I pulled out a couple old CDs that I had not listened to in a while, and decided that they are two of my all time favorites
Jesus Freak by DC Talk. Great production, music and lyrics. There are only one or two songs on the CD that I dont enjoy, and I think they deal with some real issues.
God by Rebecca St James. Once again great production, music and lyrics. She also looks at real problems and issues in her lyrics, and I think reaches young people (and not so young like me) with her music.
Of course I grew up in the late 60s and 70s and my favorite singers were people like Stevie Ray Vaughn, 3 Dog night (thier early stuff), ZZ Top, Led Zepplin etc. I was also a big Mo Town fan. Not eveyone will have my biasis, but who are some of your all time favorite CDs and why
Favorite Album/CD
Discussion in 'Music Ministry' started by Jimmy C, Oct 4, 2003.
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My favorite Christian albums:
Randy Stonehill - "Fire"
Peter Mayer - "Stars and Promises/Stirrin' Up the Water"
Julie Miller - "Meet Julie Miller"
Allies - "Long Way From Paradise"
Some of my favorite mainstream albums (this one is a little harder since my tastes change all the time):
Jimmy Buffett - "Beaches, Bars, Boats and Ballads"
Jimmy Buffett - a bootleg copy (from the soundboard, no less) of his show at Camden this year)
Jerry Jeff Walker - "Cowboy BOots and Bathin' Suits"
Lyle Lovett - "Live in Texas".
Others too numerous to mention. -
Christian CD's
Skillet-Alien Youth
Skillet-Invincible
Skillet-Self Titled
12 Stones-Self Titled
Pillar-Fireproof
Relient K-Two Lefts Don't Make a Right But Three Do
Relient K-The Anatomy of Tounge In Cheek
Disciple-Back Again
Disciple-By God
Disciple-This Might Sting A Little
Stifle The Folly-This Upside Down Existance
Sonic Flood-Self Titled
Kutless-Self Titled
Secular CD's
Chevelle-Wonder What's Next (Also known to be a christian band)
Alien Ant Farm-TruANT
Alien Ant Farm-ANThology
Staind-14 Shades Of Grey
Wierd Al Yankovic-Poodle Hat
Wierd Al Yankovic-Running With Scizzors
Wierd Al Yankovic-Bad Hair Day
Daft Punk-One More Time
There are others but i cant think at the moment -
here goes
Christian:
The Benjamin Gate- the demos, sadly this group just broke up.
Jennifer Knapp-Kansas, a cgristian Ani Defranco
Kendal Payne- Jordan's Sister- What happend to her?
Twila Paris- Sanctuary, the greatest living hymn writter
Rebecca St. James- Transformed- the christian Madonna
Secular:
Black Sabbath- Master of Reality
Marilyn Manson- Holy Wood
Megadeth- Youthinasia
Ozzy Osbourne- The Blizzard of Ozz
Johnny Cash- American Recordings Vol I
Bad Religon- Suffer
The Sisters of Mercy- Floodland
The Pogues- If I should Fall From Grace With God
Neil Young- Live Rust
Les Miserables- The Complete Symphonic Recording
Flogging Molly- Swagger
Jane's Addiction- Kettle Whistle
just a few. Hey I like the spiritual stuff whatcan I say -
Favorite Christian albums:
Speechless - Steven Curtis Chapman
Worship - Michael W. Smith
All albums by Jars of Clay (The first one the most, If I Left The Zoo the least.)
Revival in Belfast and Come Heal This Land - Robin Mark
Spoken For - Mercyme
Supernatural - dcTalk
Secular:
Revolver - The Beatles (ANY album by the Beatles, actually)
Aja - Steely Dan
In The Flat Field - Bauhaus
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (actually, anything by them as well!)
The first six albums by U2
Every album by Crowded House
I could go on and on and on.........
Great call on Floodland Cash1611!!
How about A Slight Case of Overbombing?? -
Hysteria - Def Leppard.
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And they say that rock music hasn't affected the minds of a generation. Right. :eek:
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Dr Bob,
I would definitly say that Rock music HAS affected the minds of a generation or two or three generations by now.
The fact that Christian rock music speaks to the hearts of those that grew up on rock music simply means that music is reaching people for Christ as it always has.
The fact that I have Chrisitian music that speaks to me, as hymns, or the Gaithers speak - for the most part - to an older generation is fantastic.
Our church has a mixture of Hymns and choruses. I respect the needs of our seniors to hear Hymns - they are their Heart music. The seniors in our church also respect the need of our younger folks to hear music that speaks to their hearts -
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I am starting a new thread on this question of how christian rock "reaches" the generations weaned on rock (so as not to steal this thread).
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I used to listen to allot of that trash you all mentioned above when I was out of fellowship with the Lord. Now that my fellowship is restored, I listen to nothing but hymnal type music, something that I can understand, something that puts my mind on the Lord and what he has done for me and what I should be doing for him. It is sad to see Christians that (in my opinion) listen to Godly music on Sunday and listen to worldy music any other day. But, since most Christians are not sitting under conviction preaching, I can understand just a tad.
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Oh, sorry. Did you say something? </font>[/QUOTE]1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
I will pray that he releases you from his grasp.
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As for "sitting under conviction preaching," perhaps you should not make assumptions about people with whom you are not acquainted.... -
Sheesh, Mike's unsaved, and Mike is in the devil's grasp. I'm taking bets on who will be the first to call Mike the antichrist.
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Christian:
Time Third Day
Jars of Clay Jars of Clay
Sing Alleluia City on a Hill
Secular:
August and Everything After Counting Crows
Abbey Road The Beatles
Boats Jimmy Buffett -
As for "sitting under conviction preaching," perhaps you should not make assumptions about people with whom you are not acquainted.... </font>[/QUOTE]So with that said, what do you listen to most? Also, if I took your collection of music and weighed them by God honoring music vs seculiar music, which would weigh the most? -
I'll just bet you worked on that all day.....
My taste in music is best described as eclectic. As my taste in art is skewed towards all things Baroque, my absolute favorite music is classical, and my favorite composer is Bach. William F. Buckley Jr. said it with such eloquence that I will quote him: Three hundred years ago on March 21 Johann Sebastian Bach was born. The event is as though God had decided to clear His throat to remind the world of His existence. [March 23, 1985]
Because secular would include my VAST collection of classical CD's as well, it would indeed "weigh the most." What does that prove?
I noticed that you seemingly have a fixation upon outward appearances. You have dropped the "avoid-the-appearance-of-evil" card in more than one discussion, and now you would endeavor to weigh my CD collection, segregating them by genre. To what would you attribute this? Why are you so consumed with the external? -
It has always been a matter of curiosity to me --
why classical music is considered "evil." Certainly,
some -- most -- of the composers were not
believers; regardless, they had God-given talents,
and they used them. Does their state of grace
make their music any more evil than does a non-
believer singing or playing music written by a
believer? This just does not make sense.
ALso, that "avoid the appearance of evil"
scripture is not even about that. Read it in Greek
and see what was intended by the writer, not by
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You know, I will tell you what is certainly evil in
music:
1. Those without talent and/or the tone-deaf
claiming to be musicians
2. Cacaphony being called "music"
3. Words which lead one astray
4. "Christian" music that teaches lies and that
is uninformed
5. Adultry, fornication, rape, murder and suicide
being praised
6. The evil imaginations of people toward certain
types of music, instruments, and beats, calling
them all, globally, evil.
Ridiculous.
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