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The Hymns (2026)
The Hymns is an upcoming studio album by Christian Gospel singer CeCe Winans. It will be released by PureSpring Gospel and Fair Trade Services on June 5, 2026. With CeCe's two best-selling live projects Believe For It and More Than This still charting on both the Billboard Christian and Gospel album charts, CeCe is releasing her first studio release since her 2017 album Let Them Fall in Love and her first hymns album. CeCe has posted on her social media post on Facebook that
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5 days ago2 min read


PFR
PFR is a Christian rock group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although the group initially disbanded in 1997, they periodically reunited from 2001 to 2013 and recorded two albums in that time. They reunited again in 2022. Their name was originally "Pray for Rain", but was changed to "PFR" to avoid a conflict with another musical group. The trio consisted of members Joel Hanson on guitars and vocals, Patrick Andrew on bass and vocals and Mark Nash on drums. PFR was founded in 198
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16 hours ago3 min read


The Scott Wesley Brown Collection (1995)
The Scott Wesley Brown Collection is a 2-CD compilation album of Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown. Released by Sparrow Records in 1995, this career retrospective collection contains 35 favorite songs with 30 of these tracks covering his Sparrow years from 1977 to 1987, plus 5 songs from his Word Records period from 1988 to 1990. Track listing All songs written by Scott Wesley Brown, except where noted. Disc 1 (from I'm Not Religious, I Just Love the Lord) prod
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2 days ago3 min read


Through the Years (1993)
Through the Years is a compilation album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown. It was released independently around May 1993 by OnWard Records. It is a career-spanning collection containing 12 of his greatest hits, fan-favorite tracks, and radio staples spanning from the late 1970s through the early 1990s that Brown recorded on the Sparrow and Word labels. It also contains two new tracks: "(Meet Me) At the Foot of the Cross" and "(Baby, Baby) Why Can't We?" It
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6 days ago2 min read


The Passionate Pursuit (1991)
The Passionate Pursuit is the 12th studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown, released in late December 1991 by Word Records. The album was produced by Tom Wanca. The Passionate Pursuit musically continues his transition into an early-1990s pop-rock and adult contemporary sound while focusing heavily on praise, global missions, and spiritual commitment. The album features 11 tracks that blend vertical worship anthems with call-to-action songs. Tracks li
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6 days ago2 min read


Living in the Comfort Zone (1990)
Living in the Comfort Zone is the 11th studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown. It was released on July 10, 1990 and is the second of three albums Brown released on the Word Records label. Brown co-produced it with Tom Wanca. Living in the Comfort Zone moves Brown away from the heavily-orchestrated inspirational music as he enters the 1990s with an adult contemporary/pop album. The songs and lyrics focus on Christian social responsibilities, ethics, a
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6 days ago2 min read


To the Ends of the Earth (1988)
To the Ends of the Earth is the tenth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown. It is the first of three albums Brown has recorded under the Word Records label after his 10-year recording career on Sparrow Records ended and was released on October 18, 1988. The album was produced by Greg Nelson. To the Ends of the Earth continues Brown's theme of global Christian missions, evangelism, and sacrificial faith, blending soft rock and pop-ballad musical sty
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May 132 min read


The Language of Jesus Is Love (1987)
The Language of Jesus Is Love is the ninth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown, released on April 9, 1987 by Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Greg Nelson. The Language of Jesus Is Love serves as Brown's final album on Sparrow Records after being on the label for 10 years, seven albums and one compilation release. The title song served as the album's lead single featuring a vocal duet with Gospel legend Shirley Caesar. The core theme of
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May 122 min read


Somebody's Brother (1985)
Somebody's Brother is the eighth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown, released on December 10, 1985 by Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Greg Nelson. Continuing the missionary theme as heard from his previous album Kingdom of Love, Somebody's Brother has a mix of tender ballads and upbeat pop songs. Greg Nelson has already establised himself as the "go-to" guy for producing inspirational acts like Sandi Patty and Steve Green. The album's
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May 112 min read


Kingdom of Love (1984)
Kingdom of Love is the seventh studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown, released on September 10, 1984 by Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Greg Nelson and Phil Naish. This is the second album Brown has released, as he has put out his compilation album All My Best back in April of that year. Kingdom of Love achieved significant success in Christian music circles, due to its lead single "Yeshua Ha Mashiach." The song's title translates from He
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May 112 min read


