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Various Artists Freaked!: A Gotee Tribute to Jesus Freak Rock/R&B/pop/hardcore Rating: 3.5 stars Matthew West Sellout Pop/rock Rating: 3 stars Johnny Cash Personal File Country/folk Rating: 4 stars Glenn Kaiser Bound for Glory Worshipful blues/folk Rating: 2.5 stars Various Artists Absolute All Time Favorties AC/pop/rock Rating: 2.5 stars Click here for more than 1,000 past reviews …

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06/26/06
Kierra Kiki Sheard This Is Me R&B/gospel Rating: 3.5 stars	David Crowder Band B Collision Acoustic modern worship Rating: 3 stars
DecembeRadio DecembeRadio Hard rock/metal Rating: 4 stars	Various Artists My Other Band, Vol. 1 Alternative rock/pop/punk Rating: 3.5 stars
Fighting Instinct Fighting Instinct Classic rock/grunge/metal Rating: 3.5 stars	Flatfoot 56 Knuckles Up Celtic punk Rating: 2.5 stars
06/19/06
Underoath Define the Great Line Post-hardcore/emo Rating: 4 stars	Sleeping at Last Keep No Score Alternative pop/rock Rating: 4.5 stars
Virtue Testimony R&B;/gospel Rating: 3.5 stars	The Classic Crime Albatross Modern rock Rating: 4 stars
Fair The Best Worst-Case Scenario Modern pop/rock Rating: 3.5 stars	Various Artists Arise: A New Celebration of Worship Modern/contemporary worship Rating: 4 stars
06/12/06
Hillsong London Jesus Is Modern worship Rating: 3.5 stars	Desperation Band Who You Are Modern Worship Rating: 3.5 stars
Vineyard UK All From You Modern worship Rating: 2 stars	Playdough Don't Drink the Water Hip-hop Rating: 4 stars
Sunny Hawkins More of You R&B/neo soul Rating: 4.5 stars	Riley Armstrong La Loop Modern folk-pop Rating: 3.5 stars
06/05/06
Day of Fire Cut and Move Hard rock/grunge Rating: 2.5 stars	Jessie Daniels Jessie Daniels Teen-pop/rock Rating: 3.5 stars
Ayiesha Woods Introducing Ayiesha Woods Neo-soul/pop/rock Rating: 4.5 stars	Red End of Silence Hard rock/metal Rating: 3 stars
Decyfer Down End of Grey Hard rock/metal Rating: 2 stars	The Turning Learning to Lose Melodic rock Rating: 3.5 stars
05/30/06
Jason Morant Open Worshipful pop/rock/folk Rating: 4 stars	Andraé Crouch Mighty Wind Contemporary gospel Rating: 5 stars
Jill Phillips Nobody's Got It All Together Acoustic pop/folk Rating: 3.5 stars	June Rochelle Changing Places Smooth R&B; Rating: 2.5 stars
Andrew Peterson Appendix A Acoustic pop/folk Rating: 4 stars	Various Artists Gotta Have Musica Cristiana Latin pop Rating: 3.5 stars
05/22/06
Downhere Wide-Eyed and Mystified AC pop/melodic rock Rating: 4.5 stars	Brenton Brown Everlasting God Modern worship Rating: 4 stars
Tye Tribbett Victory - Live Contemporary gospel Rating: 4 stars	Carolyn Arends Pollyanna's Attic Acoustic pop/folk Rating: 3.5 stars
First Call Rejoice! A cappella hymns Rating: 3 stars	Run Kid Run This Is Who We Are Power pop/punk rock Rating: 3.5 stars
05/15/06
Starfield Beauty in the Broken Worshipful pop/rock Rating: 2.5 stars	eleventyseven And the Land of Fake Believe Pop punk Rating: 4 stars
Brian Doerksen Live in Europe Modern/contemporary worship Rating: 4 stars	Nicole C. Mullen Redeemer: The Best of Nicole C. Mullen AC pop/R&B Rating: 4 stars
