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The Bookhouse Recordings (2004)
The Bookhouse Recordings is the sixth studio album by the Christian rock band PFR. It was released on November 23, 2004 on the Fuseic Music label. The band produced the album themselves and was recorded at The Bookhouse studio in Nashville, Tennessee and mixed by drummer Mark Nash. After disbanding for a second time following their 2001 album Disappear, the trio reunited in Nashville for just one week at the end of August 2004 to record the entire project. Unlike their highly
Joel Caballero
Jun 62 min read


Roaring Lambs (2000)
Roaring Lambs is a collaborative various artists project that was released on May 30, 2000 by Squint Entertainment/Word Records. It is based on the book of the same name Roaring Lambs: A Gentle Plan to Radically Change Your World by Bob Briner, original published in 1993. Conceived and directed by art director Dave Palmer, and produced by Steve Taylor and various producers, the recording includes a number of CCM artists' musical interpretations of Briner's message about the n
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Jun 53 min read


Disappear (2001)
Disappear is the fifth studio album by the Christian rock band PFR. It was originally released by Steve Taylor's Squint Entertainment label with distribution by Word Records on July 3, 2001. Disappear was meant to be the band's triumphant return after a five-year hiatus. Produced by longtime collaborator Jimmie Lee Sloas, it featured a raw, more mature, and edgier pop-rock sound compared to the highly polished production of their 1990s records. However, the album became famou
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May 272 min read


The Late, Great PFR (1997)
The Late, Great PFR is an official compilation album by the Christian rock band PFR. It was released by Vireo/Sparrow Records on October 7, 1997. This collection contains the band's 14 best-known rock and radio hits covering their first five years across four albums: Pray for Rain, Goldie's Last Day, Great Lengths and Them. PFR also recorded three new tracks: "Forever" (their lead single), "Name" and "Fare Thee Well." There is also a new hidden track "The Pig Song," that pla
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May 262 min read


Them (1996)
Them is the fourth studio album by the Christian rock band PFR, released on July 23, 1996 by Vireo/Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Jimmie Lee Sloas with Brown Bannister as executive producer. Them served as their final release on the Vireo Records label as, at the time, PFR was announcing that this release would be final album together as a trio as they were going their separate ways with Patrick Andrew forming a short-lived band call Eager. Joel Hanson later relea
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May 252 min read


Great Lengths (1994)
Great Lengths is the third studio album by the Christian rock band PFR, released on December 19, 1994 by Vireo/Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Jimmie Lee Sloas with Brown Bannister as executive producer. Released exactly one year after their sophomore album Goldie's Last Day, PFR releases Great Lengths continuing their Beatle-esque melodic pop rock sound as heard in the title track, which opens the album. Their rock single and music video for "Wonder Why" explores
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May 252 min read


Goldie's Last Day (1993)
Goldie's Last Day is the second studio album by the Christian rock band PFR, released on December 20, 1993 by Vireo/Sparrow Records. The album was produced by Jimmie Lee Sloas with Brown Bannister as executive producer. After the success of their debut album Pray for Rain, especially winning a Dove Award and earning a Grammy nomination, PFR releases their second album continuing their melodic pop rock sound with some Beatles influences. The title song, "Goldie's Last Day," is
Joel Caballero
May 243 min read


Pray for Rain (1992)
Pray for Rain is the debut studio album by the Christian rock band PFR. It was released by Vireo Records, a subsidiary label of Sparrow Records, on July 27, 1992. The 10-track album features their early blend of melodic pop-rock and strong vocal harmonies, and includes notable songs like "You Lord," "Let Go," and the title track, "Pray for Rain." Their rock single "Do You Want to Know Love" was their first number one hit on the Christian Rock chart. It was produced by former
Joel Caballero
May 242 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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May 213 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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May 203 min read


The Hymns (2026) (CeCe Winans studio album)
The Hymns is the 10th studio album by Christian Gospel singer CeCe Winans, released on June 5, 2026 by PureSpring Gospel/Fair Trade Services. The album was produced and arranged by Thomas Hardin Jr. and Tyrone Jackson. 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 releases her first new studio release since her 2017 album Let Them Fall in Love and her first album cover
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May 173 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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May 162 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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May 162 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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May 162 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
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