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Album Of The Day: Out Of Body by Apollo LTD

Album Art of Apollo LTD's Out Of Body album - In the middle, a picture of the moon. Around it, a starfield with galaxies in blue and purple is covered by circles sectioned by lines spreading out from the moon. On the top, hanging from the top, are upside-down snow-capped mountains. At the bottom are large rectangular stones with a few women sunbathing, one standing and looking down at another who is adjusting their hair. In the starfield on the left, a few women in bathing suits are swimming through the stars. Also on the right, some hot air balloons are floating through the starfield. On the top, the artist name and album name is printed in white no top of the artwork, and it's also printed on the bottom upside down, so that the artwork works either way.

Apollo LTD is a fairly new electronic pop-rock band, and Out Of Body is their first album. It's energetic sounds and smooth vocals that lyrically speak to a higher power and an improved life. Musically, it's more creative and engaging than most of Christian music made today and although the lyrics are not too inventive, it's not just the same worship lyrics that most Christian bands are writing today. This is a fun album from a new band that I hope sticks around and continues to get even better.

Release Year: 2019
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Album Of The Day: You Are I Am by Darrell Evans

Album Art of Darrell Evans's You Are I Am album - On a bright green background, the title of the album is scribbled in rough, white letters from bottom left to top right. At the top, along a white line, is the artist's name and the 'Vertical Music' label logo in blue and orange with a white and black outline.

Darrell Evans is a Christian musician that became popular making long, sometimes spontaneous modern church music. His musical influences on his studio albums seem to be rockers like Bruce Springsteen and U2, but the lyrics are all about a personal relationship and praise to God. You Are I Am is his first studio album, which repeats some of the songs on his more acoustic live album from the previous year. I like these more rock-focused arrangements and how most of the songs are 5+ minutes long, musically expressing passion and thanks for God. Darrell Evans has continued to put out new music, but I still keep coming back to his 1997 and 1998 albums which are full of now-classic songs that inspired a whole generation of worship leaders in the years after, I imagine.

Release Year: 1998
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