THRIVE
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Title THRIVE Artist Newsboys Additonal Artists - Date Released 2002 Label Sparrow Records Genre Christian Contemporary Style Contemporary Format CD Song Tracks: 1. Giving It Over 2. Live In Stereo 3. Million Pieces (Kissin' Your Cares Goodbye) 4. Thrive 5. Rescue 6. It Is You 7. Cornelius 8. The Fad Of The Land 9. John Woo 10. Lord (I Don't Know)

Newsboys have offered many different styles of music to the world. From the rocking tunes of "Going Public" to the Disco fever of "Love Liberty Disco". Now Newsboys had released yet another unforgettable album, titled Thrive. Thrive hit stores in 2002 and was an instant hit.

The lyrics on this album are fun an uplifting. Few artists can successfully merge these two qualities, but Newsboys has done just that. Music and lyrics were mostly written by Peter Fuller, the lead singer, Fuller was partnered in writing the lyrics with Steve Taylor who is called, in good-humored jest, the "clown prince of Christian music," by allmusic.com. Phil Joel, independent musical artist and an original (and still current) member of Newsboys, also had a hand in writing for this album.

The Album starts out with a track titled giving it over, which reiterates the phrase ‘Let go and let God’. Next track in line is Live in Stereo; this song would be great of the ‘Mainer’ dialect as one big line in this song is “I can’t get there from here”. "Million Pieces" is the first single released from Thrive, hitting the top charts soon after it’s debut.

The title track "Thrive", this song speaks for its self in the lyrics; "Will You lift me up with tender care? Will you wash me clean in the palm of your hand? Will You hold me close so I can thrive? When you touch me, that’s when I know I'm alive".

"Rescue" adds another high-energy fun and encouraging song to the album, halfway through the album. The next track is "It is You". This song adds worship to the album with this beautiful song that is now sung worldwide. Cornelius brings another fun song, with a great beat. This song talks about how the Roman Centurion kneeled to Jesus recognizing him a Lord of all. Cornelius’ actions are worth emulating. "Fad of the Land", "John Woo", and "Lord I don’t know" close this great album leaving fans to feel the CD is just too short.

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