Rachael Lampa Blessed: The Best of Rachael Lampa Adult contemporary/teen-pop Rating: 2.5 stars	Carl Cartee Unfailing Contemporary worship Rating: 3 stars
05/08/06
Hyper Static Union Lifegiver Pop/rock Rating: 2.5 stars	Judd & Maggie Subjects Alternative folk-pop Rating: 4 stars
The Longing The Longing Modern worship Rating: 4 stars	Phil Keaggy Jammed! Instrumental guitar rock/blues Rating: 3.5 stars
Jaci Velasquez On My Knees AC pop/Latin pop Rating: 3 stars	Eowyn Identity Modern pop/rock Rating: 1 star
05/01/06
Brian Littrell Welcome Home Adult contemporary pop Rating: 2.5 stars	The Elms Chess Hotel Rock Rating: 4.5 stars
Mars ILL Pro Pain Hip-hop Rating: 4.5 stars	KJ-52 Remixed Hip-hop/pop/rock Rating: 3 stars
Homeless J Three Seconds to Gaze Alternative metal/hard rock Rating: 3.5 stars	Dalton Taste the Sky Worshipful modern rock Rating: 3.5 stars
04/24/06
MercyMe Coming Up to Breathe Pop/rock Rating: 3.5 stars	Phil Wickham Phil Wickham Alt pop/rock Rating: 4 stars
Further Seems Forever Hope This Finds You Well Modern rock/emo Rating: 4 stars	Red Umbrella Wishing for Boardwalk Melodic modern rock Rating: 4 stars
GB5 Unbreakable Bond AC Latin pop/salsa Rating: 3 stars	Spring Hill Worship The Name Contemporary/modern worship Rating: 3 stars
04/17/06
Mat Kearney Nothing Left to Lose Brit folk-pop/hip-hop Rating: 4 stars	Juanita Bynum A Piece of My Passion AC pop/gospel Rating: 2 stars
Michael Card The Hidden Face of God Inspirational pop/folk Rating: 4 stars	Sonic Praise Sonic Praise 2: Worship for Life Worshipful dance club mixes Rating: 2.5 stars
04/10/06
Donald Lawrence Finale: Act One and Two Contemporary gospel music Rating: 4 stars	Paul Baloche A Greater Song Modern/contemporary worship Rating: 4 stars
Various Artists WoW Worship Modern worship Rating: 3 stars	Various Artists X2006 Modern rock Rating: 3.5 stars
Darrel Petties & Strength In Praise Count It All Joy Traditional choir-based gospel Rating: 3.5 stars
04/03/06
Hawk Nelson Smile, It's the End of the World Power pop/punk rock Rating: 3.5 stars	Sanctus Real The Face of Love Modern pop/rock Rating: 3.5 stars
Passion Everything Glorious Modern worship Rating: 4 stars	Hillsong United United We Stand Modern worship Rating: 3 stars
needtobreathe Daylight Modern pop/rock Rating: 3 stars	Edison Glass A Burn or a Shiver Alternative rock Rating: 4.5 stars
03/27/06
Various Artists Life Is Precious: A Wes King Tribute Pop/rock Rating: 4.5 stars	Family Force 5 Business Up Front, Party in the Back Rap-rock Rating: 3 stars
Alan Jackson Precious Memories Country hymns Rating: 2 stars	Take 6 Feels Good A cappella pop/gospel/R&B Rating: 4.5 stars
Jonas Brothers It's About Time Pre-teen pop/rock Rating: 1.5 stars	Steve Bell My Dinner with Bruce Folk/country/pop Rating: 3 stars
03/20/06
Kutless Hearts of the Innocent Melodic rock/metal Rating: 3 stars	Hillsong Australia Songs for Communion Contemporary worship/inspirational Rating: 3 stars
The Fold This Too Shall Pass Melodic rock Rating: 4 stars	The Lonely Hearts Paper Tapes Classic alt-rock Rating: 4 stars
