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Say Yes! (1987)
Say Yes! is the fourth studio album by the Christian vocal group NewSong , released on June 9, 1987 by Word Records. The album was produced and arranged by Marc Aramian. Say Yes! marked NewSong's transition from a Southern Gospel quartet to a CCM pop group. The album contains upbeat songs and soul-stirring ballads. Their second single "What Goes Around Comes Around" gave them their first Top 10 hit on the Christian CHR chart peaking at number 6 and breaking into the Top 20
Joel Caballero
Feb 222 min read


Trophies of Grace (1986)
Trophies of Grace is the third studio album by the Christian vocal group NewSong , released around March 1986 by Word Records. The album was produced by Marc Aramian and Mike Clark with Doug Johnson serving as associate producer. It was recorded at Southern Tracks in Atlanta, Georgia. For this album, Trophies of Grace was released on Word Records subsidiary label Word Nashville. NewSong was slowly drifting away from the Country and Southern Gospel sounds from their previous
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Feb 222 min read


The Word (1984)
The Word is the second studio album by the Christian music vocal group NewSong , released around November 1984. For this release, NewSong signed with Word Records and would stay on the label up until the early 1990s. The Word was released on Word's subsidiary label Canaan Records, which specializes in Southern Gospel music. It was produced by Andy Tolbird with vocal arrangement by Gary Chapman . NewSong once again showcases their harmonies and vocals with seven original son
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Feb 222 min read


The Son In My Eyes (1982)
The Son In My Eyes is the first national debut album by the Christian vocal group NewSong . It was recorded and released in 1982 by Covenant Records, based in Symrna, Georgia. After the group released three self custom-made releases, which were mostly covers of Christian and southern gospel songs, NewSong releases their only album on the Covenant label showcasing their vocal and harmony skills with a mix of country and southern gospel sounds. The album was produced by singer
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Feb 221 min read


NewSong
NewSong is an American contemporary Christian music group that was established in 1981, at Morningside Baptist Church in Valdosta, Georgia. They have several Dove Award nominations and a Grammy Award nomination. They are also the founders of the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular which started in 1995. It is the United States' largest annual Christian music tour. Winter Jam has artists perform including Skillet , MercyMe , Newsboys , Audio Adrenaline , Natalie Grant , ZOEgirl and
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Feb 224 min read


Wonder & Awe (2025)
Wonder & Awe is the 14th studio album by the Christian rock band MercyMe , released on August 8, 2025 by Fair Trade Services. Recording took place in 2024 and 2025. Lead vocalist Bart Millard talks to Music Row about the inspiration of Wonder & Awe : " One of the struggles within today's church is the lack of awe. Having access to virtually everything within the palm of our hands, where’s the joy in being surprised? Those moments that take our breath away. This album reflec
Joel Caballero
Feb 213 min read


Always Only Jesus (2022)
Always Only Jesus is the 13th studio album by the Christian rock band MercyMe , released on CD on October 30, 2022 by Fair Trade Services. A limited edition color vinyl was made available in early 2023. The album was produced by Brown Bannister, Tedd T. and Jordan Mohilowski. Always Only Jesus was recorded around 2021 just as their previous album Inhale (Exhale) was released. This album contain just ten songs of contemporary worship music with a return to the sound they're
Joel Caballero
Feb 213 min read


Inhale (Exhale) (2021)
Inhale (Exhale) is the 12th studio album by the Christian rock band MercyMe , released on April 30, 2021 by Fair Trade Services. MercyMe returns with their first album of new material in four years and their first album of the 2020s. The band started recording Inhale (Exhale) around 2019 and throughout 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and, in a MercyMe first, worked with various producers and songwriters. The album features something for everyone with a variety of songs sp
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Feb 174 min read


I Can Only Imagine - The Very Best of MercyMe (2018)
I Can Only Imagine - The Very Best of MercyMe is the second official compilation album by the Christian rock band MercyMe , released on February 2, 2018 by Fair Trade Services/Sony Music. This second compilation collection contains 12 of their number 1 Christian radio hits with six of those tracks appearing previously on their 2009 compilation album 10 , plus their more recent hits "Greater," "Move," "Flawless," "The Hurt & The Healer," "Shake" and "Dear Younger Me." It did
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Feb 163 min read


Lifer (2017)
Lifer is the 11th studio album by the Christian rock band MercyMe , released on March 31, 2017 by Fair Trade Services. The album was produced by David Garcia and Ben Glover with Solomon Olds co-producing the track "Hello Beautiful." It was recorded in 2016 at four studios in Nashville, Tennessee. MercyMe returns after a three year absence with Lifer . The band asks the question of what is means to be a "lifer" in the kingdom of God. Amazon's review of this release says " Li
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Feb 155 min read


