Music

Album Of The Day: Joy by Martin Smith

Album Art of Martin Smith's Joy album - On a black background, a white circular hole with a slight blue tint on the edges is showing a picture of a middle-aged man in white pants and a black coat running and holding a large, white flag that has the word 'Joy' hand-drawn on it in pink marker.

Album Of The Day: A Liturgy, A Legacy & A Ragamuffin Band by Rich Mullins

Album Art of Rich Mullins's A Liturgy, A Legacy & A Ragamuffin Band album - A man wearing a big, thick brown coat with buttons down both sides is only shown from neck to waist with hands clasped in front of the waist and behind looks like a field or landscape with some bushes or trees in spots. In a hand-written-looking font, the band name is in the center with the album name below in white. Around the edge is a hand-drawn border.

Album Of The Day: Contact by The Benjamin Gate

Album Art of The Benjamin Gate's Contact album - On the right, a thick blue cable is coming from the right of the frame to the middle. The cable says 'contact' on it, like it is printed on the cable. In the middle, the cable is wrapped in black tape. On the left, about 20 different smaller cables of blue, yellow, orange and black are splayed out from the tape. The band name and a circular gas mask logo are above the cable in orange on the white background.

Album Of The Day: Light In The Canyon by Sandra McCracken

John Patitucci, Jon Cowherd, James McAlister, and Andrew Osenga.

Album Of The Day: Brace Yourself For The Mediocre by Roper

Album Art of Roper's Brace Yourself For The Mediocre album - A hand-drawn illustration of three robots dressed as American west outlaws, with belts, badges, and guns as well as cowboy hats. On the top right, the band name is in gold color on a red star, with the album name in white print below it.

Album Of The Day: Practice by Jackie Hill Perry

Album Art of Jackie Hill Perry's Practice EP - A black woman with long braided hair and wearing brown jeans and an orange-brown shirt plus a light green beanie is sitting on a wooden stool. Around here are painted the words 'Practice' and her name many times.

Album Of The Day: West Coast Diaries, Vol. 2 by Charlie Peacock

Album Art of Charlie Peacock's West Coast Diaries, Vol. 2 album - A painting of a man standing in the middle of a city. He's wearing a cowboy hat, dress pants, a yellow collared shirt and a gold and white spotted tie, and and orangeish-red jacket. He's holding a radio in his right hand has his head bowed, listening. The artist name is printed in small but bold, uppercase print in the top left. The album name is printed in uppercase in the bottom right.

What Is The Album Of The Day?

You might have noticed that the last few months, I've been regularly posting an "Album Of The Day". You might ask, "Why is Dan doing that? What does it mean?" Well, here's my thoughts on that.

Album Of The Day: Beautiful People by Jason Upton

Album Art of Jason Upton's Beautiful People album - On the right is a black-and-white photo of an old man with lots of hair and a beard. He's wearing a shirt and a large, dark coat. Behind him is some sort of stucco wall or maybe a paper texture. To the left is the words 'beautiful' in bold and 'people' in regular weight font, no spaces. Below that in smaller font is the artist's name in uppercase, with space between the first and last name.

Album Of The Day: October by U2

the one on the left is blonde and curly, the second from the right has light brown hair, and the other two have darker brown, windswept hair. The background looks like some docks or industrial area near the water, from what little we can see. In the top left, the band and album name is printed in large letters.

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