire and farewell.

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Epic Chants by Gregorian

Gregorian's 2012 Epic Chants reworks film and pop anthems as choral, monastic settings, grand and oddly soothing.

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Open Sky by Iona

A later discovery: Iona's 2000 album folds Celtic folk and progressive rock into long, open instrumentals about faith and place.

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Eye on It by TobyMac

TobyMac's 2012 album Eye on It blends Christian hip hop and pop rock with electronic colour and bright, hopeful hooks.

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Cornerstone by Hillsong Worship

Hillsong Worship's 2012 live album Cornerstone gathers a great congregation around songs of grace, hope, and surrender.

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The Loft Sessions by Bethel Music

Bethel Music's 2012 The Loft Sessions is an intimate, acoustic worship record, warm and unhurried in its tone.

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Live in Miami by Hillsong United

Hillsong United's 2012 Live in Miami captures a long, electric night of worship with a young, charged sound.

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Now by Fireflight

Fireflight's 2012 album Now pairs hard, driving rock with a powerful female vocal and lyrics about resilience and hope.

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Believer by Kutless

Kutless return in 2012 with a heavier, worship-minded record that pairs hard guitars with songs of faith and endurance.

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Crave by for KING & COUNTRY

The 2012 debut from for KING & COUNTRY pairs cinematic pop rock with hopeful lyrics about change, longing, and grace.

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