Huh, this week many of the albums I picked were pop/rock albums with electronic elements, and it just so happens I continue that today. Young Christian pop star Rebecca St. James and her producer Tedd T. in the late '90s decided to incorporate lots of electronic programming into this album, simply titled Pray. It's definitely not the best Rebecca St. James album, but it came out at a time when she was one of my favorite artists. I didn't really like it as much because it was a bit more mellow than her earlier album God, which had more guitars and rock elements. But listening back to this album today, I like it better than I remembered. Her covers of Rich Mullins and Keith Green songs fit well with the album and have a chill vibe. And actually, there's more guitars than I remember, though they're sometimes buried deep in the mix. Maybe it just plays better on a loud system than it did on some of the systems I had back in the '90s. A special shout-out to the CD hidden track, an electronic dance version of the hymn "Be Thou My Vision", which I've always loved on this album.

Release Year: 1998
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