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Top Albums of 2024: Staff Average



01.   Slow Parade, Gileah Taylor
02.   Clancy, Twenty One Pilots
03.   Anthem Sprinter, John Van Deusen
04.   Like Unto Lambs, Luxury
05.   I'd Be Lying To Say I'm Not Weak, So Much Hope, Buried.
06.   Loriella, My Epic
07.   Lust For Gold, Starflyer 59
08.   In Bloom, Jon Foreman
09.   Battle Scars, Too Bad Eugene
10.   Interloper, Zane Vickery



Top Albums of 2024


John DiBiase's Album Picks
  1. Vega, Anberlin
  2. Hello Human, Apollo LTD
  3. Veritas, P.O.D.
  4. In Bloom, Jon Foreman
  5. Habit of Creature EP, Neon Horse
  6. Lust For Gold, Starflyer 59
  7. Rosemary Hill EP, Sixpence None The Richer
  8. June, Make Sure
  9. Clancy, Twenty One Pilots
  10. Welcome to the Promised Land, Caddy&Co



Top Songs of 2024


John DiBiase's Song Picks
  1. "Asking," Anberlin
  2. "Body Language," Anberlin
  3. "Here at the End," PFR
  4. "Walk Alone," Anberlin
  5. "At the Risk of Feeling Dumb," Twenty One Pilots
  6. "Future's Calling," Apollo LTD
  7. "Overcompensate," Twenty One Pilots
  8. "A Day in the Life," Apollo LTD
  9. "In Bloom," Jon Foreman
  10. "Say So (Broken Halo)," Apollo LTD




Scott Fryberger's Album Picks
  1. Hell Walker, Tyraels Ascension
  2. Slow Parade, Gileah Taylor
  3. The People We Became, nobigdyl.
  4. Stomp EP, Pipe Bomb
  5. Anthem Sprinter, John Van Deusen
  6. Battle Scars, Too Bad Eugene
  7. Thanks For Visiting EP, Homeplate
  8. Done With Misery (Nos Pergamos In Domine Saluteum), Shamash
  9. Interloper, Zane Vickery
  10. Absolute Trash, Feeble Attempt




Scott Fryberger's Song Picks
  1. "Sad Dads Club," Zane Vickery
  2. "Before You Fade Away," John Van Deusen
  3. "Loved!," nobigdyl.
  4. "I Took The World On My Shoulders," FYR FYTR & Make Sure
  5. "Abba," J. Monty
  6. "Maker (Wheel Within A Wheel)," Luxury
  7. "The Good Soil (True Conversion)," Sower
  8. "Sweet Jesus," Southlen
  9. "Stupid Answers," Stray Gold
  10. "Fame You Can Buy," Sam Hauge




Christopher Smith's Album Picks
  1. I'd Be Lying To Say I'm Not Weak, So Much Hope, Buried.
  2. A Terrible Gift, Jameson McGregor
  3. Loriella, My Epic
  4. Clancy, Twenty One Pilots
  5. Grazie Per Tutta La Luce (Live In Assisi), The Sun
  6. Manna, Chris Renzema
  7. Kingdom Rising, Seth Davey
  8. Reflection, Spoken
  9. The People We Became, nobigdyl.
  10. Grammy Nominated, Islander




Christopher Smith's Song Picks
  1. "Hourglass," Jameson McGregor
  2. "Lucid," So Much Hope, Buried.
  3. "Idle Hands," So Much Hope, Buried.
  4. "Letting Go," Jameson McGregor
  5. "Routines in the Night," Twenty One Pilots
  6. "Intrusive Thoughts," Adeline Hill
  7. "New Wave," Theo MacMillan & Chase Tremaine
  8. "Anywhere," The Gray Havens
  9. "Watermelon Blood," Fallstar
  10. "Bad Weather Friend," Stray Gold




Josh Balogh's Album Picks
  1. Clancy, Twenty One Pilots
  2. Slow Parade, Gileah Taylor
  3. The Rain Falls Sideways, Benjamin Daniel
  4. Anthem Sprinter, John Van Deusen
  5. I'd Be Lying To Say I'm Not Weak, So Much Hope, Buried.
  6. Manna, Chris Renzema
  7. Pixelated Haze, Dawson Hollow
  8. Like Unto Lambs, Luxury
  9. Interloper, Zane Vickery
  10. Child of God, Forrest Frank




Josh Balogh's Song Picks
  1. "Treetop Dream," Dawson Hollow
  2. "Idle Hands," So Much Hope, Buried.
  3. "Summer Jubilee," Gileah Taylor
  4. "The Morning Sun Above My House (From My Backyard Swing)," Benjamin Daniel
  5. "Comeback Wrecker," John Van Deusen
  6. "We Are Love," Sixpence None The Richer
  7. "Sad Dads Club," Zane Vickery
  8. "Eulogy," Jon Foreman
  9. "If We Ever Get To Heaven," Taylor Leonhardt
  10. "Heavy Heart," My Epic




