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
  2. 2.
    Only Visiting This Planet

  3. 3.
    A Liturgy A Legacy & A Ragamuffin Band
    by Rich Mullins
  4. 4.
    Second Hand

  5. 5.
    For Him Who Has Ears to Hear
    by Keith Green
  6. 6.
    The Joshua Tree
    by U2
  7. 7.
    The World As Best As I Remember It, Volume 1
    by Rich Mullins
  8. 8.
    The Turning

  9. 9.
    Free at Last: The Music
    by dc Talk
  10. 10.
    Different Lifestyles
    by Bebe Winans & Cece
  11. 11.
    The Way Home
    by Russ Taff
  12. 12.
    Romeo Unchained

  13. 13.
    Welcome to Paradise

  14. 14.
    Jesus Freak

  15. 15.
    LOVE LIFE
    by Charlie Peacock
  16. 16.
    Slow Train Coming
    by Bob Dylan
  17. 17.
    White Horse / Adam Again

  18. 18.
    Meltdown

  19. 19.
    Sixpence None The Richer
    by Sixpence None The Richer
  20. 20.
    Crimson & Blue
    by Phil Keaggy
  21. 21.
    Big Picture
    by Michael W Smith
  22. 22.
    Jars of Clay
    by Jars of Clay
  23. 23.
    Love Song

  24. 24.
    This Is Another Day
    by Andrae Crouch & The Disciples
  25. 25.
    Orphans of God

  26. 26.
    Secret of Time
    by Charlie Peacock
  27. 27.
    Big Town
    by Ashley Cleveland
  28. 28.
    Humans (Dlx)
    by Bruce Cockburn
  29. 29.
    Dry Bones Dance

  30. 30.
    Heart in Motion: Amy Grant
    by Amy Grant
  31. 31.
    Winds Of Heaven, Stuff Of Earth
    by Rich Mullins
  32. 32.
    Victims Of the Age
    by Mark Heard
  33. 33.
    Great Adventure
    by Steven Curtis Chapman
  34. 34.
    Project
    by Michael W Smith
  35. 35.
    My Utmost for His Highest the Covenant
    by Various Artists
  36. 36.
    Medals
    by Russ Taff
  37. 37.
    Heaven
    by Bebe Winans & Cece
  38. 38.
    In Another Land (+2)

  39. 39.
    Nu Nation Project
    by Kirk Franklin
  40. 40.
    A Christmas Album
    by Amy Grant
  41. 41.
    October
    by U2
  42. 42.
    Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws
    by Bruce Cockburn
  43. 43.
    Life Love & Other Mysteries
    by Point of Grace
  44. 44.
    Behind the Eyes
    by Amy Grant
  45. 45.
    Change Your World
    by Michael W Smith
  46. 46.
    Immigrants Daughter
    by Margaret Becker
  47. 47.
    Out of the Grey
    by Out of the Grey
  48. 48.
    Tomorrow
    by The Winans
  49. 49.
    So You Wanna Go Back to Egypt...

  50. 50.
    Chase the Kangaroo

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swood33

A lot of good music left out, such as... — 1 year ago

“Jubilation! 20 Songs, 20 Artists”

“To the Bride” – Barry McGuire with the 2nd Chapter of Acts & a Band Called David

“Praise” or “Praise Strings” albums – Maranatha

“Evergreen” – Honeytree

“Adonai” – Yochanan Ben Yehuda

“Supernatural” – dc Talk

“Shalom Jerusalem” – Paul Wilbur

“Addicted to Jesus” – Carman

Debby & Ernier Rettino

Edwin Hawkins

Walter Hawkins

Rebecca St. James

Malcolm & Alwyn

Jesus Culture

Lamb

Danny Chambers

Charles Martin

John Michael Talbot

Vineyard Music

Don Potter

Kevin Prosch

Ron Kenoly

Sonic Flood

Katie Miner

Jan 22, 06:02PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

Reijo Piippula

Unguarded? — 2 years ago

I think Amy Grant’s “Unguarded” should be on this list. It is one of the greatest CCM albums ever. Also Petra’s “On Fire!” and “Rock Cries Out” are excellent albums – they are very underrated. I wonder which is the line you should keep as the limit of CCM and secular music. Albums like U2’s “War” and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” are brilliant material – and I think they are CCM – and so does one of my friends. Still, I love some of the albums on this list. I have bought many albums because of this list. Recently I ordered “Slow Train Coming” (Bob Dylan), “Sanctuary” (Twila Paris), and “A Morning like This” (Sandi Patti) among others. The jewels I have found are for example “Only Visiting This planet”, “The Turning”, “Life Love & Other Mysteries”, and “Immigrant’s Daughter”.

Jul 27, 06:38PM | 0 comments | Reply to this

foralltime

No Michael Card? — 4 years 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

Looking for some of the 'hard-to-get' stuff — 7 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 YOUWANNA 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

Why this list is REALLY hard to complete — 7 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 FULLSONGS from the albums listed here?

ELUSIVE:

100. MIRROR-Evie

97. THEBRIDE-Crystal Lewis

96. FIRE & ICE-Steve Camp

93. HOWTHEWESTWASWON-2nd Chapter of Acts/Phil Keaggy/and a band called David

91. AWAITINGYOURREPLY-Resurrection Band

84. LITTLEREDRIDINGHOOD-Lost Dogs

83. SHADEDPAIN-L.S.U. (Lifesavers Underground)

81. LISTEN-Cindy Morgan

77. INVISIBLEGIRL-Julie Miller

72. WITHFOOTNOTES-2nd Chapter of Acts

68. BOOK OF KELLS-Iona

65. MATTERS OF THEHEART-Bob Bennett

63. HORRENDOUSDISC-Daniel Amos

59. SOULFULLY-Andrae Crouch

57. KINGDOMSEEKERS-Twila Paris

56. ERACE-Gotee Brothers

49. SO YOUWANNA GO BACK TO EGYPT?-Keith Green

32. VICTIMS OF THEAGE-Mark Heard

29. DRYBONESDANCE-Mark Heard

25 ORPHANS OF GOD-Various Artists

17. WHITEHORSE-Michael Omartian

5. FORHIMWHOHASEARS TO HEAR-Keith Green

4. SECONDHAND-Mark Heard

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

Apr 12, 09:48AM | 3 comments | Reply to this



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