Album Of The Day: The Me That Remains by Amy Grant

Album Art of Amy Grant's The Me That Remains album - A mixed-media collage that looks to be hung on a orange and red painted wall or maybe canvas. On the right side is a drawing of Amy Grant, most of it colored in, with the right side only a black-and-white rough sketch, but still made up of various scraps of handwritten text and and drawings. Looking closely at her dress, though, you can also see photos of Amy Grant and Vince Gill, a Tennessee state-shaped magnet, and other paper snippets as well as fabric making up the dress. Behind Amy is a landscape also made up of photos, tickets stubs, and other pieces of cloth, wire, sea shells and more. In the middle of the sky there's an aqua blue sheet that has the album title written on it with cloth or foam clouds above and below it.

Released today, this is the twentieth album by singer-songwriter and pop superstar Amy Grant. Mrs. Grant has been making music for almost 50 years now, and is most well-known for '80s and '90s pop like "Baby Baby", "Every Heartbeat" and "Takes A Little Time". Her first album of new, original songs in 13 years, The Me That Remains finds a bit slower, a bit more country-tinged and more reflective on life and society than in-our-face Christian messages and pop hooks. After a few listens today, I'm really liking this album a lot. Looking at the album writing credits, I love the collaboration here: "Please Don't Make Me Beg" co-written with Jon Foreman of Switchfoot, "How Do We Get There From Here" written and sung with Ruby Amanfu, and "The Saint" co-written by long-time friend and pop songwriter Michael W. Smith. Some fans of the Christian artist may find less spiritual, religious language than they might expect here, but there's still some if you're looking for it. And Amy Grant definitely speaks up for those less fortunate and dwells on her struggles in life a bit, as one who has been somewhat of a celebrity for nearly 50 years might do—I think it fits her well as her current role as the queen of Christian music and elder stateswoman of American music.

Release Year: 2026
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