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Album of the year!!

Okay. There is a lot of music yet to come in 2006, but I give MercyMe's Coming Up to Breathe my vote for album of the year. I didn't think they would be able to surpass their previous album, Undone, but they did just that. FABULOUS! FABULOUS! FABULOUS! Like their previous albums, I was moved to tears.

THIS IS SOOOO NOT THEIR BEST CD!

With a great deal of positive anticipation, I have listened to this CD, several times. I wanted in the worst way for this to be their best. Sorry. No can do. For one thing, the CD is all over the place both thematically and musically. And something else: I can't see any enduring single coming out of this CD. Now, I admit that the bar got set way, way high with "I Can Only Imagine," but still there's a number of enduring songs on both the second and 3rd Mercy Me, but not on the 4th. So, if you're waiting for THE Mercy Me CD, keep waiting. Would I recommend getting it? Toss a coin.