P.O.D. - Brown - This group is HOT HOT HOT. It's like they can't do anything wrong. This particular CD is a re-release and is not quite as good quality production as "Southtown", but the music is still amazing. These guys ROCK!!!

Jeni Varnadeau - Tracing His Hand - What the heck is this? We will now observe a moment of silence for a fallen rock and roll queen........... What smashed her potential? There's no room for a contemporary CD in a rock stars life.

Disciple - By God - By far the most blatantly Christian album of the year. Their yelling is almost completely scripture (as opposed to All Star United). Very hard music but very good music.

Salvador - Salvador - OH NO!! Menudo has infected Christian music. Is Ricky Martin in this group? We don't especially need anymore Latin boy bands - aren't the Katinas bad enough?

John Reuben - Are We There Yet - If you like rap, you need this album. One of the coolest Cristian rap songs around is on this album. The song "Do Not" should just be put on permanent repeat in your CD player and then rip off the stop button.

Ginny Owens - Without Condition - OK I'm sorry that she is blind, but is this how we determine our stars today? No sympathy vote from me - Best new artist at the Dove Awards was a joke - uh can you say LaRue? This is nothing but an average CD, but the songs are overplayed and her disability is the only reason she was at the top of the charts.