CCM Reviews

New Chris Tomlin single Jesus Messiah is out

2008-06-25T11:08:00.001-04:00

Chris Tomlin is set to release a new studio CD on September 2, 2008 and has just released the single "Jesus Messiah" on iTunes.

According to EMI CMG, the single is the most added multi-format song in christian radio history.

Chris himself says of the new single and CD:

We need to introduce ourselves to love again.

With each new record, I continue to strive to create songs that will help people voice their worship to God. I hold this as a great responsibility when I begin to think about what the overall recording will look like. Worship is a massive word with a very broad scope, but in the end, it is very simple. It is love! It's our response in love to our great God who loved us first. As well, it's our love for others.

Hopefully these songs will renew in some way or stir up again your love for God and His people.

It¹s pretty exciting these days to see the Church awaken to the portion of it¹s calling where it serves the "least of these," where we carry those less fortunate than ourselves not just in a special place in our hearts, but in our finances, our energy, our life. And the motive and heart behind all of it is love. That's it. More simply put, worship is "love with legs." It's on the move! It's not just words and melody.

As Paul says so well in 1 Cor. 13:13

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Chris Tomlin

Some industry buzz about it:

“Chris Tomlin strikes gold again in his beautiful ballad ‘Jesus Messiah.’ Chris seems unable to pen a bad or even mediocre song. It is simply always spectacular.” –Jon Rivers, music director KLOVE Radio Network

“Chris never disappoints. ‘Jesus Messiah’ is another example of his deep songs that are easy to sing and still keep the focus on the One who deserves the glory.” –Jim Beeler, music director, KSBJ-FM

“I knew Chris Tomlin’s new song, ‘Jesus Messiah’ was going to be an ‘add,’ but I’ve run out of superlatives. It surpassed all our expectations; wow!” –Scott Valentine, program director, KCMS-FM

“Tomlin does it again! It’s honest. It’s sincere. It connects. It’s worship not just for Sundays, but for life lived every day. It’s here, and will be for years to come!” –Chris Lemke, GM/PD WCSG-FM

“I am not sure how Chris keeps doing it, but once again we have a song that is going to be huge! This one is easily on the short list for song of the year already.” –Jeff Cruz, assistant program director, WPOZ-FM

Grant Hubbard, vice president of national promotion for EMI CMG Label Group adds, “Chris Tomlin has once again delivered a song that hits the bull’s eye of radio’s target. 97 out-of-the-box adds shows the belief and trust that radio has for Chris.”

President and CEO of EMI CMG, Bill Hearn also comments, “Chris Tomlin’s songs continue to have a profound effect on culture through the church worldwide and radio’s overwhelming response to ‘Jesus Messiah’ is a powerful indication that this new song will also have tremendous impact. All of us at EMI CMG and sixstepsrecords are honored to play a role in this history making event and look forward to what we believe will be one of the biggest albums of the year in all of music.”

- Scott
tag: christian music

Lot's of new SuperChic[k]

2008-06-05T13:02:00.001-04:00

It has been a while, but Inpop Records and SuperChic[k] have a number of promotions going on for their new record "rock what you got".

there is a free download available, and a contest to win a trip to see SuperChic[k] live, including a hotel and car for the night and dinner with the band.

All this is to promote their new CD, the first in three years, being released on June 24th. They are going on tour as well, to support the new CD. Check the dates on their MySpace page.

- Scott
tag: christian music

Free song download from Kutless

2008-05-20T12:58:00.004-04:00

According to the Kutless website you can now download "The Feeling" from the forthcoming album "To Know That You're Alive" by visiting exclusivekutless.com. You have to give your email address and zip code and will receive a link by email to download the song.

If this preview of the new album "To Know That You're Alive" is any indication, it should be a great CD. I really liked Strong Tower - even though ChristianMusicToday.com gave it only 1 star out of 5 I personally enjoy this CD. I prefer rock sounds to my Christian Praise and the Strong Tower CD delivers. Maybe compared with their first two releases, Kutless and Sea of Faces, you might find Strong Tower a bit tamer, but that is probably because it is A WORSHIP ALBUM!

Back to the new CD: CCM Magazine has a short interview with the band "In The Studio with Kutless - Going behind the scenes to get you ahead of the curve…"

THE MUSIC: Much more intricate for sure. Musically, it’s the best we’ve ever done. Some of the songs are the hardest hitting since our first self-titled album, but the Kutless variety is still there; we’ve got a couple of ballads for sure. –Jon Micah Sumrall

read more about the story behind the title and how their work on this album compares with previous efforts on the CCM Magazine site.

