This week we have a feature review which comes toward OneDay, the
historic day of worship and prayer to God by college kids who are
gathering from around the globe.

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THE ROAD TO ONEDAY - PASSION (2000)
OneDay is coming, where thousands of students from across the country are
going to blow the nation away with the power of prayer. This disc serves
as a soundtrack to that upcoming event, adding a dozen new songs that all
attendees of OneDay will know. However, this disc is different from its
Passion predecessors, because it is not a live recording. Working in the
studio brings out a new style of Passion, which is a bit like
SONICFLOOd.

The opening track, "Salvation", tries to bring a live sound to the disc
with an echo on Charlie Hall's voice. The song also features soaring
electric guitar and heavy drums. Next comes a version of the
delirious?song "Shout to the North" that differs from the original in
that it sounds a little more acoustic, and it doesn't have a British
accent. Chris Tomlin leads us in the next anthem, "The Noise We Make."
Sounding much like the opening track, this one proclaims "You are
worthy." "Break Our Hearts" is a beautiful harmonica-filled plea to God
to "Show Your power once again." Also, at the end of the song there is a
heartfelt prayer to God. David Crowder appears on Track 5 for a medley
of, "Make a Joyful Noise/I Will Not be Silent" Besides the cool
"produced" sounds on this track, he leads us in an awesome vocal
"oh-ye-HI-eah!" It is a beautiful, sonic
anthem of pure praise to God.

The disc slows down a bit for "Kindness," which includes my favorite
lyric, "Your love is better than life." At the end of the track is a
prayer for a greater passion for God, for unity, and for the heart of our
country to be turned to God. Sounding like a track from Luna Halo, "Holy
Visitation" is a prophetic track, with references to Old Testament
traditions. "We are Hungry" is one of the best tracks on this disc.
Steve Fee repeatedly cries "We are hungry, we are hungry ~ We are hungry
for more of You." The chorus then fades into "We lift our holy hands up
~ We want to touch You," with a choir finishing out the song in beautiful
harmony.

Track 9 is a beautiful orchestral prelude to "Holy Roar," led by Christy
Nockels of Watermark. "Oh can you hear it? ~ We're crying out for more ~
Listen to our song ~ It's turning into a holy roar" is the chorus, ending
in a chorus of "Hallelujahs". Matt Redman guest stars in this recording
of "Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?" Beginning with the prayer,
"Could this be the land of the free? Let salvation waves crash on these
shores again. And the fire of your great love come rushing in," Redman
crafts a track which is not as loud as delirious?' recording, but is
nonetheless beautiful. Quietly and beautifully ending the disc, "Jesus,
Lover of My Soul," proclaims, "You alone are God and I surrender ~ to
your ways" with an acoustic guitar and some beautiful strings. If you
wait a minute, you will get to track 26:8, an awesome hidden track,
"We're Gonna Sing Like the Saved."

This disc brings us closer to OneDay, and along the way, introduces us to
many new tracks to bring to God in passionate worship.


For a review of their CD, Better is One Day, head over to MusicWeb:
http://www.jesusfreak.com/musicweb/music/worship/passion

Also, OneDay is coming rapidly! Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, OneDay is
a huge outdoor assembly of over 100,000 college students who come to
praise God and fervently pray for this generation. Find out more and
sign up here:
http://www.oneday2000.org/


THE LATEST NEWS HEADLINES
• upcoming praise and worship project with lots of artists
• wow gold chronicles the greatest hits of Christian music...for a good
cause
• roaring lambs comes 5/30 with the best artists changing today's culture
• And much more!

View all the latest stories on Christian MusicNews:
http://www.jesusfreak.com/musicweb/news/



AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER (on Christian MusicWeb)
Second Story - Wilshire [5/8]
waxmuseum - dj maj [5/9]
The Maple Room - Wayne Kirkpatrick [5/16]
Over Blue City - Skypark [5/16] (Available soon!)
The Promise - PlusOne [5/23]
This Mystery - Nichole Nordeman [5/23]
Wake Up Screaming - Slick Shoes [5/23] (Available soon!)
Roaring Lambs - Various [5/30]

To get any of these titles delivered to your door on the release date,
please go to:
http://www.jesusfreak.com/musicweb/news/index.html#RELEASES
Also, read the instructions so that they do come on the release date


CHRISTIAN HIT RADIO CHARTS FOR THIS WEEK
> OK, more cheese-pop from V*Enna, Avalon
> and those ever-infecting Newsboys. Go SF!
1. Beautiful Sound - Newsboys
2. A Little More - Jennifer Knapp
3. Collide - Jars of Clay
4. What Good - Third Day
5. Always Have, Always Will - Avalon
6. When I Praise - FFH
7. Rest - Skillet
8. All the Way to Heaven - V*Enna
9. My Refuge - SONICFLOOd
10. Written on My Heart - PlusOne

SOURCE: CCM Online ( http://www.ccmcom.com/ )


MUSICWEB UPDATES
• Added a page for FFH:
http://www.jesusfreak.com/musicweb/music/pop/ffh
• Added a new Views on the News column:
http://www.jesusfreak.com/musicweb/insight
• Added this review of At the Crossroads:
http://www.jesusfreak.com/musicweb/books/crossroads


We're going to be on the dot-com thing pretty soon, but until then, we'll
be keeping the great stuff for you so that you have uninterrupted
service! If you have any comments, please reply and send them.

Dan Ficker
Christian MusicWeb
a different approach to music
http://www.jesusfreak.com/musicweb
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