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Top Albums of 2008: Staff Average

    1.   The End Is Not The End, House Of Heroes
    2.   Dance Or Die, Family Force 5
    3.   This Is An Outrage!, Capital Lights
    4.   Revelation, Third Day
    5.   Children 18:3, Children 18:3

6.   New Surrender, Anberlin
7.   Unbreakable, Fireflight
8.   'Til We See The Shore, Seabird
9.   While Broken Hearts Prevail EP, Emery
10.   We Need Each Other, Sanctus Real


Top Albums of 2008

John DiBiase's Picks
  1. The End Is Not The End, House Of Heroes
  2. Dance Or Die, Family Force 5
  3. New Surrender, Anberlin
  4. Daylight Is Coming, Remedy Drive
  5. Unbreakable, Fireflight
  6. Revelation, Third Day
  7. Closer EP, Jars Of Clay / Transmission #1 EP, The Listening (TIE)
  8. Children 18:3, Children 18:3
  9. We Need Each Other, Sanctus Real
  10. Never Going Back To OK, The Afters

Top Songs of 2008

John DiBiase's Picks
  1. "Get Your Back Off The Wall," Family Force 5
  2. "Lose Control," House Of Heroes
  3. "Opposite Way," Leeland
  4. "Leave You Now," House Of Heroes
  5. "Wake The Dead," Family Force 5
  6. "Your Love Is Strong," Jon Foreman
  7. "Revelation," Third Day
  8. "D-I-E-4-Y-O-U," Family Force 5
  9. "Turn On The Lights," Sanctus Real
  10. "Closer," Jars Of Clay



Josh Taylor's Picks
  1. The End Is Not The End, House Of Heroes
  2. Canopy Glow, Anathallo
  3. You Are My Sunshine, Copeland
  4. Ampersand EP, Derek Webb & Sandra McCracken
  5. Wake, Brightwood
  6. Venison Beach EP, The Nova Ray
  7. The Bird and the Bee Sides, Relient K
  8. Time Is Fiction, Edison Glass
  9. I Am Terrified EP, I Am Terrified
  10. The Sleeping House, Cool Hand Luke

Josh Taylor's Picks
  1. "On the Safest Ledge," Copeland
  2. "Dreamer to a Dream," Brightwood
  3. "Baby's A Red," House Of Heroes
  4. "The Grey Man," Copeland
  5. "The River," Anathallo
  6. "In The Valley...," House Of Heroes
  7. "Northern Lights," Anathallo
  8. "When the Summer’s Gone," Derek Webb & Sandra McCracken
  9. "Field Of Daggers," House Of Heroes
  10. "All Our Memories," Edison Glass



Scott Fryberger's Picks
  1. Anti-Meridian, brave Saint Saturn
  2. Children 18:3, Children 18:3
  3. Dance Or Die, Family Force 5
  4. Anorexia, Showbread
  5. Nervosa, Showbread
  6. The End Is Not The End, House Of Heroes
  7. Rebel, LeCrae
  8. This Is An Outrage!, Capital Lights
  9. Revelation, Third Day
  10. Roots, Shawn McDonald

Scott Fryberger's Picks
  1. "Invictus," brave Saint Saturn
  2. "How In The World," Family Force 5
  3. "Let The Little Lady Talk," Capital Lights
  4. "The Beginning" (Nervosa), Showbread
  5. "LCM," Children 18:3
  6. "In The Valley...," House Of Heroes
  7. "Dance or Die," Family Force 5
  8. "The Goat" (Nervosa), Showbread
  9. "Homemade Valentine," Children 18:3
  10. "XOXOXO," Secret & Whisper



Laura Sproull's Picks
  1. This Is An Outrage!, Capital Lights
  2. In The Making..., Nevertheless
  3. Children 18:3, Children 18:3
  4. Unbreakable, Fireflight
  5. Love At The Core, Run Kid Run
  6. Ordinary Dreamers, Group 1 Crew
  7. For The Love Of The Game, Pillar
  8. Hawk Nelson Is My Friend, Hawk Nelson
  9. Never Going Back To OK, The Afters
  10. X Christmas, Various Artists

Laura Sproull's Picks
  1. "Out Of Control," Capital Lights
  2. "Longshot," Nevertheless
  3. "All My Balloons," Children 18:3
  4. "Movin'," Group 1 Crew
  5. "Work It Out," Capital Lights
  6. "Mr. And Mrs. Cuckoldom," Destroy The Runner
  7. "Captives Come Home," Run Kid Run
  8. "You Have What I Need," Hawk Nelson
  9. "Unbreakable," Fireflight
  10. "I Fade Away," Pillar



Matt Johnson's Picks
  1. Save Me From Myself, Brian Head Welch
  2. Revelation, Third Day
  3. Southern Hospitality, Disciple
  4. Unbreakable, Fireflight
  5. To Know That You're Alive, Kutless
  6. We Need Each Other, Sanctus Real
  7. Opposite Way, Leeland
  8. Ending Is Beginning, Downhere
  9. A New Hallelujah, Michael W. Smith
  10. Children 18:3, Children 18:3

Matt Johnson's Picks
  1. "Run to You," Third Day
  2. "Adonai," Brian Head Welch
  3. "Cathedral Made of People," Downhere
  4. "Turn on the Lights," Sanctus Real
  5. "Unbreakable," Fireflight
  6. "The Disease & The Cure," Kutless
  7. "Liar," Disciple
  8. "Even Sleeping," Children 18:3
  9. "Count Me In," Leeland
  10. "Slow Down," Third Day



Flip Choquette's Picks
  1. The End Is Not The End, House Of Heroes
  2. Dance or Die, Family Force 5
  3. Love At The Core, Run Kid Run
  4. While Broken Hearts Prevail EP, Emery
  5. Anorexia/Nervosa, Showbread
  6. The Dawn Of My Death, Before Their Eyes
  7. The Sound, The Steel EP, The Wedding
  8. The Bird and The Bee Sides, Relient K
  9. The Sleeping House, Cool Hand Luke
  10. Anorak, Ruth

Flip Choquette's Picks
  1. "Son of a Gun," Search the City
  2. "One in a Million," Run Kid Run
  3. "The Smile, The Face," Emery
  4. "So In Love," Before Their Eyes
  5. "In the Valley...," House Of Heroes
  6. "Share it With Me," Family Force 5
  7. "Blame Me! Blame Me!," Anberlin
  8. "Waste Myself," This Providence
  9. "Arms Around Me," Hawk Nelson
  10. "Cruel to Be Young," Jonezetta



Logan Leasure's Picks
  1. Revelation, Third Day
  2. Never Going Back To OK, The Afters
  3. A Fire So Big The Heavens Can See It, Search The City
  4. The Bird and The Bee Sides, Relient K
  5. Running Back To You, Chris Sligh
  6. OK Now, Jon McLaughlin
  7. Take Me Anywhere, Chris Taylor
  8. Unbreakable, Fireflight
  9. Dance Or Die, Family Force 5
  10. What If We, Brandon Heath

Logan Leasure's Picks
  1. "Born Again," Third Day
  2. "Call My Name," Third Day
  3. "You Found Me," The Fray
  4. "Keeping Me Alive," The Afters
  5. "Take It All," Third Day
  6. "Give Me Your Eyes," Brandon Heath
  7. "The Last, The Lost, The Least," Relient K
  8. "Clocks and Timepieces," Search The City
  9. "Vessel," Chris Sligh
  10. "Slow Down," Third Day



Wayne Myatt's Picks
  1. The Silver Cord, The Classic Crime
  2. This Is An Outrage!, Capital Lights
  3. Great White Whale, Secret & Whisper
  4. New Surrender, Anberlin
  5. We All Need Each Other, Sanctus Real
  6. Lost In Egypt, Code Of Ethics
  7. Dreamer, Haste The Day
  8. Never Going Back To OK, The Afters
  9. Hawk Nelson Is My Friend, Hawk Nelson
  10. In The Making..., Nevertheless

