Healing Rain by Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith's 2004 release, craft and polish in every chorus. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
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Winter Chants by Gregorian
Gregorian gather carols and ballads into a 2014 winter record, choral voices and gentle arrangements for the quiet end of the year.
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Love Ran Red by Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin centres his 2014 worship album Love Ran Red on the cross, with congregational songs of grace, awe, and a gathered table.
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Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. by for KING & COUNTRY
for KING & COUNTRY return in 2014 with a bold pop-rock record about living fully, holding fast to faith, and loving without holding back.
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Between the Stars by Flyleaf
Flyleaf return in 2014 with Between the Stars, a melodic alternative rock record marking a new chapter and singer, full of fire and resolve.
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Songs of Innocence by U2
U2 look back to their youth on the 2014 album Songs of Innocence, a record of first loves, lost friends, and the music that shaped them.
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Métamorphoses by Jean-Michel Jarre
A later discovery: Jean-Michel Jarre's 2000 album adds voices to his electronic sound, turning instrumentals into strange, warm songs.
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Power of the Blues by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 2004 release, expressive playing rooted in the blues. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
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Glory by Kutless
Kutless turn fully to worship on their 2014 record Glory, pairing rock guitars with congregational songs of revelation, restoration, and praise.
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No Other Name by Hillsong Worship
Hillsong Worship deliver a live 2014 album about the name of Jesus, grace for broken vessels, and faith confessed together in one room.
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BarlowGirl by BarlowGirl
BarlowGirl's 2004 release, guitars with weight and drive. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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Ghost Stories by Coldplay
Coldplay's quiet, wounded 2014 album, a record of loss I returned to and heard with fresh ears.
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You Make Me Brave by Bethel Music
Bethel Music capture a live 2014 worship album about courage drawn from love, recorded at a women's conference in Redding, California.
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Ethnicity by Yanni
Yanni's 2003 release, a set of melodic instrumental pieces. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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Unstoppable Love by Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture capture a 2014 live album about a love that will not stop, with surrendered praise led by Kim Walker-Smith and Chris Quilala.
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Iona by Iona
Iona's 1990 Celtic Christian debut, a record of wind and water I came to long after it was made.
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Only King Forever by Elevation Worship
Elevation Worship deliver a live 2014 album of strong congregational anthems about grace, kingship, and a God raised to life forever.
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Thrive by Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns return in 2014 with Thrive, a pop-rock record about rooted faith, honesty in hard seasons, and growing rather than merely surviving.
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Harem by Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman's 2003 release, soaring vocal lines over lush arrangements. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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Fading West by Switchfoot
Switchfoot pair surf-film images with rock songs about purpose on their 2014 record Fading West, a search for life beyond the routine.
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Take Me to Your Leader by Newsboys
A 1996 Newsboys record I found years later, the sixth album, bright Christian pop rock with a playful heart.
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Grandezza by Jan Mulder
Jan Mulder's 2003 release, calm and patient instrumental writing. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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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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The Last Samurai (Original Motion Picture Score) by Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer's 2003 release, orchestral writing made to serve the screen. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
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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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