- Scott
tag: christian music

Inpop records giving away a full CD for download from their website

2008-04-22T14:49:00.005-04:00

Inpop records (record company for such notable artists as newsboys, Superchic[k], Tree63, and Shane and Shane, to name a few) is currently giving away a full-length CD. You can download it now from thier website just by giving them your
email address.

The iPop 2008 CD includes the following tracks:

1. Newworldson - Salvation Station
2. newsboys - Your Love Is Better Than Life - St. Petersburg Mix
3. Everyday Sunday - Wake Up! Wake Up!
4. Superchick - We Live 5. Tree63 - Alright
6. Article One - In No Time At All
7. Shane & Shane - We Love You Jesus
8. Jimmy Needham - Lost At Sea
9. Newworldson - Gimme
10. Everyday Sunday - Find Me Tonight
11. Article One - Slow Down

plus a Bonus Video Download...

Get it now!

- Scott
tag: christian music

Rumor: Chris Tomlin working on new ablum

2008-03-24T13:34:00.001-04:00

From Ed Cash's blog: In March 2008, Tomlin and his band began recording a new studio record. The album will include the songs "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "There is Love."

CCM Magazine : print version gone, focus will be on web site

2008-02-28T14:41:00.005-05:00

In a recent press release Salem Communications announced they will no longer produce a monthly printed magazine. Instead, they will "put increased energies toward the continued growth and enhancement of our comprehensive Christian music and entertainment online network featuring CCMMagazine.com, ChristianMusicPlanet.com, CMCentral.com and MyCCM.org."

An online competitor to CCMMagazine.com is ChristianMusicToday.com, part of ChristianityToday.com.

- Scott
tag: christian music

Congregational Church in Exeter NH

2008-02-27T10:47:00.004-05:00

Last fall my family and I started going to the Congregational Church in Exeter, NH. It is a great church! Since going there, my wife and I have become involved in the praise choir. This past Sunday we took it up a notch and played electric guitar and electric bass - everyone who spoke with us afterwards thought it was great! We played "Come, Now Is The Time To Worship" by Brian Doerksen.

- Scott
tag: christian music

review of Tree63 Sunday!

2007-09-28T14:54:00.000-04:00

You probably are aware that the new Tree63 CD entitled Sunday! is out. Have you heard it yet? If not, head over to ChristianMusicToday.com and check the review.

They give it 4 1/2 stars out of a possible 5 and in a nutshell describe it as

"A top-notch, outstanding effort".

They don't stop there, saying also that Sunday!

"brings them back to their roots, even reuniting the South African band with original drummer Darryl Swart. Apparently he was key to their sound—Sunday! is the best album by Tree63 since their 2000 debut, if not their best yet."

Cool!

Another great review comes from Kevan Breitinger who says

"South African rockers Tree63 may be celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, but if fifth album "Sunday!" is any indication, they may have just hit their stride."

and

"Frontman John Ellis has long strained against the constraints of the ‘Christian music’ label, but the new project positively oozes freedom. In fact, the first several tracks brought back some of the trappings of the free love-psychedelic era to mind, minus the pharmaceuticals, of course."

- Scott

christian music

Tree63 - Sunday!

2007-09-19T11:11:00.000-04:00

I have blogged about Tree63 in the past. Here I am again to say that they have a new CD coming out soon, entitled Sunday! Inpop has some samples online for you to hear ... go and hear them!

You can also buy the single on iTunes!

I've listened to the first single quite a bit, and I enjoy it. The new album will be out on the 25th of September. Watch christianMusicToday.com for a review.

And remember what John Ellis says: "Christians need to be socially conscious because Jesus was."

- Scott

christian music

Maeve - live at Bethany Church, Greenland, NH May 10, 2006

2006-05-11T15:43:00.000-04:00

Last night I got to see Maeve perform live at the Cross Point service at Bethany Church, Greenland, NH.

They were great! They had played a few months ago in the 3 Sunday services and blew everyone away, so they had a lot to live up to, and they did!

They played a few songs from their new cd - Whatever Befall, which just came out this month. You can check out a few new tunes from it on their myspace page.

