Title: Roaring Lambs Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 6/6/2000 Label: Squint Duration: 49:42 Album Type(s): Various artists collection, lyrics/libretto UPCs: 080688602925, 080688602949, 080688602963 Genre: Gospel Styles: CCM, Christian Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Gospel, Alternative CCM Total Copies: 19 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Headstrong :: Jars of Clay
2. Salt and Light :: Ashley Cleveland, Michael Tait
3. Out There :: Steven Curtis Chapman, Michael W. Smith
4. One Thing :: Brent Bourgeois, Ginny Owens
5. Shortstop
6. Kingdom Come
7. Akehlulek Ubaba (With God Everything Is Possible) :: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Charlie Peacock
8. Touch :: Delirious?
9. Daisies and Roses :: Burlap to Cashmere
10. Goodbye :: Over the Rhine
11. Wondering Where the Lions Are
12. The Ground You Shook :: Sixpence None the Richer

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Squint 2000 CD Squint 86029

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This gathering of Christian rockers was inspired by a book written in 1993 by businessman and entertainment figure Bob Briner in which he challenged his fellow believers to get out of their self-built ghettos and make more of an impact on the cultural world at large. A number of musicians took his message to heart, and the result has been an increasingly high profile among Christian musicians in the pop world; bands like Sixpence None the Richer and Jars of Clay have had honest-to-goodness pop hits, while Michael W. Smith, Over the Rhine, and Deliriou5? have built strong cult followings of their own. Not all of these artists have generally worn their beliefs on their sleeves, but for all of them Christian belief is central to their artistic endeavors. Roaring Lambs is a very impressive collection of songs by quite a varied group of musicians: Ashley Cleveland and Michael Tait deliver the grittily soulful "Salt and Light," Squint boss Steve Taylor alternates between crunchy guitar rock and a piano-driven Broadway sound on "Shortstop," Deliriou5? does its normal alterna-pop catharsis thing on "Touch," and Sixpence None the Richer closes the album with the sort of gauzy, swoony loveliness listeners have all come to expect from them. There are a couple of missteps here -- PFR's "Kingdom Come" is just a bit on the syrupy side, and on the evidence of their contribution, Bill Mallonee and the Vigilantes of Love have a Bruce Springsteen jones a mile wide that needs to be tamed -- but for the most part this is a very impressive collection. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Ashley Cleveland Performer Brent Bourgeois Performer Burlap to Cashmere Performer Charlie Peacock Performer Delirious? Performer Ginny Owens Performer Jars of Clay Performer Ladysmith Black Mambazo Performer Michael Tait Performer Michael W. Smith Performer Over the Rhine Performer Sixpence None the Richer Performer Steven Curtis Chapman Performer