MercyMe, It's Christmas! (2015)
MercyMe, It's Christmas! is the 10th studio and second Christmas album by the Christian rock band MercyMe , released on October 9, 2015 by Fair Trade Services/ Sony Music. The album was produced by Brown Bannister and Ben Shive. The album was recorded in the spring of 2015 at Dark Horse Recordings in Nashville, Tennessee. MercyMe, It Christmas! is their second holiday release and their first since their 2005 album The Christmas Sessions . Like The Christmas Sessions , this
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Feb 142 min read


Welcome to the New (2014)
Welcome to the New is the ninth studio album by the Christian rock band MercyMe , released on April 8, 2014 by Fair Trade Services/Sony Music. The album was produced by David Garcia and Ben Glover. The album was recorded in 2013 around four studios in the Nashville, Tennessee area. Welcome to the New 's sound is more upbeat and danceable incorporating some jazz, pop rock, country, R&B and Irish folk. Their sound for this album was influence by the current independent garage
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Feb 144 min read


The Hurt & The Healer (2012)
The Hurt & The Healer is the eight studio album by the Christian rock band MercyMe , released on May 22, 2012 by Fair Trade Services/Sony Music. The album was produced by Brown Bannister and Dan Muckala. It is the first official MercyMe album released under the INO Records label renamed Fair Trade Services. It is also the first album without founder and keyboardist Jim Bryson. MercyMe remains a five-piece band with keyboard and programming work to be done by members of the b
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Feb 143 min read


The Worship Sessions (2011)
The Worship Sessions is a contemporary worship album by the Christian rock band MercyMe . It was released exclusively to Family Christian Stores on August 30, 2011 and is the first MercyMe album on the newly named Fair Trade Services label, formerly INO Records. The album consists of covers of popular worship songs and hymns, as well as two original songs by the band itself. This was the last MercyMe album to feature co-founding member and keyboardist Jim Bryson prior to the
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Feb 81 min read


The Generous Mr. Lovewell (2010)
The Generous Mr. Lovewell is the seventh studio album by the Christian rock band MercyMe , released on May 4, 2010 by INO Records/Sony Music. The album was produced by Brown Bannister and Dan Muckala. This was also the last MercyMe album to feature founding member and keyboardist Jim Bryson and the last album to be released under the INO Records name. The following year, INO Records was renamed Fair Trade Services or Fair Trade with distribution continuing with Sony Music an
Joel Caballero
Feb 83 min read


The Definitive Collection (2007) (Steve Camp compilation album)
The Definitive Collection is a compilation album of Christian singer -songwriter Steve Camp . Released by Word/Curb/Warner Records on May 22, 2007 as part of the Word Artists Definitive Collection series, it features seven select songs from Camp's 1981 release For Every Man , with one track each from Sayin' It With Love , Start Believin' and It's a Dying World . All ten tracks are available on CD and digitally for the first time as those four releases have never been rele
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Jan 241 min read


Hope (2026) (Petra studio album)
Hope is the 21st studio album by the Christian rock band Petra . It was released on January 5, 2026 by Girder Music, first to digital download and streaming formats, on CDs a week later on January 12, 2026 and on three color variant collector's edition vinyls two months later on March 2026. The band produced the album themselves. Hope is Petra's first new release of all-new material in over 20 years, following up their 2003 album Jekyll & Hyde and their 2005 live album Far
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Jan 223 min read


The Definitive Collection (2007) (Petra compilation album)
The Definitive Collection is a compilation album of Christian singer -songwriter Petra . Released by Word/Curb/Warner Records on May 22, 2007 as part of the Word Artists Definitive Collection series, it features ten songs from their catalog of Word albums of the 1990s and the title song from their 1977 release Come and Join Us . Track listing 1. I Love the Lord (Bob Hartman) (from Petra Praise: The Rock Cries Out ) -3:36 2. Dance (Bob Hartman, John Elefante) (from Unse
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Jan 172 min read


The Ultimate Collection (2006) (Petra compilation album)
The Ultimate Collection is a 2006 2-CD compilation album of the Christian rock band Petra released by Star Song Records. Released as part of The Ultimate Collection series featuring former artists of the Sparrow/EMI Christian Music Group label, this collection contains 33 previously released songs on 2 CDs from Petra's recordings on the Star Song label in the 1980s, as well as their time on Word Records in the 1970s and later in the 1990s, plus the title track from their 2
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Jan 174 min read


Fifty (2023) (3-CD compilation album)
Fifty is a retrospective 3-CD compilation album by the Christian rock band Petra . It was released on April 7, 2023 by Girder Records, which specializes in restoring and remastering out of print classic Christian Rock and Metal albums. Fifty contains 50 of Petra's best rock and ballad tracks, hand-picked by guitarist and founder Bob Hartman himself as the band commemorates their 50th year in music and ministry. The collection also includes a 24 page book featuring rare phot
Joel Caballero
Jan 135 min read
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