Their home page isn't updated for the new CD yet, other than to say it is out (in the news section) but I suspect it will be updated soon enough. The important thing is that they sound great on their new CD. After seeing them live a few months about and buying their CD, I was disappointed that the CD had drums, bass, etc. They had played with just acoustic guitars, piano, very sparse percussion, and of course their amazing harmonies. The "full band" sound on the CD was unexpected.

Last night they once again played with just piano, acoustic guitar, and even sparser percussion, and let their voices ring out loud and clear. Their harmonies are beautiful.

The new CD is once again a "full band" style, but their harmonies and voices are mixed better and it just sounds better. I like the new CD alot.

I think you will too! Enjoy!

- Scott

tag: christian music

Going to a new church now

2006-04-10T15:41:00.000-04:00

Hi,

Long time, no blog. Oh - I've meant to and wanted to, I just haven't. So sue me!

I started going to a new church in January of this year. It is great - Bethany Church in Greenland, NH. Check it out some time! I am getting psyched to go see the Passion Road there, which starts Thursday. You should really go!

I auditioned for the praise band there and am currently practicing with them, working towards playing during worship later this spring or summer.

That's it for now.

Christmas music on the charts this week

2005-12-12T15:58:00.000-05:00

Several Christmas songs make the top 10 on the Billboard chart this week...

Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary top 10:

1 Casting Crowns - Lifesong
2 Third Day - Cry OUt To Jesus
3 Mercy Me - Joseph's Lullaby
4 Jeremy Camp - This Man
5 Mark Schultz - I Am
6 Chris Tomlin - Angels We Have Heard On High
7 MercyMe - In The Blink Of An Eye
8 Steven Curtis Chapman - All I Really Want
9 Mark Schultz - The First Noel
10 Casting Crowns - Away In A Manger

Radio and Records Christian AC top 10:

1 Casting Crowns - Lifesong
2 Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus
3 Jeremy Camp - This Man
4 Mark Schultz - I Am
5 MercyMe - In The Blink Of An Eye
6 Superchick - We Live
7 Big Daddy Weave - Just The Way I Am
8 Chris Tomlin - Holy Is The Lord
9 David Crowder Band - Here Is Our King
10 Matthew West - Next Thing You Know

- Scott
tag: christian music

will SuperChic[k] make it to #1?

2005-11-11T15:27:00.000-05:00

SuperChic[k]'s "We Live" has been shooting up the charts, this week making it as high as number 6 on the Radio and Records chart. I think it is a song worthy of making it to number 1.

Here are the charts for November 11, 2005:

Radio and Records Christian AC top 10:

1 Casting Crowns - Lifesong
2 Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus
3 MercyMe - In The Blink Of An Eye
4 Jeremy Camp - This Man
5 Mark Schultz - I Am
6 Superchic[k] - We Live
7 Jadon Lavik - What If
8 Big Daddy Weave - Just The Way I Am
9 Chris Tomlin - Holy Is The Lord
10 Matthew West - Next Thing You Know

Billboard Hot Christian top 10:

1 Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus
2 Casting Crowns - Lifesong
3 MercyMe - In The Blink Of An Eye
4 Jeremy Camp - This Man
5 Jadon Lavik - What If
6 Big Daddy Weave - Just The Way I Am
7 Superchic[k] - We Live
8 Mark Schultz - I Am
9 Chris Tomlin - Holy Is The Lord
10 Mark Harris - For The First Time

- Scott
tag: christian music

new Tree63 download from Inpop

2005-11-11T10:57:00.000-05:00

There is a new official Tree63 MP3 available for download today from Inpop records. The track is Joy, an awesome song from the first Tree63 album. This downloadable version is live and comes from the new cd "Worship Volume One: I Stand For You".

Go here to download it (requires free registration).

- Scott
tag: christian music

new Jeremy Camp - Live Unplugged out this week

2005-11-09T14:05:00.000-05:00

Jeremy Camp - Live Unplugged was released yesterday (and do you think the local stores had it in stock? grrrr - why do I have to order every Christian CD I want on line? this is a whole issue I'll go into some day, but it has nothing to do with Jeremy, so sorry ... ) ...

Here is the official blurb:

"Live Unplugged" is an intimate look at the songs and ministry of Jeremy Camp. Filmed and recorded in Franklin, TN in early summer, "Live Unplugged" features stripped down acoustic versions of all of Jeremy's hit songs - Walk By Faith, Understand, Take You Back, Empty Me, I Still Believe, This Man and more.

