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Once Again we close out a quarter with Modern Worship. Twenty-Five entries is 3 years of Finals plus. Let's close this wrap out and move on to the 4th Quarter.
Modern Worship
Antioch Music - Live at World Mandate
Awaken Worship - Wont Stay Silent EP
Canyon Hills Worship - As Long as I Live Volume 2 (Live)
Christ For The Nations Worship - Taste of Heaven
Elevation Worship - Paradoxology
Lou Fellingham - Made For You (Live)
Free Worship - Already Done
Hillsong United - People
Hillsong Young and Free - III (Studio Sessions)
Kellie and Kristen - In The Name
Life Church Worship - Death of Death EP
Life Worship - Collection
Dawn Michelle - Surrender
Nashville Life Music - Taylor House Sessions EP
Open Heavens - Revival Rising
Brian Ortize - Never Late
Planetshakers - Rain, Part One EP
Red Rocks Worship - Spark (Come Alive)
Red Rocks Worship - Spark (No Other Love) Live EP
Red Rocks Worship - Spark (On Earth as it is In Heaven) Live EP
Shane and Shane - The Worship Initiative, Volume 17
Thrive Worship - A Thousand More
29:11 Worship - Marble and Mortar, Volume 2 (Live)
Phil Wickham - SIng Along 4 (Live)
Woodlands Worship - Live Worship
That closes the third quarter of 2019. The Fourth Quarter is already roaring. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
Live Recorded Album was responsible for a baker's dozen worth of entries, and is also our penultimate genre for the quarter. Once again, Modern Worship is first, but you knew that if your were genre counting.
Live Recorded Album
Joshua Aaron - Live At The Tower of David
Canyon Hills Worship - As Long As I Live Volume 2 (Live)
Steven Curtis Chapman - A Great Adventure (Live)
Lou Fellingham - Made For You (Live)
Hillsong United - People
Red Rocks Worship - Spark (On Earth As It Is In Heaven) (Live)
Red Rocks Worship - Spark (Come Alive) (Live)
Red Rocks Worship - Spark (No Other Love) (Live EP)
Switchfoot - Live From The Native Tongue Tour EP
29:11 Worship - Marble and Mortar, Volume 2 (Live)
Phil Wickham - Sing Along 4 (Live)
Paul Wilbur - Roar From Zion: Recorded Live In Jerusalem
Woodlands Worship - Live
Modern Worship Closes it out with 25 Entries. I am Awaiting Your Reply.
Adult Contemporary and Inspirational accounted for a full dozen entries this quarter, which is good, but isn't enough to grab the top prize. Not even close. Let's get to it.
Adult Contemporary/Inspirational
Joshua Aaron - Live at The Tower of David
After Grace - You Know EP
Anthem Lights - Hymns Medleys
Caleb and Kelsey - Hymns
Steven Curtis Chapman - A Great Adventure (Live)
Sean Curran - Bigger Than I Thought EP
Craig Duncan - Colonial Hymns
Sarah Kroger - Bloom
Dave Pettigrew - Faith and Gasoline
Chris Rice - Untitled Hymn: A Collection of Hymns
The Sing Team - Live On
Kevin Winebarger - Courage
A very diverse mix of new and old. Only two genre remains, and next up is Live Recorded Album with a bakers dozen (that's 13 for the unhip). Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
We are heading into the final turn. There are only four more genres left. Lo and behold that takes us to the end of the week. First up is Pop Music. The best Christian Sugar out there.
Pop Music
The Afters - Fear No More
Erskin Anivitarte - Love Moves EP
Chris August - Everything After EP
Battledrums - Breakthrough
Riley Clemmons - Fighting For Me EP
Danny Gokey - Haven't Seen It Yet
Mallary Hope - Out of My Hands
Spencer Kane - Acoustic Sessions EP
Newsboys - United
Michael Hughes Watson - Wait EP
Shae Wilbur - Unmoveable EP
Adult Contemporary is up next. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
Welcome back to an all new edition of Music Video Monday. Looks like we are going for three weeks in a row. That's got to be some kind of record these days, and that is not a pun. We begin our musical tour with We Are Messengers. I go hot and cold with this band (Case in Point Maybe its okay. It really seems to make excuses for things that are wrong with your life. Just my opinion). I am going hot with their latest single. This is the lyric video for Power. Next up, it's time to wake up Oh, Sleeper. They just released a new album entitled Bloodied/Unbowed, which received a perfect 5 Emerald rating. This is the music video for fissure. Finally we move on to Skillet. They will be releasing Victorious on AUGUST 2, that's only 11 days away. From the songs released so far this is going to be an awesome album. This is the music video for Legendary. That does it for this edition of Music Video Monday. We return to our 3rd Quarter rollout tomorrow. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
The ties are over and we move on to Alternative Rock, which had a complete final quota of 7 entries this quarter. From this point on all the remaining genres smash through the finals in one quarter.
Alternative Rock
Craig's Brother - Devils In The Details
Empty Isles - For When You Need Me
Kings Kaleidoscope - Zeal
Leem of The Earth - Chapter Three EP
Elle Limebear - Elle Limebear EP
Starflyer 59 - Young In My Head
Switchfoot - Live From The Native Tongue Tour EP
Rock Music is the next up. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.
