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Audio Adrenaline (1992)
Audio Adrenaline is the self-titled debut studio album by the Christian modern rock band Audio Adrenaline , released on April 17, 1992...
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Audio Adrenaline
Audio Adrenaline (known to fans as Audio A or AA) was an American Christian rock band that formed in 1986 at Kentucky Christian...
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Recollections (2017)
Recollections is the third official compilation album by the Christian female vocal group Point of Grace , released on August 11, 2017 by Word/Curb Records. This 2-CD collection features 30 tracks of Point of Grace's mix of fan favorites, album cuts and #1 hits and at the time, the group was celebrating 25 years of "music, miles and memories." Unlike their previous compilation albums, 24 and Turn Up the Music , there are no new tracks. Track listing Disc 1 (from Point of G
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Mar 1, 20253 min read


Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know) (2015)
Directions Home (Songs We Love, Songs You Know) is the 13th studio album by the Christian female vocal trio Point of Grace , released on April 7, 2015 by Word/ Curb/Warner Bros. Records. The trio produced the album with assistance from Stuart Dill, Andy Leftwich and Roger Ryan. It is Point of Grace's first non-holiday covers album featuring a couple of well-known songs like "The Climb" (originally recorded by Miley Cyrus) and the number one CCM and country hit "Something In
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Feb 27, 20252 min read


A Thousand Little Things (2012)
A Thousand Little Things is the 12th studio album by the Christian female vocal trio Point of Grace , released on May 1, 2012 by Word/Curb/Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Ian Eskelin. It is the female trio's third country album and they also co-wrote three songs: "Good Enough" (co-written with Cindy Morgan ), the title song (co-written with producer Eskenlin) and "Might Be Today." Other songwriting contributors include Ben Glover, Tony Wood, Chad Cates and Je
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Feb 26, 20251 min read


Turn Up the Music: The Hits of Point of Grace (2011)
Turn Up the Music: The Hits of Point of Grace is the second official compilation album by the Christian female vocal group Point of Grace...
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Feb 23, 20252 min read


Home for the Holidays (2010)
Home for the Holidays is the 11th studio and third Christmas album by the Christian female vocal trio Point of Grace , released on October 5, 2010 by Word/Curb/Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Nathan and Stephanie Chapman. It is the group's third Christmas recording and their first as a trio with their country pop sound. It features five Christmas covers of holiday classics and five original songs including "The Giver and the Gift" featuring pop pianist Jim Br
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Feb 23, 20251 min read


No Changin' Us (2010)
No Changin' Us is the 10th studio album by the Christian female vocal trio Point of Grace , released on March 10, 2010 by Word/Curb/Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Nathan Chapman. Point of Grace continues their country pop sound as heard from their previous album How You Live , plus it is their first full-length album as a trio. The group worked with producer Chapman, who has achieved success due to his work with Taylor Swift. The album's lead single "Come to
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Feb 23, 20252 min read


What Matters Most (2001)
What Matters Most is the sixth studio album by Christian singer/songwriter/ guitarist Wes King . It was released on October 16, 2001 by Word Records' Word Artisan label. King and Ed Cash produced five songs each. King returned to making music after a four year absence. Between his last release A Room Full of Stories and this album, King collaborated with fellow musicians and songwriters Phil Keaggy and Scott Denté of Out of the Grey on the mostly-instrumental album Invent
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Feb 21, 20252 min read


Signature Songs (1999) (Wes King compilation album)
Signature Songs is a 1999 compilation album of Christian singer/songwriter/ guitarist Wes King, released on Benson Records' Greentree label. It is part of a series of anthology CDs by former Benson artists called Signature Songs. It features his signature classic songs like "The Robe," "Life is Precious," "I Believe" and more favorites. The CD includes artist liner notes reflecting the ten most memorable songs. NOTE: Wes King's first four albums on Reunion Records were origin
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Feb 19, 20251 min read


A Room Full of Stories (1997)
A Room Full of Stories is the fifth studio album by Christian singer/songwriter/ guitarist Wes King . It was released on March 14, 1997 and is his only album on Sparrow Records. Wayne Kirkpatrick and Ben Wisch produced five tracks each. After five years on Reunion Records, King made his fifth album on the Sparrow label for this release. A Room Full of Stories returns to the autobiographical, experimental tone of his early material. The opening track, "Simplify," deals with
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Feb 18, 20252 min read


