Casting Crowns Gift Edition [Limited]

Performer: Casting Crowns
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Casting Crowns: Mark Hall (vocals); Hector Cervantes, Juan Devevo (guitar, background vocals); Melodee Devevo (violin, background vocals); Megan Garrett (accordion, keyboards, background vocals); Chris Huffman (bass); Andy Williams (drums). Producers: Steven Curtis Chapman, Mark Miller. Recorded at Zoo Studio, Franklin, Tennessee and In The Dark Studio, Decatur, Georgia. Casting Crowns: Mark Hall (vocals); Melodee DeVevo (violin); Megan Garrett (accordion); Chris Huffman (bass guitar); Andy Williams (drums); Hector Cervantes, Juan DeVevo (background vocals). Christian rock music's detractors often cite the eternally sunny, feel-good "I'm okay, you're okay" attitude of many CCM albums as a quality antithetical to real rock & roll. While Casting Crowns certainly offer their fair share of optimistic praise, the group also takes a page from the original 1960's San Francisco Jesus Freak movement's aggressively evangelical book. On several songs, lead vocalist/lyricist Mark Hall quite directly points out the disparity between the Bible's teaching and the world's shortcomings, calling out all manners of hypocrisy, materialism, and cowardice, and then demanding an explanation. This unusually forceful message is framed in an appropriately bombastic arena-rock sound that recalls the heyday of bands like Asia and Kansas. In addition, Hall's voice is a powerful tool perfectly suited to throwing around a little fire and brimstone, often sounding like a cross between Nickelback's Chad Kroeger and Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd. A refreshingly unabashed statement of Christian fundamentalism in the literal sense of the term, CASTING CROWNS offers an energetic and tuneful missive. DVD Features: The Cast Crowns Story Meet Casting Crowns American Dream - Music Video Who Am I Live Concert Footage Heart Of The Music: 1. If We Are The Body 2. Who Am I 3. Voice Of Truth - Mark Hall Testimony) 4. Here I Go Again 5. American Dream

When youth pastor Mark Hall wanted to reach out to the kids on his southern worship circuit in the late 1990s, he figured that having a rock band would put his message across much more effectively than if he tried to sway with words alone. The result is Casting Crowns, one of the most popular groups in the Contemporary Christian Music world. Hall's musical ministry is characterized by searing guitar work, uplifting melodies, and super-sized production that has won over secular audiences as well as believers. The band's 2005 best-seller, LIFESONG, inspired a popular video, live album, and inspirational book, and their follow-up recordings have been just as well received.

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