Monday, December 14, 2009

5 Christmas Albums That Aren't Lame

For the past couple years I've been gathering a collection of Christmas hymns that (1) aren't lame and (2) are actually about Jesus. Here are my top Advent hymn collections so far:
  1. Sojourn - Advent Songs
  2. Indelible Grace - Your King Has Come
  3. Mars Hill - Silent Night
  4. High Street Hymns - Love Shall Be Our Token
  5. Red Mountain Church - Silent Night
I also love Sandra McCracken's song "This Is the Christ" (based on a Christmas hymn written by Martin Luther), and the song "This Is War" by Dustin Kensrue of Thrice (thanks to my friend Nick for introducing me to that one).

I'm still looking for more, so comment if you know of more good stuff.

3 comments:

michael said...

A KILLER r&b hymn right out of Isaiah, by Bebe and Cece Winans, "Behold, A King Shall Reign In Righteousness". If you like this genre at all, this one'll give you goosebumps. Powerful and moving.

Lindsey said...

Good stuff. I especially like Sojourn, E-Pop, and Ex Nihilo. I like to try to find my favorite hymns by any artist I can, and then just keep the best versions. Some of the contemporary ones that I particularly like are:

"It Came Upon A Midnight Clear" by The Red West

"Mary Did You Know" by Spoken

"Joy To The World" and "Oh, Come, Oh, Come Emmanuel" by Joshua James

"Oh, Come, Oh, Come Emmanuel" by Haste The Day

& pretty much any version of "Silent Night". I love that song. Hope you like these!

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