Common Creed (1995)
Common Creed is the fourth studio album by Christian singer/songwriter/ guitarist Wes King , released on July 30, 1995 by Reunion Records. The album was produced by Phil Naish. Common Creed continues the commercial pop success from his previous album The Robe with more hit songs like the title track, "Life is Precious" (which was also made into a music video) and "The Love of Christ," which King co-wrote with Michael Card and co-composed with Michael W. Smith . Common Cre
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The Robe (1993)
The Robe is the third studio album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Wes King , released on March 23, 1993 by Reunion Records. The album was produced by Phil Naish. The Robe is a departure from King's "acoustic groove" of his first two albums and bringing in a more modern commercial sound, courtesy of producer Phil Naish, who is best known for producing albums for Steven Curtis Chapman . Considered a breakthrough album, The Robe produced hits like the title track an
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Feb 16, 20252 min read


Sticks & Stones (1991)
Sticks & Stones is the second studio album by Christian singer/songwriter/ guitarist Wes King , released on September 24, 1991 by Reunion Records. The album was produced by musicians Gary Chapman and Jerry McPherson. Sticks & Stones continues the "acoustic groove" pop sound from his debut album The Ultimate Underlying No Denying Motivation with Christian AC starting to embrace his sound, particularly with its lead single "Home Inside of Me" doing really well at Christian
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Feb 16, 20251 min read


The Ultimate Underlying No Denying Motivation (1990)
The Ultimate Underlying No Denying Motivation (also known as Motivation ) is the debut studio album by Christian singer/songwriter/guitarist Wes King . It was released on August 8, 1990 by Reunion Records. The album was produced by musicians Gary Chapman and Jerry McPherson. Motivation is described as a pop album with an "acoustic groove" featuring some of his guitar playing skills. Prior to King's debut album, he wrote the track "Snake In the Grass," as well as co- writin
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Wes King
Wes King (born January 20, 1966) is an American contemporary Christian singer, songwriter, photographer, and musician. Born in 1966 and raised in Winder, Georgia, King experienced trauma as a child when his cousin was murdered and he was hospitalized for depression. After picking up the guitar at the age of 14, King wrote his first songs two years later. After studying the Bible at Covenant College in Georgia, he relocated to Franklin, Tennessee and began his career in Chris
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Feb 15, 20253 min read


Phil Keaggy (1998)
Phil Keaggy is the 20th self-titled solo album by Christian singer/songwriter/ guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released on September 16, 1998 by Myrrh/Word Records. The album was produced by Keaggy and Tom Laune. Phil Keaggy is Keaggy's first full vocal album since 1995's True Believer but without the slick production style. He wanted to recapture the live organic sound of his rock and roll albums, Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child , Find Me in These Fields and Crimson and Bl
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Feb 9, 20252 min read


Invention (1997)
Invention is a collaborative album by Christian musicians and songwriters Phil Keaggy , Wes King and Scott Denté of Out of the Grey . It was released on October 7, 1997 by Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Robert S. Fields and executive produced by Lynn Nichols. Billed as a once in a lifetime experience of three of the top guitar players and songwriters, Invention contains seven instrumentals, three vocal tracks and the album's closing track "Something, Somewhere"
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Feb 6, 20252 min read


On the Fly (1997)/Sojourner (1999)
On the Fly is the 18th solo and 6th instrumental album by Christian singer/ songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was originally released independently in the spring of 1997 on Canis Major Records. Keaggy produced the album with John August Schroeter. On the Fly is a return to Keaggy playing both electric and acoustic guitars, as well as bass and classical guitars. It features the original recording of the Spanish-flavored track "Praise Dance." The track also appears on his
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Feb 4, 20251 min read


220 (1996)
220 is the 17th solo and 5th instrumental album by Christian singer/ songwriter/guitarist Phil Keaggy . It was released on September 3, 1996 by Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Bill Deaton. 220 is an electric instrumental album featuring Keaggy on electric guitars and with various musicians joining him. It was released the same year as Acoustic Sketches , except that album was nationally released two years later in 1998. Keaggy's son Ian played drums on the track
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Feb 4, 20251 min read
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