Album Of The Day: Now The News by Eli

Album Art of Eli's Now The News album - A black-and-white photo of a young man with short hair and a short beard looking up from a newspaper and at the camera directly in front of him. In front of the newspaper in the photo and around the edges is a bunch of bits of newsprint pasted on top of the photo. On top of the newsprint in the bottom left it says 'eLi' in big black text with a drop shadow, and then on some black scribbles below it in a typewriter font is 'Now The News' in uppercase white. There's a 'K' faded in front of that, so it's maybe 'Know The News'.

In the late '90s, Christian music found that folk rock music was popular among young Christians with successful bands like Caedmon's Call. Released 25 years ago yesterday, this is the third album by Paul Falzone, who went by the one-name moniker Eli (often printed as "eLi"). He has a voice that sounds a lot like Cat Stevens and crafted folk-rock tunes about God, Jesus and even some social issues. There's a few silly interludes among the 10 songs and a very silly hidden track, but the music overall is honest, earnest music about life and Christianity. My favorite tracks are "Beggars", "Waves Of An Ocean" and "Do What You Said", plus "Better Day" gets a bit Gospel and is fun. This was his last album on a major Christian music label, though it seems he may have released more music independently in the following years. Eli was never one of my favorite artists and he never had a huge hit on this album, but it's still a fun album to listen to on occasion.

Release Year: 2001
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