Rob's Album of the Week

Let me know how this feature works out... if nobody wants to hear about what I listen to, I'll can this... but I thought about sharing what I'm listening to. As most of you know, I'm a big music fan, and I love sharing my music with others.

Artist: Delirious?
Album: The Mission Bell (2005)

Delirious? is one of the few Christian artists I really enjoy. Most Christian music is pretty cookie-cutter with predictable ballad-type music and straightforward (and often shallow) lyrics. That stuff I can't listen to, but Delirious? has gone beyond and makes real music, with their own definite, intense sound. Frankly, they can hold their own with U2, but they'll never get the same huge audience because their lyrics are explicitly "Jesus freak" Christian -- which is a great thing.

Delirious? started out as a church's worship band in England during the early 90s, and some of their songs have become worship music standards, for example, "I Could Sing of Your Love Forever", "What a Friend I've Found", and "Did you feel the mountains tremble?" You can catch most of these 'classics' on a double album, "The Cutting Edge".

Since that time, though, they've been making rock records and have gotten quite popular in Great Britain even among non-Christians. "The Mission Bell" is their latest effort. I've heard it said that it has a Coldplay sound. I don't know them; what I do know is that this is an 'in your face' Christian album. "Solid Rock" takes the old hymn and gives it a great new spin. "All This Time" is an intense song about keeping the faith despite public pressure. "Paint the Town Red" is a mission song about our mission as believers. "Take Off My Shoes" is about experiencing the immediate presence of God -- are you ready ofr that? Our hearts will be both purified and excited beyond our imagination on that day we see Him.

Listen to it loud!