Album Review: Jars Of Clay - Redemption Songs

American Christian rock band Jars Of Clay released their seventh album "Redemption Songs" on 22 March 2005. It was released by Essential Records. "Redemption Songs" is a collection of reinvented hymns and spiritual songs. As part of a church community that believed passionately the blessing of understanding the story of redemption through early church songs and ancient hymns, Jars Of Clay found themselves a part of a growing renaissance, one that inspired them to write new songs using the rich hymn texts as the foundation. This renaissance was the beginning of Redemption Songs, a blend of familiar hymns, spirituals, and ancient texts.

Tracklisting:

01. God Be Merciful To Me
02. I Need Thee Every Hour
03. God Will Lift Up Your Head
04. I'll Fly Away
05. Nothing But The Blood
06. Let Us Love And Sing And Wonder
07. O Come And Mourn With Me Awhile
08. Hiding Place
09. Jesus, I Lift My Eyes
10. It Is Well
11. On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand
12. Thou Lovely Source Of True Delight
13. They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love

Album Review: Fun Factory - All Their Best

"All Their Best" is a compilation album and the third album overall by German Eurodance group Fun Factory and was released in 1996.

Tracklisting:

01. Celebration Listen

02. Don't Go Away

03. Do Wah Diddy Diddy

04. I Wanna Be With U

05. I Love You Listen

06. Pain

07. CloseTo You

08. Oh Yeah Yeah

09. Prove Your Love

10. Love Of My Life

11. Groove Me

12. TakeYour Chance

13. Fun Factory's Theme

14. We Are The World

New Music Video: L.A.X. Gurlz - Forget You

L.A.X. Gurlz is the latest sensation from Blackground Records, the same label that brought you pop greats like Joanna "Jojo" Levesque and Aaliyah. Not to be mistaken for the airport but equally airborne and international, LAX stands for ..Los Angeles.. Finest X-port... The group's members hail from Southern California, and they represent a rich ethnic diversity: Just as LA offers the world a colorful tapestry of races and cultures, so does LAX. "Forget You" is the first single from this Pop R&B Trio. The music video for this song was released on 13 February 2007. Their album will be released in the summer 2007.

Song Of The Day: Melanie G - Word Up

Melanie Brown also released "Word Up" as her second single. Under Warner Bros Records, the R&B, funk and hip-hop mixed genres was released as CD single and 12" single on 28 June 1999. At that time, Melanie Brown was known as Melanie G or Melanie Gulzar and she made "Word Up" reached at #14 on U.K. Singles Chart.

Timbaland is the producer of "Word Up" and also released as the soundtrack for "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me". "Word Up" sold about 77,996 copies in the United Kingdom, which was the lowest selling solo Spice Girls-related single of the 1990s.

Melanie G - Word Up

Singlepedia: Gun - Word Up!

Scottish rock band, Gun covered "Word Up!" as their single for their album "Swagger". It was released as CD single and 12" single by A&M Records on 1 July 1994. Hard rock, heavy metal and glam metal are the mixed genres for this song and reached #8 on U.K. Singles Chart.

"Word Up!" originally was released by American funk group, Cameo on 1986 and was written by Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins.

Gun - Word Up!

Singlepedia: Melanie B - I Want You Back (Featuring Missy Elliott)

Scary Spice released solo single for her debut as solo artist. A collaboration with American rapper, Missy Elliott, this R&B and hip-hop song was released as CD single by Virgin Records on 14 September 1998 at U.K. and scored top of the chart on U.K. Singles Chart, that made Melanie Brown as the first Spice Girls to have #1 single on U.K. 

Melanie B recalled, "This was the first time I'd even considered doing anything by myself. I was on tour with the Spice Girls when Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott called me up and said 'Melanie, I've got a song for you, will you come and record it with me?' I checked it with the girls and within a month I was out there, I recorded it in a day, did the video, then came back. She's a genius!", later the track available on Melanie Brown's debut studio album "Hot" which was released on 2000.

Melanie B - I Want You Back (Featuring Missy Elliott)

Singlepedia: Robbie Williams - Freedom

"Freedom" is the debut single by English singer, Robbie Williams. This song was released as single for the first time by George Michael around 1990 while Robbie Williams cover was released as CD single and cassette single by Chrysalis Records on 12 August 1996.

This dance rock song reached #2 on U.K. Singles Chart and not available on Robbie Williams studio album.

Robbie Williams - Freedom

Singlepedia: Spice Girls - Wannabe

British pop girlgroup, Spice Girls released their debut single "Wannabe" on 8 July 1996 at United Kingdom under Virgin Records. There were available as CD single, cassette single and 12" single. This dance pop song was written by Spice Girls with Matt Rowe and Richard Stannard. This song also available as track on their debut studio album "Spice".

It reached #1 on U.K. Singles Chart and U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Official music video also reached #1 on MTV Asia Hit List. 

Spice Girls - Wannabe

Singlepedia: All Saints - I Know Where It's At

"I Know Where It's At" is the debut single by English-Canadian girlgroup, All Saints. It was released as CD single and cassette single at U.K. on 18 August 1997. 

This R&B song was released in 1997 and became their first Top 10 hit, peaking at #4 on U.K. Singles Chart. A total of 158,769 copies have been sold. The single was released in the U.S. after All Saints scored their first number one hit with "Never Ever". The track was originally released in Australia to coincide with the U.K. release, where it peaked at #67. After the second single "Never Ever" reached #1, the track was re-released where it peaked at #12.

All Saints - I Know Where It's At

Song Of The Day: Neil Young - The Painter

Canadian musician Neil Young released a country rock "The Paniter" as his track for his studio album "Prairie Wind" on 27 September 2005 under Reprise Hotel. "Prairie Wind" received two Grammy Award nominations at the 2006 Grammy Awards - Best Rock Album of the Year and Best Rock Solo Performance for "The Painter".

New Music Video: Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up

American recording artist and also lead vocal from ska group No Doubt, Gwen Stefani has a new music video for her single "Wind It Up" taken from her studio album "The Sweet Escape". This music video was aired for the first time through MTV on 10 November 2006 and directed by Sophie Muller. Check her video out with Harajuku Girls theme.

Single Review: Worlds Apart - Back To Where We Started

A multi-national boyband Worlds Apart released "Back To Where We Started" as their official single from their studio album "Don't Change". Power Brothers Records released this pop song as single in 1997 and this song was written by Graham Stack, Raymond St. John and Steve Hart. It reached #3 in the Belgium Ultratop Top 50 Singles Chart and #92 in the Dutch Singles Chart.

Single Of The Day: Frank - I'm Not Shy

"I'm Not Shy" is an official single from English girl group Frank, released in the U.K. on 31 July 2006. It was made available on CD and digital download. It will be included on Frank's upcoming studio album. "I'm Not Shy" was originally recorded by Mania, an act formed from part of the Xenomania songwriting team, and appeared on an album sampler leaked to the internet. The song has since been used by Pett Productions in the television series Tittybangbang.