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Beauty Will Rise by Steven Curtis Chapman By C.E. Moore
GENRE: CCM
LABEL: SPARROW
RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 3, 2009
RATING: 5 OUT OF 5
I believe Steven Curtis Chapman’s newest album Beauty Will Rise is going to be absolutely review proof. For years I have argued that Speechless was his ...
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Life Is Not a Snapshot by Josh Wilson By C.E Moore
GENRE: CCM
LABEL: SPARROW RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
RATING: 1 OUT OF 5
Josh Wilson is back with 7 new radio-friendly tunes that is sure to blaze a trail across the saccharine saturated AC charts. His previous effort ...
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Timescape by Robert Liparulo By Megan Renee
GENRE: YOUNG ADULT/FICTION
PUBLISHER: THOMAS NELSON
PUBLICATION DATE: JULY 14, 2009
The adventures of the King family continue in Timescape, the fourth book in the Dreamhouse Kings series. The King family consists of father Ed, ...
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Ending Is Beginning by Downhere By Thomas Jenkins
GENRE: ALTERNATIVE/POP
LABEL: CENTRICITY
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
RATING: 3.5 OUT OF 5
When I first heard of Downhere, and their current album, Ending is Beginning, I assumed that this album was their debut. I was wrong. ...
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Happy Day (CD/DVD) by Tim Hughes By M. Christian Anders
GENRE: WORSHIP
LABEL: SURVIVOR RECORDS
RELEASE DATE: MARCH 16, 2009
RATING: 2 OUT OF 5
Tim Hughes is one of those perennial worship writers. There is a small class of writers that have multiple songs that everyone in the ...
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