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Top Albums of 2016: Staff Average

01.   Air For Free, Relient K
02.   Where The Light Shines Through, Switchfoot
03.   Some Things Never Leave You, Sherwood
04.   Real Emotion, Paper Route
05.   Life Screams, Lacey Sturm
06.   Types & Shadows, Wolves At The Gate
07.   Ghost Ship, Theocracy
08.   American Prodigal, Crowder
09.   H A R D L O V E, NEEDTOBREATHE
10.   The Narrative, Sho Baraka


Top Albums of 2016

John DiBiase's Picks
  1. Real Emotion, Paper Route
  2. Where The Light Shines Through (Deluxe), Switchfoot
  3. Songs for the Late Night Drive Home, Anchor & Braille
  4. H A R D L O V E, NEEDTOBREATHE
  5. Some Things Never Leave You, Sherwood
  6. Life Screams, Lacey Sturm
  7. Alone Together, Leagues
  8. Air For Free, Relient K
  9. Colors, House of Heroes
  10. Wow To The Deadness, Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil

Top Songs of 2016

John DiBiase's Picks
  1. "When Was The Last Time," Switchfoot
  2. "Real Emotion," Paper Route
  3. "Bull In A China Shop," Switchfoot
  4. "Balconies," Paper Route
  5. "Defeatist" (Single), Eisley
  6. "Mumble and Groan," Joel Hanson
  7. "Young Lovers," Leagues
  8. "Money & Fame," NEEDTOBREATHE
  9. "Sabotage," Project 86
  10. "Nightfall," Anchor & Braille



Christopher Smith's Picks
  1. Ghost Ship, Theocracy
  2. Native Color II, Fever Fever
  3. Some Things Never Leave You, Sherwood
  4. Heel, Dogs of Peace
  5. Real Emotion, Paper Route
  6. Ghost Of A King, The Gray Havens
  7. Life Screams, Lacey Sturm
  8. Where The Light Shines Through, Switchfoot
  9. Viscera EP, My Epic
  10. Who Knows? Who Cares?, Heath McNease

Christopher Smith's Picks
  1. "Wonder Of It All," Theocracy
  2. "Money & Fame," NEEDTOBREATHE
  3. "Balconies," Paper Route
  4. "13:15," Heath McNease
  5. "Paper Tiger," Theocracy
  6. "Wishing Well," Theocracy
  7. "If The House Burns Down Tonight," Switchfoot
  8. "In Your Name," Tyson Motsenbocker
  9. "Take This Slowly," The Gray Havens
  10. "If It Weren't For You," Dogs of Peace



Scott Fryberger's Picks
  1. Showbread Is Showdead, Showbread
  2. 1001, Zach Bolen
  3. A Mirror Dimly, Citizens & Saints
  4. The Narrative, Sho Baraka
  5. Bare Knuckle Gospel, Krum & Rob Viktum
  6. Some Things Never Leave You, Sherwood
  7. Move Merchants II, Move Merchants
  8. Who Knows? Who Cares?, Heath McNease
  9. Beyond Control, Kings Kaleidoscope
  10. American Prodigal, Crowder

Scott Fryberger's Picks
  1. "My Shadow Is A Bat," Showbread
  2. "13:15," Heath McNease
  3. "I Will Let You Down," Zach Bolen
  4. "Run To You," Lacey Sturm
  5. "Relent," Citizens & Saints
  6. "Come Home," Psalm
  7. "30 & Up (feat. Courtney Orlando)," Sho Baraka
  8. "My Roving Heart," All Sons & Daughters
  9. "Merci," Krum & Rob Viktum
  10. "DUST," Kings Kaleidoscope



Mark Rice's Picks
  1. Ghost Ship, Theocracy
  2. Beyond Control, Kings Kaleidoscope
  3. Inheritance, Audrey Assad
  4. Playing Games With The Shadows, Kevin Max
  5. Love Remains, Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
  6. Who Knows? Who Cares?, Heath McNease
  7. Ghost Of A King, The Gray Havens
  8. Real Emotion, Paper Route
  9. Zoetic, The Rocket Summer
  10. Dearestly, Lauren Mann

