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The Power of Your Love by Hillsong Worship

Hillsong's 1992 debut live worship album, the first of a long line, which I came to long after it was recorded.

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Zooropa by U2

U2's experimental 1993 record trades stadium rock for electronic textures, a strange and rewarding album I found years later.

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Masters of Chant Chapter VIII by Gregorian

Gregorian's 2011 album sets pop and rock songs to choral chant, familiar tunes reshaped into something solemn.

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God's Not Dead by Newsboys

The Newsboys' 2011 album leans into worship and anthem, a bold record built around one defiant title song.

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Come to the Well by Casting Crowns

Casting Crowns' 2011 album writes plainly about grace and worth, story songs that meet people where they hurt.

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Be Lifted High by Bethel Music

Bethel Music's 2011 live album gathers warm, spacious worship from a single church, songs that grew in the room.

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Mylo Xyloto by Coldplay

Coldplay's bright, restless 2011 concept album, a record I came to late and found bolder than its reputation.

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Vice Verses by Switchfoot

Switchfoot's 2011 rock album holds doubt and faith side by side, restless songs about living with both at once.

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God Is Able by Hillsong Worship

Hillsong's 2011 live worship album rests on one steady promise, big congregational songs about God's ability.

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Another Realm by Iona

Iona's 2011 double album weaves Celtic folk and prog rock into a long, sweeping work about the unseen world.

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For the Honor by Elevation Worship

Elevation Worship's 2011 debut live album brings bright, bold church songs from a young Charlotte congregation.

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The Cross of Changes by Enigma

A late discovery of Enigma's 1993 album, a moody blend of world voices, chant, and downtempo electronica.

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Chronologie by Jean-Michel Jarre

Jean-Michel Jarre's 1993 electronic suite on the theme of time, an instrumental record I came to long after it appeared.

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Awakening: Live from Chicago by Jesus Culture

Jesus Culture's 2011 double live album captures a loud, hungry worship night, raw and long and full of fire.

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Aftermath by Hillsong United

Hillsong United's 2011 studio album turns inward and atmospheric, worship songs shaped by quiet and weight.

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Rattle and Hum by U2

A late discovery of U2's 1988 album, a sprawling live and studio record about America, roots, and rock itself.

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A Day Without Rain by Enya

Enya's calm 2000 album, layered Celtic-tinged songs about time and seasons, found by me years after it appeared.

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And If Our God Is for Us... by Chris Tomlin

Chris Tomlin's 2010 worship record, a confident set of modern hymns about a God who is for us.

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The Celts by Enya

Enya's 1992 reissue of her 1987 debut, a soundtrack to a Celtic history series, which I found years after its release.

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Dark Side of the Chant by Gregorian

Gregorian's 2010 record, rock and pop songs reworked as choral chant, solemn and oddly moving.

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Here Is Love by Bethel Music

Bethel Music's first live album from 2010, spontaneous and unguarded worship recorded among the congregation.

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Beyond These Shores by Iona

Iona's 1993 Celtic concept album, a voyage drawn from the legend of St Brendan, which I found long after its release.

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Équinoxe by Jean-Michel Jarre

Jean-Michel Jarre's 1978 instrumental electronic suite, a flowing eight-part work I found decades after its release.

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Born Again by Newsboys

Newsboys' bold 2010 reset, the first album with Michael Tait up front, full of big hooks and a clear call to start over.

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A Beautiful Exchange by Hillsong Worship

Hillsong's 2010 live worship record, a warm and singable set built around grace given and received.

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