Various Artists The King of All of Me Modern/contemporary worship Rating: 4 stars	Papa San Real & Personal Reggae/dancehall pop Rating: 3 stars
03/13/06
Building 429 Rise Pop/rock Rating: 2.5 stars	Watermark A Grateful People Inspirational AC/pop Rating: 2.5 stars
Martha Munizzi No Limits Live Worshipful contemporary gospel Rating: 3.5 stars	Pocket Full of Rocks Song to the King Contemporary worship Rating: 2 stars
Anthony Evans Letting Go Adult contemporary/pop Rating: 2.5 stars	Sevenglory Over the Rooftops Pop/rock Rating: 2.5 stars
03/06/06
Shawn McDonald Ripen Acoustic alt-pop Rating: 4 stars	Caedmon's Call In the Company of Angels II Worshipful pop/rock Rating: 3 stars
Warren Barfield Reach Pop/rock Rating: 3.5 stars	Jadon Lavik Life on the Inside Pop/rock Rating: 3.5 stars
Ana Laura Ana Laura Pop/rock Rating: 3.5 stars	GRITS 7 Hip-hop Rating: 2.5 stars
02/27/06
Plumb Chaotic Resolve Modern pop/rock Rating: 4.5 stars	New Birth Total Praise Choir A New Beginning Choral/contemporary gospel Rating: 4 stars
Half-handed Cloud Halos + Lassos Indie electro-pop/folk Rating: 4 stars	Proto-Kaw The Wait of Glory Progressive rock Rating: 3 stars
02/20/06
Mainstay Well Meaning Fiction Modern pop/rock Rating: 3.5 stars	Various Artists Praise Life~Beyond 1.0 Worshipful R&B/hip-hop/pop Rating: 3.5 stars
Various Artists WoW Gospel 2006 Traditional/contemporary gospel Rating: 3.5 stars	Bruce Carroll Big World Inspirational pop/folk/country Rating: 3 stars
02/13/06
Mute Math Mute Math Modern/alternative rock Rating: 4.5 stars	The Listening Rock 'n' Roll Worship Circus Becomes… Alternative pop/rock Rating: 4.5 stars
The Violet Burning Drop-Dead Alternative rock Rating: 4 stars	Watashi Wa Eager Seas Alternative pop/rock Rating: 4 stars
02/06/06
Cindy Morgan Postcards Acoustic pop Rating: 4 stars	Cross Culture Proof Positive Pop/rock Rating: 3 stars
Ramsey Lewis With One Voice Jazzy gospel Rating: 4 stars	Fresh I.E. Truth Is Fallin' In Tha Streetz Hip-hop Rating: 3 stars
01/30/06
Karen Clark Sheard It's Not Over Gospel/worship Rating: 4.5 stars	Lisa McClendon Live from the House of Blues New Orleans Jazzy soul Rating: 3.5 stars
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack End of the Spear Instrumental score with pop Rating: 3 stars	Livingston Taylor There You Are Again Folk pop/easy listening Rating: 3.5 stars
J.R. Metamorphosis R&B/pop Rating: 4 stars	Various Artists Absolute Modern Worship 2 Modern Worship Rating: 2 stars
01/23/06
P.O.D. Testify Rapcore/metal/reggae Rating: 3.5 stars	4him Encore…For Future Generations AC pop Rating: 3 stars
Avalon Stand AC pop/rock Rating: 2.5 stars	Jennifer Knapp Live Alternative folk/rock Rating: 4 stars
Charlie Hall Flying Into Daybreak Modern worship Rating: 4 stars	Brother's Keeper Beyond Beautiful Inspirational pop/rock Rating: 2 stars
01/16/06
Da' T.R.U.T.H. The Faith Hip-hop Rating: 3.5 stars	New Life Community Choir The Reunion Contemporary gospel Rating: 4 stars
Various Artists A Musical Tribute to C.S. Lewis Hymns/instrumental/Irish Rating: 3 stars	Symphony in Red Symphony in Red Modern worship Rating: 2.5 stars

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