Album Of The Day: Speechless by Steven Curtis Chapman

Album Art of Steven Curtis Chapman's Speechless album - On the left side, the background is a blurry green and gold, maybe a blurry shot of some bush or something, fading to black at the bottom. On the right two thirds is a somewhat desaturated photo of a middle-aged man with short, light hair wearing a turtleneck with the collar covering up his mouth. The photo is just from his shoulders up, and he has his fingers in a praying pose in front of his covered mouth and is looking directly at the camera. Across the top, it has the artist's name, with his first name in black over the green background, and his 2nd and last names in white above the photo. In the bottom left corner, in white on the black is written '[ Speechless ]'.

Released 26 years ago today, this is the 9th studio album from Christian pop artist Steven Curtis Chapman, and I think it's possibly his best album. Steven Curtis Chapman creates a bunch of fun pop songs and even gets a bit rock 'n' roll in moments on this album, while lyrically bringing Christian ideas and values. Despite being a king of Christian pop, he often makes it clear that he's struggling to find God and live his life as a Christian, which I definitely can identify with. Songs like "Dive", "Whatever" and "Next 5 Minutes" are the fun, upbeat highlights, but the quieter songs also are great. The title track ruminates on the beauty and majesty of God, and the album ends with slower ballads like "With Hope", "Be Still And Know" and a cinematic orchestral interlude between the songs that tugs on the heartstrings too. It's definitely one of my favorite Christian pop albums because it is fun, honest and made from the heart. Thanks, Mr. Chapman, for continuing to create music all these years.

Release Year: 1999
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