Michael Weaver's Album Picks
  1. OMNI, Pt. 2, Project 86
  2. Lust For Gold, Starflyer 59
  3. Battle Scars, Too Bad Eugene
  4. Stick the Landing, Charming to the Last
  5. How the Beautiful Decay, Lightworker
  6. The Hard Part About Growing Up, XXI
  7. Manna, Chris Renzema
  8. Like Unto Lambs, Luxury
  9. Expel, Light the Way
  10. Bodega 2!, DJ Mykael V & 1995




Michael Weaver's Song Picks
  1. "I Know That It Can Be Confusing (When It's All Your Fault)," Neon Horse
  2. "Tell It," Tunnel Rats
  3. "Fame You Can Buy," Sam Hauge
  4. "mirRor," bC8dyWash.
  5. "Neck Breaker," Rusty Shipp
  6. "Deep," No Treaty
  7. "Be There," Spoken
  8. "The Magic," The Gray Havens
  9. "Hate Club," Pipe Bomb
  10. "Julia," Sixpence None The Richer




Chase Tremaine's Album Picks
  1. Loriella, My Epic
  2. Toil & Spin, Tigerwine
  3. Clancy, Twenty One Pilots
  4. I'd Be Lying To Say I'm Not Weak, So Much Hope, Buried.
  5. Anthem Sprinter, John Van Deusen
  6. Slow Parade, Gileah Taylor
  7. Like Unto Lambs, Luxury
  8. Interloper, Zane Vickery
  9. The People We Became, nobigdyl.
  10. Done With Misery (Nos Pergamos In Domine Saluteum), Shamash




Chase Tremaine's Song Picks
  1. "Hate Club," Pipe Bomb
  2. "FALL," Sower
  3. "All I Need," Anthony Evans
  4. "Do It Again," Steven Curtis Chapman
  5. "Cut the Ties," Daniel David
  6. "Sophia," Trailand Eltzroth
  7. "Stupid Answers," Stray Gold
  8. "Maybe It's Me," Skye Peterson
  9. "Better," Jeremy Camp
  10. "Neverland," Brandon Heath




Alex Caldwell's Album Picks
  1. Scars To Prove It, Remedy Drive
  2. Vega, Anberlin
  3. FOLK! (Pt. 1) EP, Rend Collective
  4. Mat Kearney, Mat Kearney
  5. Hello Human, Apollo LTD
  6. In Bloom, Jon Foreman
  7. The Exile, Crowder
  8. Strangers No More, Vol. 2, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors
  9. Rosemary Hill EP, Sixpence None The Richer
  10. Where the Joy Is, We Are Messengers




Alex Caldwell's Song Picks
  1. "Abide In Me," Rend Collective
  2. "Sumac," Mat Kearney
  3. "Grave Robber," Crowder
  4. "Soul Worth Saving," Apollo LTD
  5. "Where the Sidewalk Ends," Jon Foreman
  6. "Cover Me," Remedy Drive
  7. "Green Light," Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors
  8. "A Lil Church," TobyMac
  9. "Keep Your Head Up," We Are Messengers
  10. "Julia," Sixpence None The Richer




David Craft's Album Picks
  1. Loriella, My Epic
  2. Kingdom Rising, Seth Davey
  3. Interloper, Zane Vickery
  4. Scars To Prove It, Remedy Drive
  5. Slow Parade, Gileah Taylor
  6. Roller Coaster, MC Jin
  7. Anthem Sprinter, John Van Deusen
  8. Child of God, Forrest Frank
  9. Clancy, Twenty One Pilots
  10. The Rain Falls Sideways, Benjamin Daniel




David Craft's Song Picks
  1. "Northstar," My Epic
  2. "Enemies," Wavorly
  3. "Captiva (Reimagined)," Falling Up
  4. "Concealed," Seth Davey
  5. "High Hopes," Rachael Lampa
  6. "Fear Hymn (feat. Kenny & Claire)," Benjamin Daniel
  7. "Brother Isaiah (feat. JJ Wright & Friends)," Newsong
  8. "Scars," Remedy Drive
  9. "Strong Wine," John Mark Pantana & Lovkn
  10. "Forever (Psalm 15 // 2 Corinthians 5:21)," Wind & Sail




John Underdown's Album Picks
  1. Memory Salesman I, Daniel Hardin
  2. Lust For Gold, Starflyer 59
  3. In Bloom, Jon Foreman
  4. Fear No Evil, Whitecross
  5. Habit of Creature EP, Neon Horse
  6. I Love You All The More, Jimmy Clifton
  7. Slow Parade, Gileah Taylor
  8. Like Unto Lambs, Luxury
  9. Welcome to the Promised Land, Caddy&Co
  10. A Spring May Well Up, Jacob Goins




