CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music

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CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music (Harvest House Publishers, 2001) is a book edited by Thom Granger, based on an article in CCM Magazine that chronicles the history of Contemporary Christian Music by examining what are considered to be the best albums of the genre. To date, it is the only book to rank CCM albums.

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  1. 1.
    Lead Me On
    by Amy Grant

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  2. 2.
    Only Visiting This Planet

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  3. 3.
    A Liturgy, A Legacy & A Ragamuffin Band
    by Rich Mullins

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  4. 4.
    Second Hand

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  5. 5.
    For Him Who Has Ears to Hear
    by Keith Green

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  6. 6.
    The Joshua Tree
    by U2

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  7. 7.
    The World As Best As I Remember It, Volume 1
    by Rich Mullins

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  8. 8.
    The Turning

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  9. 9.
    Free at Last: The Music
    by dc Talk

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  10. 10.
    Different Lifestyles
    by BeBe & CeCe Winans

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  11. 11.
    The Way Home
    by Russ Taff

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  12. 12.
    Romeo Unchained

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  13. 13.
    Welcome to Paradise

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  14. 14.
    Jesus Freak
    by dc Talk

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  15. 15.
    Love Life
    by Charlie Peacock

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  16. 16.
    Slow Train Coming
    by Bob Dylan

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  17. 17.
    White Horse / Adam Again

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  18. 18.
    Meltdown
    by Steve Taylor

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  19. 19.
    Sixpence None The Richer
    by Sixpence None The Richer

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  20. 20.
    Crimson & Blue
    by Phil Keaggy

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  21. 21.
    The Big Picture
    by Michael W. Smith

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  22. 22.
    Jars of Clay
    by Jars of Clay

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  23. 23.
    Love Song

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  24. 24.
    This Is Another Day
    by Andrae Crouch

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  25. 25.
    Orphans of God

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  26. 26.
    The Secret of Time
    by Charlie Peacock

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  27. 27.
    Big Town
    by Ashley Cleveland

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  28. 28.
    Humans
    by Bruce Cockburn

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  29. 29.
    Dry Bones Dance

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  30. 30.
    Heart in Motion
    by Amy Grant

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  31. 31.
    Winds Of Heaven, Stuff Of Earth
    by Rich Mullins

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  32. 32.
    Victims Of the Age
    by Mark Heard

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  33. 33.
    The Great Adventure
    by Steven Curtis Chapman

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  34. 34.
    The Michael W. Smith Project
    by Michael W. Smith

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  35. 35.
    My Utmost for His Highest: The Covenant
    by Various Artists

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  36. 36.
    Medals
    by Russ Taff

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  37. 37.
    Heaven
    by BeBe & CeCe Winans

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  38. 38.
    In Another Land (+2)

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  39. 39.
    The Nu Nation Project
    by Kirk Franklin

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  40. 40.
    A Christmas Album
    by Amy Grant

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  41. 41.
    October
    by U2

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  42. 42.
    Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws
    by Bruce Cockburn

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  43. 43.
    Life Love & Other Mysteries
    by Point of Grace

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  44. 44.
    Behind the Eyes
    by Amy Grant

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  45. 45.
    Change Your World
    by Michael W. Smith

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  46. 46.
    Immigrant's Daughter
    by Margaret Becker

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  47. 47.
    Out of the Grey
    by Out of the Grey

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  48. 48.
    Tomorrow
    by The Winans

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  49. 49.
    So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt...

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  50. 50.
    Chase the Kangaroo

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foralltime
Winnipeg

No Michael Card? — 16 weeks ago

Michael Card has consistently produced great work…. He even went through the entire Bible in song. Very very few other Christian artists can compete with his musical talent and lyric writing. His two disc album “The Ancient Faith” should be in the top 5, at least. Personally, I would put it second after Larry Norman’s “Only Visiting This Planet.”

“The Ancient Faith,” as the title suggests, traces early faith from Eden through Ezekiel and the Babylonian captivity.

Another top 5 quality album from Card is “The Life” which is the story of Jesus’ ministry.

Sorry, Amy Grant is very good, but not #1.

Mar 08, 11:49AM | 1 comment | Reply to this

Greg
Columbus

Looking for some of the 'hard-to-get' stuff — 3 years ago

Found a few MP3s of Mark Heard’s available for free download at pastemusic.com Also stumbled across some for Michael Omartian.

We own the Keith Green “Ministry Years” 2CD set and when I compared track listings, I found that all but 1 from SO YOU WANNA GO BACK TO EGYPT? are found there (“Pledge my Head to Heaven” is the M.I.A. cut) so I’m gonna play a little fast and loose and consider myself to have heard that one.

May 21, 12:43AM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Greg
Columbus

Why this list is REALLY hard to complete — 3 years ago

Christian contemporary music is notorious for its short shelf life. Many of these albums have been critically lauded since their time of release but have been out of print since the year after! Case in point: Mark Heard appears 3 times on this list (#32,#29,#4 and if you count the tribute album to him..#25) but every one of those is out of print, meaning you can’t borrow it at the library. Hearing it means shelling out often high collector’s prices and I’m not willing to do that without having heard the music in question.

Any one got any pointers to places I might be able to stream the FULL SONGS from the albums listed here?

ELUSIVE:

100. MIRROR-Evie
97. THE BRIDE-Crystal Lewis
96. FIRE & ICE-Steve Camp
93. HOW THE WEST WAS WON-2nd Chapter of Acts/Phil Keaggy/and a band called David
91. AWAITING YOUR REPLY-Resurrection Band
84. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD-Lost Dogs
83. SHADED PAIN-L.S.U. (Lifesavers Underground)
81. LISTEN-Cindy Morgan
77. INVISIBLE GIRL-Julie Miller
72. WITH FOOTNOTES-2nd Chapter of Acts
68. BOOK OF KELLS-Iona
65. MATTERS OF THE HEART-Bob Bennett
63. HORRENDOUS DISC-Daniel Amos
59. SOULFULLY-Andrae Crouch
57. KINGDOM SEEKERS-Twila Paris
56. ERACE-Gotee Brothers
49. SO YOU WANNA GO BACK TO EGYPT?-Keith Green
32. VICTIMS OF THE AGE-Mark Heard
29. DRY BONES DANCE-Mark Heard
25 ORPHANS OF GOD-Various Artists
17. WHITE HORSE-Michael Omartian
5. FOR HIM WHO HAS EARS TO HEAR-Keith Green
4. SECOND HAND-Mark Heard

Any help in chasing down these tricky to hear titles would be appreciated….

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