Casting Crowns Albums & Singles Ranked




Casting Crowns Albums Ranked:  

 1. The Altar and the Door- Song for song this is the best collection of CC songs on one album. The set was a bit brief (only 10 tracks including two covers) but every song was good.

2. Casting Crowns- The high-points on this project include the best singles of CC's career but the back half of the album just felt a little under-baked (Glory/Life of Praise in particular) and this same issues remained with CC for several albums running.

3. Come to the Well- The most well rounded record of CC's career that was well focused on the theme of the project and full of juicy lyrics to ponder for days.

4. The Very Next Thing- Another solid record from CC that fits into the modern CCM landscape but kept the core of who they were as ministers and artists.

5. Lifesong- A worthy sophomore album with a few truly excellent songs (Praise You In This Storm, In Me, Does Anybody Hear Her) but, despite several great musical moments felt fairly muted musically overall.

6. Thrive- Thrive is a great album but song for song just doesn't hold up as well as the above records, although it was great to hear them incorporating Americana instrumentation onto several tracks.

7. Until the Whole World Hears- The only album in CC's discography that felt forced and uninspired. Some of the songs were leftovers from earlier albums while others were thematic and musical re-treads from past projects. Also, three re-imagined hymns on one project, while all well-done, seemed to indicate a lack of inspiration for new material. This album was probably the most important of CC's career, coming off of the massive success of "East to West" and it was poised to be the most successful album of their career (it was still very successful) but it just wasn't all it could have been. However, "To Know You" is one of CC's best song to never be sent to radio.

All of Casting Crowns' Official Radio Singles Ranked:
1. East to West
2. If We Are the Body
3. Voice of Truth
4. Who Am I
5. Praise Your in This Storm 
6. Jesus Friend of Sinners
7. Slow Fade
8. Broken Together
9. Oh My Soul
10. Until the Whole World Hears
11. Glorious Day
12. Courageous
13. Does Anybody Hear Her
14. Just Be Held
15. Thrive
16. Lifesong
17. One Step Away
18. God of All My Days
19. Set Me Free
20. All You've Ever Wanted
21. Just Another Birthday
22. Already There
23. Joyful Joyful
24. Every Man
25. If We've Ever Needed You

If I were making a Casting Crowns greatest hits record, this would be the tracklist:



Voice of Truth: The Greatest Hits of Casting Crowns
1. Voice of Truth (Radio Mix)
2. Praise You in This Storm
3. Courageous
4. Who Am I (Radio Mix)
5. Glorious Day (Radio Mix)
6. If We Are the Body
7. Does Anybody Hear Her (Radio Mix)
8. Jesus Friend of Sinners
9. East to West
10. Lifesong
11. Thrive
12. Oh My Soul
13. Just Be Held
14. One Step Away
15. Until the Whole World Hears
16. Slow Fade
17. God of All My Days 
18. Every Man
19. If We Ever Needed You
20. Broken Together (Radio Mix)

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