All My Best (1984)
All My Best is an official compilation album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown, released on April 26, 1984 by Sparrow Records. This collection contains nine of Brown's best songs and album tracks covering his first four Sparrow releases, I'm Not Religious, I Just Love the Lord, One Step Closer, SWB and Signature, including his signature hits "He Will Carry You," This Is the Day," "This Little Child" and "I Wish You Jesus" among others. Brown also recorded o
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May 102 min read


Signature (1982)
Signature is the sixth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown, released on September 16, 1982 by Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Dan Collins. Signature was, in some ways, a breakthrough album due to the success of the album's only Christian radio single and Brown's first number one hit "He Will Carry You." The track functions as an inspirational ballad designed to offer comfort, reassurance, and spiritual strength to those going through pe
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May 102 min read


SWB (1981)
SWB is the fifth studio album and self-titled initials by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown, released on March 28, 1981 by Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Dan Collins. SWB features a fuller production by Dan Collins, who at the time was Sparrow Records director of A&R and is the husband of Christian singer Jamie Owens Collins. Both Dan and Jamie provided backing vocals on the album. It contains the standard track "This Little Child," which serves as
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May 92 min read


One Step Closer (1979)
One Step Closer is the fourth studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown, released in November 1979 by Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Billy Ray Hearn. One Step Closer servers as Brown's follow-up to his Sparrow debut album I'm Not Religious, I Just Love the Lord once again combining pop and folk influences and noted for its spiritual themes. The title song was the only track to be released to Christian radio and was his first Top 5 hit peakin
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May 92 min read


Stories and Songs: Live in Concert (1978)
Songs and Stories: Live in Concert is a live album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown. It was self released in May 1978 on the Seven Locks Associates label. Brown was still signed to Sparrow Records when this live album was released and Sparrow, under its founder Billy Ray Heard, even helped Brown assisting in the final production. It was produced by Brown and Tom Willett. Stories and Songs was recorded at Christ Church in Washington, D.C. and features the gr
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May 92 min read


I'm Not Religious, I Just Love the Lord (1977)
I'm Not Religious, I Just Love the Lord is the third studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown. It was released on November 16, 1977 and it is his first album on Sparrow Records, his label home for the next decade. Brown produced the album himself and co-mixed it with Bill Maxwell. I'm Not Religious... marked his shift from independent to more established label support. Brown handled production, songwriting, arrangements, and instrumentation, including
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May 92 min read


I Am a Christian (1976)
I Am a Christian is the second studio album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown. It was the only album Brown recorded on the Newpax label, which was distributed, at the time, by Word, Inc. and released in June of 1976. The album was produced by Gary S. Paxton and Bob MacKenzie. Building on the foundation of his 1973 self-titled debut album, Brown releases his follow-up album. The title track served as his first Christian radio single, gaining modest airplay on
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May 91 min read


Scott Wesley Brown (1973)
Scott Wesley Brown is the self-titled debut album by Christian singer - songwriter Scott Wesley Brown. It was released in 1973 on the Washington, D.C.-based record label Georgetown Record Corporation. Produced by Dennis Dean Allward and Leonard R. Brown, this release features original songs blending folk rock and singer - songwriter elements, capturing the spirit of the emerging Jesus Music movement, which was seen as radical for incorporating contemporary sounds like rock in
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May 91 min read


Scott Wesley Brown
Scott Wesley Brown (born June 4, 1952) is an American contemporary Christian singer, songwriter, musician, producer and author. He has recorded over 25 albums and has toured over 50 countries, nicknaming him a "musicianary." Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Washington, D.C., Brown's early exposure to music came through his grandmother's piano, an old upright instrument associated with Sunday school settings and barely in tune. At the age of three, he described
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May 73 min read


Moments For the Heart: The Very Best of Ray Boltz, Volumes 1 & 2 (2001)
Moments For the Heart: The Very Best of Ray Boltz, Volumes 1 & 2 is a 2 disc compilation album by Christian singer - songwriter Ray Boltz, released in May 2001 by Ray Boltz Music with distribution by Word Music Group. This 2-CD collections contains 24 tracks covering Boltz's 15 year career in Christian music. Disc 1 are the original 11 tracks from his 1992 Gold-selling compilation Moments For the Heart. Disc 2 contains 13 tracks from his 1990s releases Seasons Change, Allegia
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May 32 min read
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