Mark Rice's Picks
  1. "13:15," Heath McNease
  2. "Thy Will,"Hillary Scott & The Scott Family
  3. "Around The World And Back,"Theocracy
  4. "Day By Day," Citizns & Saints
  5. "Every New Morning," Audrey Assad
  6. "Balconies," Paper Route
  7. "All The Money," Britt Nicole
  8. "Come Home," Psalm
  9. "Vanity" / "Rot" (feat. Propaganda), Lacey Sturm
  10. "Band of Gold," The Gray Havens



Roger Gelwicks' Picks
  1. Air For Free, Relient K
  2. Inheritance, Audrey Assad
  3. Where The Light Shines Through, Switchfoot
  4. Some Things Never Leave You, Sherwood
  5. Songs For The Late Night Drive Home, Anchor & Braille
  6. Real Emotion, Paper Route
  7. Awakened To The Sound, Future Of Forestry
  8. Frontiers, Vertical Church Band
  9. Letters To Lost Loves, Tyson Motsenbocker
  10. H A R D L O V E, NEEDTOBREATHE

Roger Gelwicks' Picks
  1. "Every New Morning," Audrey Assad
  2. "God," Relient K
  3. "I Won't Let You Go," Switchfoot
  4. "Hope Is The Anthem," Switchfoot
  5. "In Your Name," Tyson Motsenbocker
  6. "Man," Relient K
  7. "Resurrecting," Elevation Worship
  8. "Set My Heart," Vertical Church Band
  9. "Back Home," Sherwood
  10. "Seek & Find," Love & The Outcome



Michael Weaver's Picks
  1. Life Screams, Lacey Sturm
  2. Ghost of a King, The Gray Havens
  3. American Prodigal, Crowder
  4. Bare Knuckle Gospel, Krum & Rob Viktum
  5. SLOW, Starflyer 59
  6. Air For Free, Relient K
  7. Wow To The Liveness, Steve Taylor & The Danielson Foil
  8. Legacy, Hope For The Dying
  9. Playing Games With the Shadows, Kevin Max
  10. The Other Side of Darkness, Decyfer Down

Michael Weaver's Picks
  1. "A Muse," Steve Taylor & the Danielson Foil
  2. "Back To The Garden," Crowder
  3. "At Last, the King," The Gray Havens
  4. "I'm Not Laughing," Lacey Sturm
  5. "Distracted," Scribbling Idiots
  6. "Phantoms of Terra," Kevin Max
  7. "Man," Relient K
  8. "Suitcases and Passports," Krum & Rob Viktum
  9. "Sabotage," Project 86
  10. "Come My Way," Disciple



Kevin Hoskins's Picks
  1. Life Screams, Lacey Sturm
  2. The Glory Album, Christon Gray
  3. Clown Town, Wordsplayed
  4. Therapy Session, NF
  5. Exhale, Thousand Foot Krutch
  6. Slingshot David Mixtape, Dee1
  7. American Prodigal, Crowder
  8. Church Clothes 3, Lecrae
  9. Unleashed, Skillet
  10. Midwest Modesty, Before Their Eyes / Loose Canon, Vol. 3, Canon

Kevin Hoskins's Picks
  1. "Against All Adz,"Wordsplayed
  2. "Run to You," Lacey Sturm
  3. "Connor McDees" (feat. Taelor Gray and Skyzoo), Christon Gray
  4. "Push," Thousand Foot Krutch
  5. "We Won't Make The Same Mistakes Again" (feat. Hotel Books), Before Their Eyes
  6. "Do It Over," Canon
  7. "Intro 2," NF
  8. "Misconceptions 3" (feat. John Givez, JGivens, and Jackie Hill Perry), Lecrae
  9. "Against Us (Remix)," Dee1
  10. "Believe It," Derek Minor



