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Casting Crowns is the first studio album by American Christian rock band Casting Crowns. Produced by Mark A. Miller and Steven Curtis Chapman, the album was released on October 7, 2003, by Beach Street Records. It incorporates a pop rock and rock sound, with the main instruments used in the album being guitar, keyboard and violin.
The Immortality of Writers is an Ancient Egyptian wisdom text likely to have been used as an instructional work in schools. It is recorded on the verso side of the Chester Beatty IV papyrus (BM 10684) held in the British Museum .
Casting Crowns is a contemporary Christian and Christian rock band which began in Daytona Beach, Florida. The band was formed in 1999 by lead vocalist Mark Hall . They moved to Stockbridge, Georgia , and more members joined.
Casting Crowns released their self-titled debut album in 2003, which peaked at No. 59 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Billboard Christian Albums chart. [2] The album has sold over 1.9 million copies in the United States since its release [3] and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [4]
Thrive was recorded at Zoo Studio in Franklin, Tennessee, [5] with producer Mark A. Miller. [6] According to lead vocalist Mark Hall, the idea behind Thrive came from the student ministry he is involved in. [7] As a youth pastor, Hall frequently uses Psalms 1, which metaphorically compares the concept of a righteous man to a prosperous tree planted by a river.
Following the unexpected success of their first album, there was tremendous demand for new music from Casting Crowns.Although lead vocalist Mark Hall, who either wrote or co-wrote all the songs on the album, felt "a little worried" about the band's follow-up album, fellow recording artists Steven Curtis Chapman (who co-produced the band's first album) and Mac Powell of Christian rock band ...
"American Dream" is a song with a length of four minutes and 11 seconds. [3] It is in set common time in the key of D major and has a tempo of 84 beats per minute. Mark Hall's vocal range in the song spans from the low note of B 3 to the high note of F ♯ 5. [4]
"If We Are the Body" was released to Christian AC and Christian CHR radio on July 26, 2003 [13] [14] as the lead single from Casting Crowns' eponymous debut album. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] It debuted at number 37 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart for the chart week of August 23, 2003 [ 17 ] and dropped off the chart the following week. [ 18 ]