HM Magazine posted a list of the "Top 100 Christian Rock Albums of all time and "The Joshua Tree" made it to the top, this list also includes: Payable on Death - Satellite|Atlantic|2001;Stryper - To Hell With The Devil|Enigma|1986;The Choir - Chase the Kangaroo|Myrth|1988; Altar Boys - Gut Level Music|Frontline|1986;The Seventy Sevens - Seventy Sevens|Exit/Island|1987;King's X - Faith Hope Love|Megaforce|1990; Stavesacre - Speakeasy|Tooth&Nail|1999;mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister|Tooth & Nail|2006;Vengeance Rising - Human Sacrifice|Intense|1989.
About The Joshua Tree:
#1 U2 – The Joshua Tree|Island|1987
"This CD was the turning point for me with U2. This album was so inspiring to the world. It was a universal cry of spirituality and common sense of human feelings. On Joshua Tree Bono continued to inspire me to write honest lyrics, like he did when they first came out in 1980. “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” helped bring me out of my religious insanity. It was a perfect album in my opinion. The biggest thing I noticed about this CD was after 4 awesome records there was a new maturity in songwriting. God bless Bono and U2.” —Doug Pinnick (King’s X)
“The Joshua Tree is not only one of the greatest rock albums of all time, but look at how its sound has directly influenced modern worship. The impact of U2’s style on the church of today is unquantifiable!” —Paul Q-Pek (One Bad Pig)
“Joshua Tree is one of my favorite albums of all time.” —Sonny Sandoval (P.O.D.)
It’s only fitting that the top album on this list is also a great candidate (and a good argument) for the top rock album of all time, period – sacred or secular. Given that rock’s roots go straight into the church in the first place, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that an artist of faith would make some of the best music around, but it’s still a cool thing.
This album took the band from huge to mind-blowing in terms of prominence and historical impact. It starts off with an unforgettable song that both creates tension and brings emotional fulfillment. Like any great blues song, it laments our current conditions as it longs for heaven, where people will not get beat down for living in a certain neighborhood. “Where the Streets Have No Name” has probably the greatest crescendo in rock in what could be the greatest song in rock and roll. It builds with a spiraling tension that just explodes with color – like the transition from black and white to vibrant stage lighting that the band employed for that performance scene in their movie, Rattle and Hum. I think the band learned about the power of a hypnotic, building vibe with the previous album’s showstopper – “Bad.” —Doug Van Pelt
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