John Underdown's Song Picks
  1. "My Vision Is Coming Back," Gileah Taylor
  2. "The Thief," Daniel Hardin
  3. "Blood Stains," Jimmy Clifton
  4. "We'll Be Alright," Ian Yates
  5. "Antidote," Jon Foreman
  6. "The Morning Sun Above My House (From My Backyard Swing)," Benjamin Daniel
  7. "Submariner," Silent Music
  8. "When We Were Kings," Stryper
  9. "18 Summers," Matthew West
  10. "December 25, 2021: Webb Space Telescope - Launch," Sleeping At Last




Evan Dickens' Album Picks
  1. Lust For Gold, Starflyer 59
  2. Like Unto Lambs, Luxury
  3. Pixelated Haze, Dawson Hollow
  4. Battle Scars, Too Bad Eugene
  5. Grammy Nominated, Islander
  6. Anthem Sprinter, John Van Deusen
  7. The Fear of God, Convictions
  8. June, Make Sure
  9. Slow Parade, Gileah Taylor
  10. Hello Human, Apollo LTD




Evan Dickens' Song Picks
  1. "Battle Song," Too Bad Eugene
  2. "Abandoned (feat. Brandon Lake)," Benjamin William Hastings
  3. "Lust For Gold," Starflyer 59
  4. "Indecision," City of Auburn
  5. "First Light," Lightworker
  6. "Sleepwalker," LO CLOUD
  7. "Weight of the World," Islander
  8. "Eulogy," Jon Foreman
  9. "Worlds Apart," Demon Hunter
  10. "Fade," So Much Hope, Buried.




Matt Baldwin's Album Picks
  1. The Fear of God, Convictions
  2. I'd Be Lying To Say I'm Not Weak, So Much Hope, Buried.
  3. Toil & Spin, Tigerwine
  4. Catatonic Misery, Asfirefalls
  5. Familiar With Pain, Meadows
  6. Clancy, Twenty One Pilots
  7. Stomp EP, Pipe Bomb
  8. The Seed EP, Sower
  9. Ordo Aurum Archeia, Symphony of Heaven
  10. Loriella, My Epic




Matt Baldwin's Song Picks
  1. "The Dark Tower," Oyarsa
  2. "Trumpet," No Treaty
  3. "With Sword and Spear," Symphony of Heaven
  4. "Holiness Cries," Bloodlines
  5. "Catatonic Misery," Asfirefalls
  6. "Sleeping Lotus," Convictions
  7. "Stained Glass" HolyName
  8. "Heavy Heart," My Epic
  9. "Testimony," Rekak
  10. "The Giver The Taker," GratitudeTX




Kevin McGuire's Album Picks
  1. Like Unto Lambs, Luxury
  2. Vainglory, Descriptor
  3. Persona, half*alive
  4. The Seed EP, Sower
  5. Anthem Sprinter, John Van Deusen
  6. Grammy Nominated, Islander
  7. I'd Be Lying To Say I'm Not Weak, So Much Hope, Buried.
  8. Loriella, My Epic
  9. Aya Shi Karahn, Reverorum ib Malacht
  10. Kingdom Rising, Seth Davey




Kevin McGuire's Song Picks
  1. "Maker (Wheel Within A Wheel)," Luxury
  2. "Automatic," half*alive
  3. "Drag the Lake," daygraves
  4. "Misael," Weeping Hour
  5. "Idle Hands," So Much Hope, Buried.
  6. "Sundrops," Oyarsa
  7. "Seven," Anberlin
  8. "Oxford Candles," Zambroa
  9. "Sleepwalker," LO CLOUD
  10. "Nothing to Say to the New York Times," Jon Guerra




Michael Carder's Album Picks
  1. When Wind Meets Fire, Elevation Worship
  2. Child of God, Forrest Frank
  3. The Good Shepherd, Joe L Barnes
  4. Beyond Us, Aohdan King
  5. Sold out, sincerely, Benjamin William Hastings
  6. I Miss You, Gracie Binion
  7. All To Bless You, Kory Miller
  8. MATIN: Turn, Jess Ray
  9. The People We Became, nobigdyl.
  10. Practice EP, Jackie Hill Perry




Michael Carder's Song Picks
  1. "When Wind Meets Fire," Elevation Worship
  2. "Altar," Joe L Barnes
  3. "Goodbye Yesterday (feat. Gracie Binion)," Elevation Rhythm
  4. "Heaven On Earth (feat. Torey D'Shaun)," Forrest Frank
  5. "Honestly, We Need Jesus," Terrian
  6. "Nothing To Hide (feat. Joe L Barnes)," Gracie Binion
  7. "New Thing Coming," Elevation Worship
  8. "Beautiful Jesus," Kory Miller
  9. "Another One," Elevation Worship
  10. "Hard Fought Hallelujah," Brandon Lake

 

 

 

 

 

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