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Published: Thursday, 08 January 2009 06:37
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Check out what your favourite CHRI jock picked as the 5 best albums of 2008!
Each jock will feature their #1 pick as they host the Top 20 Countdown. Tune in 3-5pm every Saturday for the rest of January.
(Click NEXT below for Top 5 albums from Ali Misener, Manic Mike, Dan Adams, & Care Stevens)
Brock Tozer
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Album |
Artist |
5 |
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Today Is The Day |
Lincoln Brewster |
4 |
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Empty & Beautiful |
Matt Maher |
3 |
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It’s Time |
Brian Doerksen |
2 |
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Salvation Station |
Newworldson |
1 |
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I Have A Hope |
Tommy Walker |
"I seem to have this thing for championing those artists who are underappreciated and Tommy Walker definitely fits the bill. To put it mildly he’s not nearly as well known as his contemporaries, ie. Chris Tomlin, even though his songs are performed the world over (mind you it’s partly Tommy’s own doing as detailed in
this interview). I’ll admit that even I had little idea who he was until just this year, outside of the fact that I knew (and liked) the song “He Knows My Name” (aka “I Have A Maker”). That’s why I was so taken off guard, not to mention blown away, when I sat down to listen to this record…a seamless fusion of jazz, pop, gospel, and R&B and Tommy has an incredible knack for creating hooks (not to mention the Biblical and encouraging lyrics). Simply put I loved every single song on this record, and it spent more time in my CD player than any other this year. Plus I think I may be developing an additional “thing” for artists who could be described using the word soulful (as is also evident in my #2 choice). Don’t overlook this record!"
