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Top 10 Albums of 2006: Staff Average
1. Business Up Front, Party In The Back, Family Force 5
2. Comatose, Skillet
3. The Face Of Love, Sanctus Real
4. Smile, It's The End Of The World, Hawk Nelson
5. Good Monsters, Jars Of Clay
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6. Go, Newsboys
7. Brother, Sister, mewithoutYou
8. Eat, Sleep, Repeat, Copeland
9. Well Meaning Fiction, Mainstay
10. The Chess Hotel, The Elms
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Top 10 Albums of 2006

John DiBiase's Picks
- Business Up Front, Party In The Back, Family Force 5
- Comatose, Skillet
- Well Meaning Fiction, Mainstay
- Where The Past Meets Today, Sarah Kelly
- Blue On Blue, Leigh Nash
- Go, Newsboys
- Good Monsters, Jars Of Clay
- Vices, Dead Poetic
- The Face Of Love, Sanctus Real
- Smile, It's The End Of The World, Hawk Nelson
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Top 10 Songs of 2006

John DiBiase's Picks
- "Work," Jars Of Clay
- "X-Girlfriend," Family Force 5
- "Love Addict," Family Force 5
- "Down In The Lowlands," Audio Adrenaline
- "Come Undone," Jackson Waters
- "October Came Late," Mainstay
- "Head Over Heels (In This Life)," Switchfoot
- "She's Cold!," The Elms
- "Benjamin," Sanctus Real
- (tie) "Along The Wall," Leigh Nash & "Out Of Reach," Sarah Kelly
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Justin Mabee's Picks
- Scars Remain, Disciple
- Business Up Front, Party In The Back, Family Force 5
- Comatose, Skillet
- Go, Newsboys
- This Is Who We Are, Run Kid Run
- Albatross, The Classic Crime
- Glory, Manafest
- Smile, It's The End Of The World, Hawk Nelson
- Vices, Dead Poetic
- Nothing Comes For Free EP, Pillar
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Justin Mabee's Picks
- "Game On," Disciple
- "Love Addict," Family Force 5
- "Oh! Gravity," Switchfoot
- "The Coldest Heart," The Classic Crime
- "Long Forgotten," Dead Poetic
- "Impossible," Manafest
- "Replace Me," Family Force 5
- "Tonight," FM Static
- "Head On Collision," Hawk Nelson
- (tie) "Fiction," Kids In The Way & "Falling Inside The Black," Skillet
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Josh Taylor's Picks
- Eat, Sleep, Repeat, Copeland
- This Providence, This Providence
- The Love Antidote EP, Brightwood
- Keep No Score, Sleeping At Last
- The Bell and the Hammer, This Day & Age
- Brother, Sister, mewithoutYou
- Paper Tapes, The Lonely Hearts
- Business Up Front, Party In The Back, Family Force 5
- Collapse EP, Deas Vail
- Sound of Melodies, Leeland
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Josh Taylor's Picks
- "The Pursuit of Happiness (2nd Movement)," This Providence
- "Needle and Thread," Sleeping At Last
- "Sit Still," Brightwood
- "Control Freak," Copeland
- "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," This Providence
- "Secret Love and the Fastest Way to Loneliness," This Providence
- "Eat, Sleep, Repeat," Copeland
- "Umbrellas," Sleeping At Last
- (tie) "Always Straight Ahead" & "More of a Climb, Less of a Walk," This Day & Age
- "When You Thought You'd Never Stand Out," Copeland
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Lauren Summerford's Picks
- The Face of Love, Sanctus Real
- Dying For A Heart, Krystal Meyers
- Live, Jennifer Knapp
- Adios: The Greatest Hits, Audio Adrenaline
- Coming Up To Breathe, MercyMe
- Jessie Daniels, Jessie Daniels
- Every Moment: The Best of Joy Williams, Joy Williams
- Postcards, Cindy Morgan
- Introducing Ayiesha Woods, Ayiesha Woods
- Beyond Measure, Jeremy Camp
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Lauren Summerford's Picks
- "Beauty of Grace," Krystal Meyers
- "Eloquent," Sanctus Real
- "Undo Me (Live)," Jennifer Knapp
- "Dirty Second Hands," Switchfoot
- "Goodbye," Audio Adrenaline
- "I'm Not Alright," Sanctus Real
- "So Long Self," MercyMe
- "Love Is On The Run," Krystal Meyers
- "Everyday," Jessie Daniels
- "Happy," Ayiesha Woods
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Sherwin Frias's Picks
- Brother, Sister, mewithoutYou
- Pro*Pain, Mars Ill
- The Unsung EP, The Chariot
- Comatose, Skillet
- Redeemer, Norma Jean
- Nothing Left To Lose, Mat Kearney
- Stand, Michael W. Smith
- Go, Newsboys
- A Long March: The First Recordings, As I Lay Dying
- Eat, Sleep, Repeat, Copeland
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Sherwin Frias's Picks
- "In a Sweater Poorly Knit," mewithoutYou
- "Sound off," Mars Ill
- "Yanni Depp," The Chariot
- "Rebirthing," Skillet
- "Something Beautiful," Newsboys
- "Blueprints for Future Homes," Norma Jean
- "Nothing Left to Lose," Mat Kearney
- "Come To The Cross," Michael W. Smith
- "Angel in Disguise," Pillar
- "A Moment Suspended in Time," Underoath
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Laura Sproull's Picks
- Exit Lights, Falling Up
- Comatose, Skillet
- This Is Who We Are, Run Kid Run
- Live Like We're Alive, Nevertheless
- Glory, Manafest
- Smile, It's The End Of The World, Hawk Nelson
- Hearts Of The Innocent, Kutless
- The Face Of Love, Sanctus Real
- Business Up Front, Party In The Back, Family Force 5
- Albatross, The Classic Crime
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Laura Sproull's Picks
- "Islander," Falling Up
- "Rebirthing," Skillet
- "Wake Up, Get Up" Run Kid Run
- "The Real," Nevertheless
- "This Could Be," Mainstay
- "The Coldest Heart," The Classic Crime
- (tie) "Eloquent," & "We're Trying," Sanctus Real
- "The One Thing I Have Left," Hawk Nelson
- "Somewhere In The Sky," Kutless
- "Love Addict," Family Force 5
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Spencer Priest's Picks
- Well Meaning Fiction, Mainstay
- The Face of Love, Sanctus Real
- Sound of Melodies, Leeland
- Smile, It's The End Of The World, Hawk Nelson
- Wide-Eyed and Mystified, Downhere
- Good Monsters, Jars Of Clay
- Ripen, Shawn McDonald
- Nothing Left To Lose, Mat Kearney
- Beyond Measure, Jeremy Camp
- Comatose, Skillet
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Spencer Priest's Picks
- "The Face of Love," Sanctus Real
- "Overnight On Nicollet," Mainstay
- "Perfectly Done" Shawn McDonald
- "Must Have Done Something Right," Relient K
- "Oh! Gravity," Switchfoot
- "Sound of Melodies," Leeland
- "The One Thing I Have Left," Hawk Nelson
- "Take Away," Mainstay
- "Dead Man (Carry Me)," Jars Of Clay
- "I'm Not Alright," Sanctus Real
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Logan Leasure's Picks
- Welcome Home, Brian Littrell
- Testify, P.O.D.
