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Roots Revolution is the independent-label debut album from Canadian CCM band Newworldson. The album won the 2007 Gospel Music Association Canada Covenant Award for Folk/Roots Album Of The Year. The accompanying DVD received a 2007 GMAC nomination for DVD Of The Year.[1] Roots Revolution was also nominated as the Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album Of The Year at the Juno Awards of 2008.
Roots Revolution | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 2006 | |||
Genre | CCM | |||
Length | 46 minutes | |||
Label | Orange Cross | |||
Producer | Newworldson and the Almighty | |||
Newworldson chronology | ||||
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The lyrics and music were written by Joel Parisien. Three tracks from Roots Revolution also appear on their hit album Salvation Station: "Down From The Mountain", "Babylon Is Gonna Fall" and "Empty Heart".
Track listing
edit- "Down From The Mountain"
- "Weary"
- "Standing On The Rock"
- "Wash Me Clean"
- "Babylon Is Gonna Fall"
- "And So On"
- "Butterflies"
- "Empty Heart"
- "We Are Forgiven"
- "Sweet Soul Music"
- "Calling All Saints"
Bonus DVD
edit- produced and directed by Mike Enns
- "Behind The Revolution"
- "Pass Me Not" (live)
- "This Train Is Bound For Glory" (live)
- "Lounging With Divinity" (live)
- "Weary" (studio)
- "And So On" (studio)
- "Sweet Soul Music" (studio)
Personnel
edit- Josh Toal - guitar, vocals, cabasa
- Mark Rogers - drums, percussion
- Rich Moore - upright bass
- Joel Parisien - organ, piano, melodica, vibes, percussion, vocals
- Roger Martin - pedal steel
- Darryl Dixon - alto sax
- Dave Watson - tenor and baritone saxes
References
edit- ^ The album also garnered a 2007 nomination for Folk/Roots Song Of The Year: "Babylon Is Gonna Fall". GMAC 2007 Covenant Award Nominees Archived 2007-11-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-02-07.