Most Played Songs On Winamp

I was just looking over my Most Played list on Winamp. I was surprised by the list, and I thought I’d share it to give you a taste of what I’ve been listening to lately.

1 Jars of Clay - There Is A River (Good Monsters)
2 Krystal Meyers - The Beauty of Grace (Dying For A Heart)
3 The Almost - Drive There Now! (Southern Weather)
4 The Almost - Say This Sooner (Southern Weather)
5 Jars of Clay - All My Tears (Good Monsters)
6 Kutless - Promise of A Lifetime (Hearts of The Innocent)
7 Jeremy Camp - Beyond Measure (Beyond Measure)
8 The Almost - Dirty and Left Out (Southern Weather)
9 Anberlin - Godspeed (Cities)
10 The Almost - Amazing, Because It Is (Southern Weather)
11 The Almost - Everyone Here Smells Like A Rat (Southern Weather)
12 Coldplay - Clocks (A Rush of Blood To The Head)
13 Decyfer Down - Fight Like This (End of Grey)
14 The Fray - Look After You (How To Save A Life)
15 Jeremy Camp - Let It Fade (Beyond Measure)
16 The Almost - Everything That Makes Me Sick (Southern Weather)
17 The Almost - Never Say “I Told You So” (Southern Weather)
18 The Almost - Southern Weather (Southern Weather)
19 The Almost - I Mostly Copy Other People (Southern Weather)
20 Relient K - Give (Five Score and Seven Years Ago)

I didn’t think I had played The Almost’s Southern Weather that much. It’s a straight rock and roll album. A couple of the songs start sounding the same toward the end of the recording, despite that it’s enjoyable. “Say This Sooner” just has a fresh sound, highlighting the acoustic guitar a couple of times. This recording is a side project by Aaron Gillespie, the drummer from Underoath. He performs most everything on the album, pulling a few guests into the studio. The Almost has evolved into a full band now, which makes live performances much easier on the musician and the audience (ha ha, that was supposed to be funny). Unlike his other group, The Almost is scream-free, which is great to these more sensitive ears. I love the crazy song titles, common on both band’s song line-up. Song titles like “I’ve Got 10 Friends and a Crowbar That Says You Ain’t Gonna Do Jack” and “Everyone Here Smells Like A Rat” are obnoxiously long and at least semi-clever. An article about the band is here.

Now on to more songs and artists on my list. Jars of Clay’s “There Is A River” is a song of hope with that touch of the 70’s sound in the musical bridge that just has me hooked. The eerie sound of “All My Tears” couples nicely with the lyrical topic on death. I love the power ballad sound of Krystal Meyers’ “The Beauty of Grace”. I’ve been a fan of Jeremy Camp ever since I heard “Understand” from his first national album Stay. His latest album Beyond Measure shows some growth as an artist and writer, and avoids some of the blandness of his last album Restored.

Here’s some trivia on Krystal Meyers. Her father is the programmer behind the free Bible study software, E-Sword. I’ve used this software off and on long before his daughter started recording. It’s a worthwhile download if you like working with some of the classic Christian works.