In addition to the album, Live Unplugged comes with a full length concert DVD, full of the background stories and inspirations of Jeremy's music.

Here is the track listing:

1. Understand
2. Right Here
3. Take You Back
4. Stay
6. Walk By Faith
7. Empty Me
8. Restored
9. My Desire
10. I Still Believe
11. Beautiful One
12. This Man

Christian Book has sound clips.

- Scott
tag: christian music

Welcome Chris Tomlin fans

2005-11-09T10:57:00.000-05:00

I have seen a huge number of visitors to this blog all looking for my entry on the Chris Tomlin concert I went to. If you are looking for that review, go here.

Also have you checked out the official Chris Tomlin blog?

Thanks for coming by,
- Scott
tag: christian music

the charts for November 2, 2005

2005-11-02T10:26:00.000-05:00

Every so often I like to compare the Radio and Records and the Billboard charts for Christian singles ... the top few seem to be the same, but the lower half can differ quite a bit.

Check it out ...

Radio and Records Christian AC top 10:

1 Casting Crowns - Lifesong
2 MercyMe - In The Blink Of An Eye
3 Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus
4 Jeremy Camp - This Man
5 Jadon Lavik - What If
6 Chris Tomlin - Holy Is The Lord
7 Big Daddy Weave - Just The Way I Am
8 Natalie Grant - Held
9 Matthew West - Next Thing You Know
10 Mark Schultz - I Am

Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary top 10:

1 Casting Crowns - Lifesong
2 MercyMe - In The Blink Of An Eye
3 Third Day - Cry Out To Jesus
4 Jeremy Camp - This Man
5 Jadon Lavik - What If
6 Big Daddy Weave - Just The Way I Am
7 Chris Tomlin - Holy Is The Lord
8 Superchic[k] - We Live
9 Mark Harris - For The First Time
10 tobyMac - Burn For You

- Scott
tag: christian music

Get the WOW Christmas CD -- help feed 10 children

2005-11-01T12:49:00.000-05:00

So I got an email today for World Vision describing the drastic food shortage that threatens the lives of more than 15 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, over a third of them small children.

This is very sad, there is so much wealth in this country, and so much poverty elsewhere. Why, just a few weeks ago, one person won something like 340 million dollars in the lottery. And so much more was actually raised since only a portion of the proceeds goes to the jackpot. And everyone who played basically wasted their money. What if there was a way to spend only a little money, but have it actually do something helpful in this world?

from the email:

Help feed 10 African children for just $20 ...
and we'll send you the WOW Christmas CD!

So ... now not only can you help do something positive, but you even get rewarded for doing so!

The email goes on:

A drastic food shortage threatens the lives of more than 15 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, over a third of them small children.

World Vision, the Christian relief and development organization, has partnered with Word Records to offer the new WOW Christmas double CD set AT NO ADDITIONAL COST to anyone who gives a gift of $20 or more.
Thanks to grants from the U.S. government, your gift will more than double in impact to help provide food to children and families in sub-Saharan Africa! The need is urgent, so please respond now!

So go ahead and help!

- Scott
christian music

World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. Motivated by our faith in Jesus, we serve the poor — regardless of a person's religion, race, ethnicity, or gender — as a demonstration of God's unconditional love for all people.

Last year 87% of World Vision's total revenue went to programs that benefit children, families, and communities in need.

Federal tax law requirements indicate that your charitable contribution deduction is restricted to the excess of the amount you contribute over the fair value of WOW Christmas double CD, which we in good faith estimate to be $18.

World Vision Donor Service
34834 Weyerhaeuser Way South
P.O. Box 9716, mail stop 110
Federal Way, WA 98063-9716
Phone: 1-888-511-6514
www.worldvision.org
E-mail: info@worldvision.org

looking at the charts for October 20

2005-10-20T14:05:00.000-04:00

Radio and Records Christian AC top 10:

1 Casting Crowns - Lifesong
2 MercyMe - In The Blink Of An Eye
3 Third Day Cry Out To Jesus
4 Jadon Lavik - What If
5 Jeremy Camp - This Man
6 Matthew West - Next Thing You Know
7 Chris Tomlin - Holy Is The Lord
8 Natalie Grant - Held
9 Mark Harris - For The First Time
10 Chris Tomlin - The Way I Was Made

Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary top 10:

1 Lifesong, Casting Crowns
2 In The Blink Of An Eye, MercyMe
3 Cry Out To Jesus, Third Day
4 What If, Jadon Lavik
5 For The First Time, Mark Harris
6 Holy Is The Lord, Chris Tomlin
7 This Man, Jeremy Camp
8 Just The Way I Am, Big Daddy Weave
9 Who Am I?, Point Of Grace
10 Next Thing You Know (Thirteen), Matthew West

- Scott
tag: christian music

Chris Tomlin – Indescribable Tour – October 7th, 2005 – Portland, ME

2005-10-08T12:20:00.000-04:00

FULL SIZE PICS HERE.

