Anthems Of A Champion

Carman is an enigma in Christian music, often described as part evangelist, part Vegas Showman. His concerts were more like a rock and roll Billy Graham Crusade than a Christian music event. After all the singing, dancing, clapping and preaching, throngs of people would stream down to the counseling area to accept Christ-many times as many as 5,000 in an evening. Admission was usually free, a simple offering taken, similar to 30,000 churches on Sunday mornings. And he filled the largest stadiums the world over. With 2 Platinum and 7 Gold albums and 2 Platinum and 3 Gold long-form videos, Carman is more than just an A-list artist, he is a cultural phenomenon.

There's no way you can classify a Carman song by its style but rather by the shear blunt-force impact delivery in a person s life, with an unmistakable Gospel message. If there is any original trademark to Carman's repertoire, it is what we could only identify as a 'story song'. A combination of drama, rock, comedy, funk, satire, acting, singing, and preaching, all woven together by an unpredictable wit that can only be described as a full length feature film in 7 minutes. A style not duplicated or even attempted by any other artist in any other musical genre. With compositions like 'The Champion,' 'Lazarus Come Forth,' 'Mission 3:16,' 'Witches Invitation,' and 'This Blood,' simply put, Carman is a true American original.

Anthems Of A Champion features the best of Carman with 1 new song, 'The Flag,
' and 4 new recordings of his hits 'The Champion,' 'Lazarus Come Forth,' 'Radical Suite (That s My King / Radically Saved),' and 'I Feel Jesus.'