Now, to motivate y'all and as a welcome-back gift, here are 4 major downloads for your listening pleasure this festive season:
Note that all the 4 albums I'm sharing are zip folders that either need a file manager like Solid Explorer File Manger (on Android) or Bandizip (on Windows) to open. Please click on the highlighted links to download the app or program if you don't have an alternative.
1. Hillsong Worship - The Peace Project (2017)
Summary info on the album:
The Peace Project is an album done with collaboration members the Hillsong band (Y&F, UNITED and Worship). It is an interesting project which features seven new, original songs including “Prince of Heaven,” “Seasons,” and “Peace Upon The Earth” along with new arrangements of five of the most beloved Christmas classics like “Hark,” “O Holy Night” and “Joy To The World.”
Artist: Hillsong Worship.
Album: The Peace Project.
Number of tracks: 12.
Album length: 57 minutes, 20 seconds.
Date of release: October 20, 2017.
Record label: Hillsong Music.
Music genre: Christmas.
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2. Casting Crowns - It's Finally Christmas EP (2017)
Summary info on the album:
Grammy-award winning and Multi-platinum selling Christian band Casting Crowns have just unleashed their 2017 Christmas EP with the typical Casting Crowns sound we all love.
It’s Finally Christmas is all about the little details that make Christmas. From twinkling lights, to ‘the smell of cookies baking’, to singing Nat King Cole classics - family traditions are at the heart of the song. Christmas is a time for coming together, and looking forward to warmth of family and friends, wherever you are. Even die-hard Christmas fans may find earnest lines like ‘If you’ve got love, you’ve got it all’ a little cloying, but the song rounds off with a return to the heart of it all - remembering the Christmas story together. - Eden Magazine
Artist: Casting Crowns.
Album: It's Finally Christmas EP.
Number of tracks: 6.
Album length: 25 minutes, 38 seconds.
Date of release: October 20, 2017.
Producer: Mark A. Miller
Music genre: Christmas.
Download link: Casting Crowns - It's Finally Christmas EP (2017) (24MB). |
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3. Hillsong UNITED - Wonder (2017)
Summary info on the album:
Hillsong UNITED (the band) had several recording sessions for Wonder at The Record Plant in Los Angeles. Lead vocalist Joel Houston felt that the album's title and themes reflected returning wonder to both faith and worship, saying, "This is the challenge, and this is what worship - if worship can be summed up as an expression of art and music and story - is ultimately designed to do. To elevate the conversation, re-awaken the soul to something other, and lift our eyes to the wonder of a superlative truth." "Splinters and Stones" was described as having "striking vocal modification and pulsing bass samplings" while containing personal lyrics. - Wikipedia
Note: "So Will I (100 Billion X)" is my favorite song on the album. (That's why I have attached an acoustic bonus of the track done live at the Worship Together studios, which is not on the original album.)
Artist: Hillsong UNITED.
Album: Wonder.
Number of tracks: 13.
Album length: 71 minutes.
Date of release: June 9, 2017.
Record label: Hillsong, Sparrow and Capital CMG.
Music genre: Contemporary worship/Christian music.
Download link: Hillsong UNITED - Wonder (2017) (77MB) |
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4. Tasha Cobbs-Leonard - Heart. Passion. Pursuit. (2017)
Summary info on the album:
When the Grammy-award winning Gospel artist Tasha Cobbs-Leonard announced that she was going to feature Nicki Minaj (yeaaaah, some of y'all yelled, "of all people!") on her album, her Instagram went ablaze...
"How could she?" "Why, Tasha, why?" "I can't believe this!"... Went the comments.
But during her interview with Essence, Tasha came out to defend the reason why she involved Nicki on her album by saying,
"I've seen the Nicki that is off the stage and that Nicki has a great relationship with God. My assignment with this song was for a particular audience. Some [of the listeners] have never experienced God ever and she exposed that audience in her way, to the God that she loves."
She also added by saying that this partnership with Nicki Minaj served as a healing process for those she’s come into contact with:
The testimonies that have come because of this – I would absolutely do it again. I’ve had thousands of people say to me, ‘This is the first time I’ve ever bought a gospel album. This is the first time I’ve ever felt God. I didn’t believe in God until I heard this song.'”
Well, fellas, download the album, move over to track number 8 and be the judge...
Artist: Tasha Cobbs.
Album: Heart. Passion. Pursuit.
Number of tracks: 16.
Album length: 89 minutes, 37 seconds.
Date of release: August 25, 2017.
Record label: EMI/Motown Gospel
Music genre: Urban contemporary Gospel/CCM.
Download link: Tasha Cobbs-Leonard - Heart. Passion. Pursuit. (2017) (85MB) |
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Well, I guess that is a full dose for today, guys.
See you next time!
Bonface Morris.