Alex Caldwell's Picks
  1. Where The Light Shines Through, Switchfoot
  2. Real Emotion, Paper Route
  3. American Prodigal, Crowder
  4. H A R D L O V E, NEEDTOBREATHE
  5. Air For Free, Relient K
  6. Dead Man Walking, John Tibbs
  7. Follow Through, Unspoken
  8. Letters To Lost Loves, Tyson Motsenbocker
  9. The Narrative, Sho Baraka
  10. Folk Hop 'n Roll, Judah & The Lion

Alex Caldwell's Picks
  1. "Live It Well," Switchfoot
  2. "Balconies," Paper Route
  3. "In Your Name," Tyson Motsenbocker
  4. "Run Devil Run," Crowder
  5. "Local Construction," Relient K
  6. "Silver And Stone," John Tibbs
  7. "Higher," Unspoken
  8. "Testify," NEEDTOBREATHE
  9. "Chain Breaker," Zach Williams
  10. "What You Want," Tenth Avenue North



Timothy Estabrooks' Picks
  1. The Narrative, Sho Baraka
  2. Polar Similar, Norma Jean
  3. Passengers, Artifex Pereo
  4. Showbread is Showdead, Showbread
  5. Colors, House of Heroes
  6. Inheritance, Audrey Assad
  7. Types & Shadows, Wolves At The Gate
  8. Move Merchants II, Move Merchants
  9. H A R D L O V E, NEEDTOBREATHE
  10. Bare Knuckle Gospel, Krum & Rob Viktum

Timothy Estabrooks' Picks
  1. "How Can I Keep From Singing?," Audrey Assad
  2. "1,000,000 Watts," Norma Jean
  3. "Here (2016)," Sho Baraka
  4. "IDK," Trip Lee
  5. "Bottle It Up," Sherwood
  6. "Wive's Tale," My Epic
  7. "Who Are They Anyway?," Move Merchants
  8. "Farewell," Comrades
  9. "Feel," House of Heroes
  10. "Misconceptions 3" (feat. John Givez, JGivens, and Jackie Hill Perry), Lecrae



Wayne Myatt's Picks
  1. Air For Free, Relient K
  2. Real Emotion, Paper Route
  3. Life Screams, Lacey Strum
  4. Types & Shadows, Wolves At The Gate
  5. Where The Light Shines Through, Switchfoot
  6. Passengers, Artifex Pereo
  7. Britt Nicole, Britt Nicole
  8. Ghost Ship, Theocracy
  9. Unleashed, Skillet
  10. SLOW, Starflyer 59

Wayne Myatt's Picks
  1. "I Won't Let You Go," Switchfoot
  2. "Air For Free," Relient K
  3. "Chariots," Paper Route
  4. "If The House Burns Down Tonight" Switchfoot
  5. "Feels Like Forever," Lacey Sturm
  6. "War in Time and Peace," Wolves At The Gate
  7. "Concrete," Britt Nicole
  8. "Real Emotion," Paper Route
  9. "Space Between the Thoughts," Artifex Pereo
  10. "Saviors of the World," Skillet



David Craft's Picks
  1. Types & Shadows, Wolves At The Gate
  2. Some Things Never Leave You, Sherwood
  3. Viscera EP, My Epic
  4. Air For Free, Relient K
  5. Laid Low EP, Everything In Slow Motion
  6. The River, Jordan Feliz
  7. Live On Forever, The Afters
  8. Therapy Session, NF
  9. What God Wants To Hear, Jonathan Cain
  10. Children Of God, Phil Wickham

David Craft's Picks
  1. "Ghost Story," My Epic
  2. "Shadows," The Afters
  3. "Fountain," Wolves At The Gate
  4. "The Unknown," Sherwood
  5. "Look On Up," Relient K
  6. "Beloved," Leeland
  7. "Capella," Everything In Slow Motion
  8. "The River," Jordan Feliz
  9. "Pour It Out," Seth & Nirva
  10. "Incomplete," Thousand Foot Krutch