As the Civic Center was filling up and people were finding their seats, local radio station WMSJ (a Christian Station from Portland ME) began by offering up a prayer of thankfulness and praise to God.

Soon the sound system began to ease in some ambient rock that transitioned into more driving rock and the video display came to life. A video sequence with voice over evoked thoughts of a call and response, previewing the night’s themes of praising God, proclaiming His greatness, love, power, and grandeur. This seamlessly segued into “Forever”. This highly charged version electrified the crowd and they were on their feet immediately.

Greetings followed. Chris seemed natural at communicating with the crowd and you can tell how much he enjoys sharing and telling stories and leading worship. After introducing their first headlining tour, and reminding us that it is all about the Lord, the band played “Holy Is The Lord” – to the great pleasure of the crowd.

“Famous One” followed and you could tell that this was going to be a special night. The sound system was excellent, loud but not too loud, crisp, with each instrument clear and the musicianship exceptional. The crowd was enthusiastically dancing and singing and praising.

Next, Chris introduced his special guests: Matt Redman and Louie Giglio. These friends have all performed and collaborated together for years, on lyrics and songwriting and also at the hugely successful Passion conferences.

Matt wasted no time pleasing the crowd himself with an excellent “Let Everything That Has Breath” – backed up by Daniel, Jesse, and Travis. “Dancing Generation” was next, followed by a very passionate “Once Again” and “Heart Of Worship” – which was probably the best of the set by Matt.

We then got a treat – Matt introduced a new song (“Never Let Go”) that was great. He followed this by going straight into “Blessed Be Your Name” with Chris coming back on stage.

Chris then re-introduced Louie Giglio and he lead us through an amazing adventure into the heavenly creations of God. In an excellent presentation filled with the wonders of astronomy, Louie taught us just how big, how powerful, how amazing God is. The universe is so big, much bigger than man could possibly use or need or comprehend, and helped us understand this is exactly right for proclaiming the majesty of God. God is so great and loving that even though there are more magnificent unexplainable, unknown, and unbelievably beautiful things than we can comprehend or know about, even though he knows every single star by name, that he also knows every single person that ever was, ever is, and ever will be by name. He even came here and died just so we could be with him forever. The reaction of the audience was amazing, it was so humbling and awe inspiring. It concluded with a powerful image of how God, the maker of all the celestial beauty, came to earth as Jesus and died on the cross for us, and then showed an incredible image of a cross at the very center of probably the most impressive looking galaxy known.

At that point Chris and Matt and the band came on stage and went directly into “Wondrous Cross” – connecting the preceding segment so well with more music and praise - the crowd was very moved.

Get this… the show was only half over. Louie encouraged us to pray, or study the verses that would be on the screen or enjoy fellowship and rest while they all took a short 10-minute break. Wow. At this point, you could realize how full the place was. I’d say 5000 people was a very safe estimate, the floor was full and each of the side sections was full nearly to the ceiling – only the back section seemed less full.

The second set started with Chris again reminding us of the greatness of God and of our evening’s purpose of praising Him. He then introduced himself, and after story of how he grew up and learned guitar from his dad when he was in 4th grade, played for us the first song he learned, “On The Road Again” with the band joining in. He then introduced each band member, each also with a song. Jesse’s song was Michael Jackson’s “Billy Jean” – which has a very distinctive bass line. Travis came down from the drum kit to sing the opening lines of Garth Brook’s “Friends in Low Places” – to great audience approval. And Daniel tore into a rowdy “Sweet Home Alabama” after being introduced as the youngest in the band, joining when he was still a senior in high school.

Next, for me was probably the best song of the evening, an amazing version of “On Our Side”. This led directly into “The Way I Was Made”.

The most unfamiliar song to me was next – “Unchanging” – though it was received well by the crowd. “Enough” was a huge sing-along, with Chris changing to piano part way through. He is really good on piano.