Wayne Myatt's Picks
  1. "Just a Man," The Classic Crime
  2. "Frank Morris," Capital Lights
  3. "Breaking," Anberlin
  4. "Closer," Jars Of Clay
  5. "You Are Familiar," Secret & Whisper
  6. "Rest," Nevertheless
  7. "Son of a Gun," Search The City
  8. "Lost in Egypt," Code Of Ethics
  9. "Mad Man," Haste The Day
  10. "All I Ever Hear," Ivoryline



Kevin Hoskins's Picks
  1. Dreamer, Haste The Day
  2. 20/20, Trip Lee
  3. Hawk Nelson Is My Friend, Hawk Nelson
  4. Blessed Be Our Ever After, Burden Of A Day
  5. While Broken Hearts Prevail EP, Emery
  6. Great White Whale, Secret & Whisper
  7. The Dawn Of My Death, Before Their Eyes
  8. Save Me From Myself, Brian Head Welch
  9. Rebel, LeCrae
  10. The Silver Cord, The Classic Crime

Kevin Hoskins's Picks
  1. "Joyful Noise," Flame
  2. "Somebody Else," Hawk Nelson
  3. "Mad Men," Haste The Day
  4. "Hip-Hop," Trip Lee
  5. "Edge Of The World," Emery
  6. "Sorry Seacrest, It's Casey's Countdown," Burden Of A Day
  7. "Life Was All A Dream," Before Their Eyes
  8. "Come Close," Trip Lee
  9. "The Feel Good Drag," Anberlin
  10. "Spider Besider," Secret & Whisper



Rob Tyson's Picks
  1. Daylight Is Coming, Remedy Drive
  2. Ending Is Beginning, Downhere
  3. 'Til We See The Shore, Seabird
  4. Love at the Core, Run Kid Run
  5. We Need Each Other, Sanctus Real
  6. What If We, Brandon Heath
  7. Make Some Noise, Krystal Meyers
  8. Above The Golden State, Above The Golden State
  9. The Bright Sadness, Charlie Hall
  10. God & A Girl, Joy Whitlock

Rob Tyson's Picks
  1. "Never Going Back to OK," The Afters
  2. "Cathedral Made of People," Downhere
  3. "We Need Each Other," Sanctus Real
  4. "All My Balloons," Children 18:3
  5. "Beautiful, Beautiful," Francesca Battistelli
  6. "Unbreakable," Fireflight
  7. "Heartbeat," Remedy Drive
  8. "Love at the Core," Run Kid Run
  9. "All That Matters," Addison Road
  10. "Britney," Bebo Norman



Jessica Gregorius's Picks
  1. The End Is Not The End, House Of Heroes
  2. Limbs and Branches, Jon Foreman
  3. What If We, Brandon Heath
  4. Revelation, Third Day
  5. There Came A Lion, Ivoryline
  6. A Fire So Big The Heavens Can See It, Search The City
  7. Not Without Love, Jimmy Needham
  8. Perceptions, This Beautiful Republic
  9. This Is An Outrage!, Capital Lights
  10. Something To Say, Matthew West

Jessica Gregorius's Picks
  1. "Your Love Is Strong," Jon Foreman
  2. "Give Me Your Eyes," Brandon Heath
  3. "Run To You," Third Day
  4. "Hurricane," Jimmy Needham
  5. "Hearts and Minds," Ivoryline
  6. "By Your Side," House Of Heroes
  7. "In The Valley of the Dying Sun," House Of Heroes
  8. "Out of Control," Capital Lights
  9. "Bigger Scars Make Better Stories," Search The City