Nicole Marie Vacca's Picks
  1. Life Screams, Lacey Sturm
  2. American Prodigal, Crowder
  3. Mighty, Beckah Shae
  4. Power, Group 1 Crew
  5. Britt Nicole, Britt Nicole
  6. Playing Games With The Shadows, Kevin Max
  7. A Mirror Dimly, Citizens & Saints
  8. Where The Light Shines Through, Switchfoot
  9. Long Live The Rebels, Disciple
  10. Ghost Ship, Theocracy

Nicole Marie Vacca's Picks
  1. "Happiness," NEEDTOBREATHE
  2. "Impossible," Lacey Sturm
  3. "The River," Jordan Feliz
  4. "Elevated," Citizen Way
  5. "In The River (Live)," Jesus Culture
  6. "Looking For America" (feat. Lecrae), Switchfoot
  7. "Hold Back The Rain" (feat. Jason Walker and Bethany Cruz), Group 1 Crew
  8. "Priceless," for KING & COUNTRY
  9. "Lost In The Moment" (feat. Jonathan Thulin), NF
  10. "Wolves," Beckah Shae



Lucas Munachen's Picks
  1. Everything Was Sound, Silent Planet
  2. Air For Free, Relient K
  3. Polar Similar, Norma Jean
  4. The Narrative, Sho Baraka
  5. Some Things Never Leave You, Sherwood
  6. Real Emotion, Paper Route
  7. Awakened To The Sound, Future Of Forestry
  8. Showbread Is Showdead, Showbread
  9. Dearestly, Lauren Mann
  10. Where The Light Shines Through, Switchfoot

Lucas Munachen's Picks
  1. "Balconies," Paper Route
  2. "Memoir," My Epic
  3. "The First," Sherwood
  4. "Nervosa," Silent Planet
  5. "Death Without A Funeral," Jason Gray
  6. "Sorrow," Sleeping At Last
  7. "Marigold," Relient K
  8. "Reaction," Norma Jean
  9. "Show Me The Way," Lauren Mann
  10. "If The House Burns Down Tonight," Switchfoot



Jeremy Barnes' Picks
  1. Ghost Ship, Theocracy
  2. Lone / Grey, Comrades
  3. The Glory Album, Christon Gray
  4. Polar Similar, Norma Jean
  5. Carry On, San Vicente, Dave Barnes
  6. Ghost Of A King, The Gray Havens
  7. I Believe, Help My Unbelief, Rival Choir
  8. Passengers, Artifex Pereo
  9. Playing Games With The Shadows, Kevin Max
  10. Pray For Me, The Inspirations

Jeremy Barnes' Picks
  1. "Follow You," Christon Gray
  2. "Better," Britt Nicole
  3. "When I Sing," NEEDTOBREATHE
  4. "I Want To Live," Skillet
  5. "Wildflower," Dave Barnes
  6. "Reaction," Norma Jean
  7. "Shepherd's Hymn," Comrades
  8. "Asleep," Wolves At The Gate
  9. "Bummin," Relient K
  10. "Chariots," Paper Route



Dylan O'Connor's Picks
  1. Colors, House of Heroes
  2. Air For Free, Relient K
  3. Beyond Control, Kings Kaleidoscope
  4. Some Things Never Leave You, Shewood
  5. Where The Light Shines Through, Switchfoot
  6. H A R D L O V E, NEEDTOBREATHE
  7. Types & Shadows, Wolves At The Gate
  8. Songs For The Late Night Drive Home, Anchor & Braille
  9. Long Live The Rebels, Disciple
  10. Exhale, Thousand Foot Krutch

Dylan O'Connor's Picks
  1. "Colors Run," House of Heroes
  2. "Local Construction," Relient K
  3. "In This Ocean (Part 1)," Kings Kaledoscope
  4. "Bottle It Up," Sherwood
  5. "Bull In A China Shop," Switchfoot
  6. "Money & Fame," NEEDTOBREATHE
  7. "Flickering Flame," Wolves At The Gate
  8. "Watch You Burn," Anchor & Braille
  9. "Spinning," Disciple
  10. "Push," Thousand Foot Krutch

 

 



                 
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