- The Reckoning, Pillar
- Coming Up To Breathe, MercyMe
- Beyond Measure, Jeremy Camp
- Jessie Daniels, Jessie Daniels
- Good Monsters, Good Monsters
- Acoustic Hearts of Winter, Aly & AJ
- This Is Who We Are, Run Kid Run
- Comatose, Skillet
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Logan Leasure's Picks
- "Shine," Aly & AJ
- "Stand In The Rain," Superchic[k]
- "Welcome Home (You)," Brian Littrell
- "Dead Man (Carry Me)," Jars Of Clay
- "Tonight," Jeremy Camp
- "The Last Night," Skillet
- "Winds of Change," Kutless
- "Wake Up, Get Up," Run Kid Run
- "Wherever the Wind Blows," Pillar
- "So Long Self," MercyMe
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Laura Nunnery's Picks
- Good Monsters, Jars Of Clay
- Business Up Front, Party In The Back, Family Force 5
- Brother, Sister, mewithoutYou
- Eat, Sleep, Repeat, Copeland
- Keep No Score, Sleeping At Last
- Floating World, Anathello
- My Island, Starflyer 59
- Smile, It's the End of the World, Hawk Nelson
- Hello From the Children of Planet Earth, Hundred Year Storm
- Adios: The Greatest Hits, Audio Adrenaline
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Laura Nunnery's Picks
- "Oh My God," Jars Of Clay
- "Love Addict," Family Force 5
- "A Glass Can Only Spill What it Contains" mewithoutYou
- "Work," Jars Of Clay
- "Umbrellas," Sleeping At Last
- "Kountry Gentleman," Family Force 5
- "Nice Guy," Starflyer 59
- "Safer On An Airplane," Copeland
- "Tears Of The Saints," Leeland
- "Everything You Ever Wanted," Hawk Nelson
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Tim Harro's Picks
- Business Up Front, Party In The Back, Family Force 5
- Age of Reptiles, Showbread
- Define The Great Line, Underoath
- The Lost, The Sick, The Sacred, Inhale Exhale
- A Burn Or A Shiver, Edison Glass
- Scars Remain, Disciple
- Saints, Destroy The Runner
- Nothing Left To Lose, Mat Kearney
- Knuckles Up, Flatfoot 56
- End Of Grey, Decyfer Down
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Tim Harro's Picks
- "Writing On The Walls," Underoath
- "Rebirthing" Skillet
- "Regime Change," Disciple
- "Kountry Gentleman," Family Force 5
- "Earthquake," Family Force 5
- "Pachycephalosaurus," Showbread
- "Oh Emetephobia," Showbread
- "Islander," Falling Up
- "In Regards To Myself," Underoath
- "Replace Me," Family Force 5
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Flip Choquette's Picks
- Smile, It’s the End of the World, Hawk Nelson
- The Chess Hotel, The Elms
- Popularity, Jonezetta
- Go, Newsboys
- This Too Shall Pass, The Fold
- Live Like We’re Alive, Nevertheless
- This is Who We Are, Run Kid Run
- This Providence, This Providence
- Albatross, The Classic Crime
- Scars Remain, Disciple
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Flip Choquette's Picks
- "Fallen Man," Relient K
- "Everything You Ever Wanted," Hawk Nelson
- "What the World Will Never Take," The Swift
- "She’s Cold!," The Elms
- "Get Ready (Hot Machete)," Jonezetta
- "The Title Track ," The Fold
- "Time," Nevertheless
- "The Fight," The Classic Crime
- "I’ll Forever Sing," Run Kid Run
- "Your Love is Better Than Life," Newsboys
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Kevin Chamberlin's Picks
- The Chess Hotel, The Elms
- Business Up Front, Party In The Back, Family Force 5
- The Face Of Love, Sanctus Real
- Drop-Dead, The Violet Burning
- Paper Tapes, The Lonely Hearts
- Good Monsters, Jars Of Clay
- B Collision: The Eschatology of Bluegrass, David Crowder Band
- Vices, Dead Poetic
- Comatose, Skillet
- Go, Newsboys
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Kevin Chamberlin's Picks
- "The Face Of Love," Sanctus Real
- "One Thousand Years," The Violet Burning
- "Love Addict," Family Force 5
- "She's Cold," The Elms
- "Work," Jars Of Clay
- "Wholly Yours (B Variant)," David Crowder Band
- "Vices," Dead Poetic
- "Mirrors," Mainstay
- "Secret Kingdom," Newsboys
- "Benjamin," Sanctus Real
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Best New Artists of 2006
Family Force 5
Mainstay
Leeland
Nevertheless
The Classic Crime
Run Kid Run
Best Things of 2006
Mars Ill's Pro*Pain finally sees the light of day
As Cities Burn break up... but change their minds
Three Words: Family Force Five
Worst Things of 2006
Creation East rained out!
Audio Adrenaline choose Hawaii for their final '07 show
Mute Math lawsuit with Word Records
!Hero Tour cancelled... again.
Most Anticipated Releases of 2007
New records from Project 86, Anberlin, Mainstay, Everyday Sunday, Steven Curtis Chapman, John Reuben, TobyMac, & more!
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