A soundtrack to God Rock, Inc.
Want to listen to the songs of God Rock, Inc.? See below for a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the music discussed in the book.
Introduction: Popular Music, Markets, Margins, and the Curious Case of Christian Music
Petra, “I Am on the Rock”
Michael W. Smith, “Place in This World”
Michael W. Smith, “Friends”
Jars of Clay, “Flood”
As I Lay Dying, “Forever”
Haste the Day, “American Love”
Underoath, “Reinventing Your Exit”
Lauren Daigle, “You Say”
Sleeping Giant, “The Army of the Chosen One”
Lecrae, “All I Need Is You”
Chapter 1: “Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?” The Christian Market’s Origins
People!, “I Love You” (cf. The Zombies, “I Love You”)
People!, “We Need a Whole Lot More of Jesus (And a Lot Less Rock and Roll)”
Wayne Raney, “We Need a Whole Lot More of Jesus (And a Lot Less Rock and Roll)”
Larry Norman, “Sweet Sweet Song of Salvation”
Larry Norman, “I Wish We’d All Been Ready”
Barry McGuire, “Eve of Destruction”
Larry Norman, “I’ve Got to Learn to Live without You”
Larry Norman, “Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?”
Larry Norman, “The Same Old Story”
Larry Norman, “Nightmare #71”
Elvis Presley, “(There’ll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)”
Pat Boone, “A Wonderful Time up There”
Peter, Paul and Mary, “Go Tell It on the Mountain”
The Impressions, “People Get Ready”
The Byrds, “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Reason)”
Simon & Garfunkel, “Mrs. Robinson”
The Edwin Hawkins Singers, “Oh Happy Day”
Norman Greenbaum, “Spirit in the Sky”
Judy Collins, “Amazing Grace”
Jesus Christ Superstar, “Superstar”
Johnny Cash, “I See Men as Trees Walking”
Ocean, “Put Your Hand in the Hand”
Honeytree, “Clean before My Lord”
Second Chapter of Acts, “Easter Song”
Bill Gaither Trio, “Let’s Just Praise the Lord”
Bill Gaither Trio, “He Touched Me”
The Imperials, “He Touched Me”
Elvis Presley, “He Touched Me”
Keith Green, “Your Love Broke Through”
Keith Green, “Your Love Broke Through (live)”
Keith Green, “You Put This Love in My Heart”
Keith Green, “Soften Your Heart”
Keith Green, “Pledge My Head to Heaven”
Steven Curtis Chapman, “The Great Adventure”
Steven Curtis Chapman, “Heaven in the Real World”
Steven Curtis Chapman, “The Great Adventure (re:created)”
Steven Curtis Chapman, “Heaven in the Real World (re:created)”
Chapter 3: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing? Christian Ethics Encounter Rock
Sandi Patty, “How Majestic Is Your Name”
Sandi Patty, “Sing to the Lord”
Michael English, “Holding out Hope to You”
Marsha Stevens, “For Those Tears I Died”
Ray Boltz, “Thank You”
Ray Boltz, “I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb”
Jennifer Knapp, “Undo Me”
Everyday Sunday, “Breathing for Me”
Chapter 4: “Find a Way”: Amy Grant and the Christian Market’s Mainstream
Amy Grant, “Baby, Baby”
Amy Grant, “Father’s Eyes”
Amy Grant, “Look What Has Happened to Me”
Amy Grant, “El Shaddai”
Amy Grant, “Find a Way”
Peter Cetera with Amy Grant, “The Next Time I Fall”
Amy Grant, “Saved by Love”
Amy Grant, “Every Heartbeat”
Amy Grant, “That’s What Love Is For”
Amy Grant, “Good for Me”
Amy Grant, “I Will Remember You”
Amy Grant, “Lucky One”
Amy Grant, “Big Yellow Taxi” (cf. Joni Mitchell, “Big Yellow Taxi”)
Amy Grant, “Takes a Little Time”
Chapter 5: Music to Raise the Dead: Christian Music and the Ethics of Style
Rez Band, “I Think You Know”
Rez Band, “Midnight Son”
The Burial, “Demons Never Sleep”
The Burial, “Reconciliation”
Stryper, “Calling on You”
Stryper, “Honestly”
Demon Hunter, “I Am a Stone”
Demon Hunter, “Not Ready to Die”
Demon Hunter, “The Last One Alive”
Casting Crowns, “If We’ve Ever Needed You”
Casting Crowns, “Oh My Soul”
Casting Crowns, “If We’ve Ever Needed You (live)”
Adam Again, “This Band Is Our House”
The Choir, “If I Had a Yard”
77s, “The Lust, the Flesh, the Eyes and the Pride of Life”
Chapter 6: Lost in the Sound of Separation: Resistance at Christian Music Festivals
Altar Boys, “Jesus Is Number One”
Undercover, “I’m Just a Man”
One Bad Pig, “Smash the Guitar”
Living Sacrifice, “Sudden”
The Chariot, “Dialogue with a Question Mark”
The Chariot, “Abandon.”
The Chariot, “David De La Hoz”
Timbre, “Like Spinning Plates” (cf. Radiohead, “Like Spinning Plates”)
Timbre, “I Will Go Plant Little Flowers”
Pedro the Lion, “Lullaby”
Pedro the Lion, “Diamond Ring”
Pedro the Lion, “Promise”
Pedro the Lion, “Secret of the Easy Yoke”
Pedro the Lion, “Foregone Conclusions”
David Bazan, “In Stitches”
David Bazan, “Hard to Be”
David Bazan, “Curse Your Branches”
David Bazan, “When We Fell”
Chapter 7: From Margins to Mainstreams and Back: Crossover Cases and Their Markets
Mutemath, “Control”
Sixpence None the Richer, “Kiss Me”
Chevelle, “The Red”
P.O.D., “Alive”
Sufjan Stevens, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”
Sufjan Stevens, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Sufjan Stevens, “The Transfiguration”
Sufjan Stevens, “The Only Thing”
MxPx, “Responsibility”
Underoath, “Writing on the Walls”
mewithoutYou, “C-Minor”
Conclusion: The Stability of Risk and the Risk of Stability
Switchfoot, “Meant to Live”
Bob Dylan, “Gotta Serve Somebody”
Jeremy Enigk, “Explain”
Duvall, “All in Your Hands”
Amy Grant with Tori Kelly, “Baby, Baby”
