Album Of The Day: Counting Stars by Andrew Peterson

Album Art of Andrew Peterson's Counting Stars album - On a dark blue background, the faint artwork of a world map can be seen. In the middle, a classic medieval sailing vessel is illustrated. Above it, the album title is in thin white lettering with the artist's name below the title in a beige color and smaller text. Throughout the dark blue background, golden white stars of various sizes are shown. There is also a border around the edge of the artwork as well.

"I'm a world traveler into these uncharted lands." Released 15 years ago yesterday, this is the eighth studio album by Christian singer-songwriter Andrew Peterson. Mr. Peterson uses the piano and the guitar to perform his melodies exploring his place in the world ("World Traveler" and "Fool With A Fancy Guitar") and longing to know God more, living in hope of a better world to come ("In The Night My Hope Lives On" and "The Reckoning (How Long)"). Incorporated in the lyrics are many literary references and beautiful poetic lines. The instrumentation and musicianship of his band is so good, too; a great mix of pop/rock and a healthy dose of folk/country twang. Like most Andrew Peterson albums, I listen to them regularly, but honestly, before writing this I couldn't really remember exactly which songs were on this album. But on listening again, it's full of great songs, like the Christian radio hit "Dancing In The Minefields" and "Planting Trees" about bringing life to the world. It's not my top Andrew Peterson album, but Counting Stars is a really good one.

Release Year: 2010
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