Jeremy Camp

Any fans of this CCM artist? No, don't worry, I am not "mellowing out" or anything it is just that at work today a co-worker seemed to "insist" that I listen his latest album "Beyond Measure".

While not exactly my cup of tea, I am pleasantly surprised with Jeremy's lead vocal abilities and the production and songwriting seem quite good as well.

Now, I cannot wait until tomorrow because I am going to "insist" that the co-worker in question listen to the Letter 7 CD. Turn about is fair play, huh?

I liked his first two albums "Stay" and "Restored", but his latest album "Beyond Measure" did absolutely nothing for me (too mellow for this dude).

I know this guy at church who has a demo album that Camp did (before "Stay", I'm assuming) and it really rocks. Pretty heavy compared to most of his stuff. For some reason Camp never released it, and I can't get my church friend to burn me a copy of it (what kind of friend is that?).

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I don't have any of his cds, but I purchased the dowload "Tonight", which, I really like. Haven't liked him enough to purchase more songs, though. If he puts out a rockin' song, I'll download it.

Ive heard A couple of his songs he is okay

Um...after the "mellowing out" statement, I'm almost afraid to admit that I have all of his CDs.

Um ... I don't have problems with your "mellowing out" statement.
It's free to listen to the music you like. Better listen to mellow music with bold Christian lyrics than to music you don't like isn't it?
I have one CD of Jeremy Camp.

There is nothing wrong with mellowing out or listening to Jeremy Camp (who I think has a lost of good songs). Just not my cup of tea- although it sounds like I might like his earlier albums better than "Beyond Measure".

And speaking of mellowing out, I've been listening to Liberty N' Justice's new acoustic rock album "Independence Day" and enjoy it a great deal.

Camp is a very talented guy with an awesome testimony (losing his first wife to cancer - which many of the songs on "Stay" were inspired by)... He is more CCM than we are into here at CHM, but he's an incredible guy who loves his Savior.

As for his tunes, we have all of his albums, my wife really digs him, but I feel like a many of his songs sound the same and have trouble getting into him beyond his 2nd album.

apologetixfreak wrote:

... but I feel like a many of his songs sound the same

Ah the curse of many a modern rock band/artist (at least for me anyway).

But that is probably the case with any kind of music I/you/anyone, only marginally appreciates, much of it sounds the same after awhile. I could probably say the same of Progressive, Power Metal, Blues, CCM, Pop (for me anyway). If most of it sounds the same, it is probably because it is not your favorite style of music (some wise music fan told me that not long ago).

And if it all sounds horribly the same (or horrible and the same ), then you souldn't be listening to it at all (ie Rap/Hip-Hop etc).