Another of my favorites of the night followed - an amazing version of “Indescribable”. It was so different than the album, with a solo piano beginning. This song tied in with the opening video sequence and with Louie’s talk so well. Part way through the band kicked the song into high gear – the arrangement was an excellent update to this already great song.

Following this was another of my favorites of the night "Your Grace Is Enough".

Chris then related a story about how almost 10 years ago, after hearing another Louis Giglio talk, he wrote “We Fall Down”. He remained on the piano for this.

Next, Chris again thanked us for an amazing send-off on their very first tour. It seems incredible that they haven’t been headlining for years, the band and performance was so polished and they relate to the audience so well. You could tell he was truly humbled by the response we all were giving. He had lead us through much more than a concert though, it was so much more – definitely a worship service, full of teaching, prayer, praise and honor to God.

He then broke into a very moving “How Great Is Our God” which ended with him leading us into “How Great Thou Art”. The band left the stage and the whole crowd kept singing until the song was done.
What an amazing night of music, fellowship, praise and worship to God.

Thank you Chris, Matt, Louie, Daniel, Jesse, Travis and crew for an incredible evening of worship.

Here is the set list:

Opening video
Forever
Greetings and Prayer
Holy Is The Lord
Famous One

Let Everything That Has Breath
Dancing Generation
Once Again
Heart Of Worship
New song: Never Let Go(?)
Blessed Be Your Name

Louie G

both CT and MR: Wondrous Cross

short break

introductions
Chris – On The Road Again
Jesse – Billy Jean – MJ
Travis – country song – Garth? (Blame it on my roots, I showed up in Boots and ruined your black tie affair)
Daniel – Sweet Home Alabama

On Our Side
The Way I Was Made
Unchanging (Holy Hands)
Enough
Indescribable
Your Grace Is Enough
We Fall Down
How Great Is Our God
How Great Thou Art

- Scott

christian music

oh yeah, the new Switchfoot CD is pure genius

2005-10-07T15:31:00.000-04:00

I just can't stop playing the Nothing Is Sound CD from Switchfoot - it's awesome. I'll work up a review in the next few days (now that I am almost done with my review of the Chris Tomlin / Matt Redman concert on Friday night!).

- Scott

christian music

concert tonight!

2005-10-07T15:14:00.000-04:00

I am headed off to see the Chris Tomlin / Matt Redman concert tonight in Portland ME. I will have a review in a few days, along with some photos I hope.

Stay tuned!

- Scott

Christian music

the Charts this week

2005-10-05T11:29:00.000-04:00

Radio and Records Christian AC top 5:

1. Casting Crowns - “Lifesong”

2. MercyMe - “In The Blink Of An Eye”

3. Matthew West - “Next Thing You Know”

4. Third Day - “Cry Out To Jesus”

5. Jadon Lavik - “What If”

by contrast:

Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary top 5:

1 Lifesong, Casting Crowns

2 In The Blink Of An Eye, MercyMe

3 What If, Jadon Lavik

4 Cry Out To Jesus, Third Day

5 Next Thing You Know (Thirteen), Matthew West

- Scott
christian music

63 days of Tree63 update

2005-09-28T09:18:00.000-04:00

A few days ago I posted some info on the "63 days of Tree63" promotion from Inpop records. The new album, Worship Volume One: I Stand For You is due in stores on Nov. 22, 2005.

Today's 63 days of Tree63 update include a look at the new album cover and a repeat link to a sample of a rough mix of "I Stand For You" live. Download the MP3 from here.

- Scott
christian music

a look at this weeks charts

2005-09-27T16:51:00.000-04:00

Radio and Records Christian AC top 5:
1. Casting Crowns - “Lifesong”

2. MercyMe - “In The Blink Of An Eye”

3. Matthew West - “Next Thing You Know”

4. Natalie Grant - “Held”

5. Jadon Lavik - “What If”

by contrast

Billboard Hot Christian Adult Contemporary top 5:
1. Casting Crowns - “Lifesong”

2. MercyMe - “In The Blink Of An Eye”

3, Jadon Lavik - "What If"

4. Nichole Nordeman - "Brave"

5. Chris Tomlin - "Holy Is The Lord"

More chart stuff:

Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound debuts at number 3 on the billboard top 200 best selling CDs chart.
Casting Crowns is at 29
CeCe Winans, Purified debuts at 41

- Scott
christian music