Adam Dawson's Picks
  1. The End Is Not The End, House Of Heroes
  2. Closer EP, Jars Of Clay
  3. This Is An Outrage!, Capital Lights
  4. The Bird and the Bee Sides, Relient K
  5. Never Going Back To OK, The Afters
  6. Cruel To Be Young, Jonezetta
  7. Dance Or Die, Family Force 5
  8. We Need Each Other, Sanctus Real
  9. New Surrender, Anberlin
  10. Make Some Noise, Krystal Meyers / Unbreakable, Fireflight (TIE)

Adam Dawson's Picks
  1. "Dangerous," House Of Heroes
  2. "Safe to Land," Jars Of Clay
  3. "If" House Of Heroes
  4. "Turn On The Lights," Sanctus Real
  5. "Outrage," Capital Lights
  6. "Son of a Gun," Search the City
  7. "Never Going Back To OK," The Afters
  8. "Opposite Way," Leeland
  9. "The Lining Is Silver," Relient K
  10. "Radiator," Family Force 5



Lindsay Wiseman's Picks
  1. New Surrender, Anberlin
  2. While Broken Hearts Prevail EP, Emery
  3. 'Til We See The Shore, Seabird
  4. Dance Or Die, Family Force 5
  5. The Silver Cord, The Classic Crime
  6. Fall / Winter, Jon Foreman
  7. Lost In The Sound Of Separation, Underoath
  8. This Is An Outrage!, Capital Lights
  9. Spring / Summer, Jon Foreman
  10. There Came A Lion, Ivoryline

Lindsay Wiseman's Picks
  1. "Blame Me! Blame Me!," Anberlin
  2. "'Til We See The Shore," Seabird
  3. "Ten Talents" Emery
  4. "Miserabile Visu," Anberlin
  5. "Fever," Family Force 5
  6. "The Cure For The Pain," Jon Foreman
  7. "Apparitions," Seabird
  8. "Haight Street," Anberlin
  9. "Sing," The Classic Crime
  10. "Dance or Die," Family Force 5



Matthew Watson's Picks
  1. Make Some Noise, Krystal Meyers
  2. Children 18:3, Children 18:3
  3. Ordinary Dreamers, Group 1 Crew
  4. Dance Or Die, Family Force 5
  5. Albertine, Brooke Fraser
  6. This Is An Outrage!, Capital Lights
  7. Cadia, Cadia
  8. Rock What You Got, Superchick
  9. Addison Road, Addison Road
  10. The Rubyz, The Rubyz

Matthew Watson's Picks
  1. "Final," Children 18:3
  2. "S.O.S," Krystal Meyers
  3. "Radiator" Family Force 5
  4. "Cross The Line," Superchick
  5. "Shadowfeet," Cadia
  6. "All My Balloons," Children 18:3
  7. "Outrage," Capital Lights
  8. "Codename: Raven" / "The Young And Brutal," (TIE) House Of Heroes
  9. "Beautiful Tonight," Krystal Meyers
  10. "Movin'," Group 1 Crew



Garrett DeRossett's Picks
  1. Fall / Winter, Jon Foreman
  2. Sound. Color. Motion., Farewell Flight
  3. With Arrows, With Poise, The Myriad
  4. 'Til We See The Shore, Seabird
  5. The Cries of the Broken EP, The Glorious Unseen
  6. Cruel to Be Young, Jonezetta
  7. The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole, Trenches
  8. The Anti Mother, Norma Jean
  9. The North Pole Project, Number One Gun
  10. Lies, Bon Voyage

Garrett DeRossett's Picks
  1. "Not Alone," Seabird
  2. "Begin Again," Farewell Flight
  3. "Sleeping In," Nevertheless
  4. "Lord, Save Me from Myself," Jon Foreman
  5. "We All Need," Esterlyn
  6. "Disappear," Anberlin
  7. "Paint and Picture," Jonezetta
  8. "Robots 3 Humans 0," Norma Jean
  9. "The Accident," The Myriad
  10. "XOXOXO," Secret & Whisper

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