Night Beat Rewind: September 2014

We are interrupting our regularly scheduled Music Video Monday Schedule in order to get #PlatVnyl4 wrapped up as we cruise directly into #PlatVnyl5. One of the things I don't like about the September releases is that we start the Christmas Music Releases. Do we have to start this early, folks. The good part is I have no spot for them in the voting, so I can be honest with the voting and not think "am I trying to exclude (or include) them in the finals because of bias"

Christmas Music (Non-Eligible)

• Guy Penrod - Christmas 4.75 Emeralds
• David Phelps - O Holy Night (2014) 4.75 Emeralds
• Michael W. Smith and Friends - The Spirit of Christmas 5 Emeralds
• Sovereign Grace Music - Prepare Him Room: Celebrating the Birth of Jesus in Song 4.50 Emeralds

The fun part of Christmas Music is you get to hear artists we don't normally consider (Like Guy Penrod, a Gaither Southern Gospel Person, but here he went Jazz). We move on to the songs, or as we like to say here at The Night Beat

The Singles Scene

• 1 Girl Nation - Try 4.75 Emeralds
• Amy Grant - Welcome Yourself 4.50 Emeralds
• Andy Hunter - Harmony 5 Emeralds
• KJ - 52 - Gameface 4.75 Emeralds

Now we move on to the last of the #PlatVnyl5 eligible entries. After that we drain the pool and move on to #PlatVnyl6. Boy we have grown. I can still remember the first awards. But first, those that didn't make it. These are

Missing The Mark

• David Daughtry - David Daughtry 3.75 Emeralds
• Everfound - Reimagine 3.75 Emeralds
• Fever Fever - Aftermath 3.75 Emeralds
• Eamonn McCrystal - A Living Prayer 3.75 Emeralds
• OBB - Bright Side 3.75 Emeralds
• Robbie Seay Band - Psalms, Volume 3 3.75 Emeralds

Like I always say, these aren't bad albums (I would tell you if they were). They just didn't wow me enough to consider them for a Platinum Vinyl Award. Our next grouping, however, cleared all expectations. They are:

 Pure Platinum Perfection

• Disciple - Attack 5 Emeralds
• Plumb - Need you Now (Deluxe) 5 Emeralds
• Remedy Drive - Commodity 5 Emeralds
• Salt of the Sound - Meditations, V1 5 Emeralds
• Stryper - Live at The Whisky 5 Emeralds
• Various Artists - WoW Hits 2015 5 Emeralds
• Various Artists - WoW Hits 2015 Deluxe 5 Emeralds
• The Walls Group - Fast Forward 5 Emeralds

Eight Perfect albums to end the year. Sometimes the industry leaves the best for last. Though I do have a compilation award, only the Six single artist albums really count. Most releases are somewhere in between, however. These are the 

Semi-Precious Metal

• Boiling Point - More 4.75 Emeralds
• Climbing Blind - Burn 4.50 Emeralds
• Kim Collingsworth - Majestic 4.75 Emeralds
• Colossus - Badlands 4.50 Emeralds
• Lauren Daigle - How Can It Be? 4.75 Emeralds
• Desperation Band - Banner 4.50 Emeralds
• Flyleaf - Between The Stars 4.75 Emeralds
• Deitrick Haddon - Best of Dietrick Haddon 4.75 Emeralds
• Hillsong Worship - No Other Name Deluxe 4.50 Emeralds
• Justin Jarvis - Atmospheres 4.50 Emeralds
• Sarah Kelly - My Corner of Heaven 4.75 Emeralds
• For King and Country - Run Wild, Live Free, Love Strong 4.50 Emeralds
• Lara Landon - There is Grace 4.75 Emeralds 
• Lecrae - Anomoly 4.75 Emeralds
• Mandisa - Get Up: The Remixes 4.50 Emeralds
• John Mark McMillan - The Borderland Sessions 4.75 Emeralds
• Heath McNease - Fort Wayne 4.50 Emeralds
• Tim Neufeld - The Joy (f/The Glory Boys) 4.50 Emeralds
• New Hope Oahu - Victorious 4.50 Emeralds
• Matthew Parker - Shadowlands 4.75 Emeralds
• Paul Porter - F.R.E.E. 4.50 Emeralds
• Salt of The Sound - Through The Mist 4.75 Emeralds
• Kathryn Scott - Sing on The Battlefield 4.75 Emeralds
• Jenny Simmons - To Be Well 4.75 Emeralds
• Dustin Smith - Coming Alive 4.75 Emeralds
• Switchfoot - The Edge of The Earth: Unreleased Songs from the film Fading West 4.75 Emeralds
• Jaye Thomas - Here is my worship 4.50 Emeralds
• Veritas - Veritas 4.50 Emeralds
• Vineyard UK - Great Big God 5 4.75 Emeralds
• Brian Weaver - Motion 4.50 Emeralds
• Michelle Williams - Journey to Freedom 4.50 Emeralds
• Ayiesha Woods - It's Time 4.50 Emeralds

Kerrie Roberts still hasn't put out her album on iTunes or Amazon, and there are no sound clips on her personal website. Until something like that happens I can't review it, so it gets pushed to PV6 in my opinion.

 

That does it for this year. I am forgoing links for now. I know, I'm backlogged. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.