Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) seems to be chameleonic by nature, always adopting the protective coloration of some pop-music style in order to gain or maintain an audience.
In their 12 years of existence, Newsboys have been more changeable than most CCM artists, both geographically (having moved from Australia to Nashville) and stylistically.
In 1997, lead singer John James departed, and the group came to be guided by Peter Furler, who assumed the chief vocal chores.
The result was 1998's Step Up to the Microphone, whose light-pop style found favor with the faithful.
Its follow-up, Love Liberty Disco, will sound to the uninitiated like a Britpop clone of Oasis and its ilk.
Furler emotes in an airy tenor which shades into falsetto over pop/rock arrangements that, like all the Britpop bands, mix the heavy influence of the Beatles with more recent styles.
Love Liberty Disco successfully follows CCM's basic formula, smartly aping an existing pop style in a Christian context.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beautiful SoundPeter Furler, Phil Joel | Newsboys | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | Love Liberty Disco | Newsboys | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | Forever Man | Newsboys | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 4 | Good Stuff | Newsboys | Play | 02:59 | 6 MB | 21 MB |
| 5 | Everyone's Someone | Newsboys | Play | 05:14 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 6 | Say You Need Love | Newsboys | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 7 | I Would Give Everything | Newsboys | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 8 | Break | Newsboys | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 9 | I Surrender AllPeter Furler, John P. Kee | Newsboys | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | Fall on You | Newsboys | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 35 mins | 81 MB | |||||
| 35 mins | 239 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christiév Carothers | Creative Director |
| 2 | Jan Cook | Art Direction |
| 3 | Peter Furler | Composer, Producer |
| 4 | Dan Harding | Design |
| 5 | Phil Joel | Composer |
| 6 | John P. Kee | Composer |
| 7 | Newsboys | Primary Artist |
| 8 | Michael Ruiz | Photography |
| 9 | Shane D. Wilson | Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |