Tom Booth

When Tom Booth finished college, he told God he would do "anything except youth ministry." Yet that's exactly where God led him, giving him a gift for understanding young adults and the problems of their culture. Tom has twice been named as one of the top Catholic music artists for teens by YOU! Magazine. With musical influences from both secular and Christian sources, Tom's goal is to write music that reaches where "life is lived," music that is truly liturgical and not watered down for a young audience. In addition to composing and recording his music, Tom serves as music and youth minister at St. Timothy Catholic Community Center in Mesa, Arizona. He also directs the music for the national LIFE TEEN program, one of the most successful ministries for helping Catholic youth to form or solidify a relationship with God. He gives concerts and youth rallies across the country. But to Tom, what he does is less important than who he is. "I want to be known as a Christian," he says. "I want people to say, 'He follows Christ."'

Cry The Gospel, Tom Booth, CD
$16.95
Offering some of Tom's best music, Cry the Gospel features appearances by Christian music legends as well as emerging young artists whom Tom served as a mentor. With this all-star cast, it's no wonder so many of these songs are familiar as radio hits and concert favorites.

Accompanied by classical guitar, flute and cello, Tom joins forces with John Michael Talbot in "I Sought the Lord," a tranquil, spirit-filled duet based on Psalm 34. The late Rich Mullins co-wrote "Nothing Is Beyond You," a poetic, slow-building, piano-based song that stood at number one for some time on the contemporary Christian charts.

Cyprian Consiglio shares lead vocals with Tom on "Rise Up in Splendor," a triumphant song of praise for "our Light" that "has come." Backed by the Nashville Strings and trumpet fanfares, it's a majestic, devotional track that gives shivers. Even Matt Maher and Chris Muglia—now accomplished solo artists themselves—joined in this production. Matt plays keyboards on five tracks, showing great talent.

The title track, written and performed for Pope John Paul II on his visit to St. Louis in January 1999, is a singable anthem calling us to holiness—to "cry the gospel" in our daily lives. Tom's Christ-centered lyrics and his genuine expression of faith will resonate with listeners of all ages.

Change Me
$17.00
Tom tells us his new collection is about the change we experience "when we encounter the living God. Ultimately, the call to change is the call to love. Like Mary," he says, "May we say 'yes' and be changed."

Change Me features 13 original songs that alternate between high-energy rock, soulful blues and pop-country — accented by pedal steel guitar — and reflective ballads. Masterfully composed and recorded for a wide variety of ages, it will be especially popular with youth and young adults. One of the highlights is "My Lady," which closes the album the way the Church closes her night prayers, with petitions and veneration to Mary.

Change Me also contains three songs previously released on Taste Of Heaven, an extended CD single, including the Unity Award-winner "Taste Of Heaven," which was named Rock Song of the Year in 2000 by the United Catholic Music and Video Association.
Contents:
Be Forgiven
Change Me
Come to the Cross
Fragrance Prayer
Just Another Day
Let Me See Your Face
Love, Love, Love
My Lady
Prelude to a Change
Taste of Heaven
There Is One
We Wait for You
What You Gonna Do?

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The Best of Tom Booth
$17.00
This collection is an ear-pleasing mix of time-tested favorites, Unity Award winners, and hits from his most recent album, Unravel.

Released during Tom’s nationwide tour with John Michael Talbot (the “Monk Rock Tour”), the disc includes two brand new songs and 15 classics from his previous albums, several of them re-mixed and re-recorded to sound better than ever. From edgy, hard-rocking epics like “Taste of Heaven” to wispy acoustic ballads like “My Lady,” the album reflects the wide range of moods and styles-and the intensity of devotion-in Tom’s music.

It’s only fitting that the new songs, “Slipping” and “You to Blame,” find their way to the public on this CD. Featuring ingenious arrangements and conscience-grabbing lyrics, they both would have ended up on a best-of collection eventually.

Recorded partly at Abbey Road Studios in London, famous their Beatles albums, The Best of Tom Booth is a no-brainer must-have for Booth fans. For those who aren’t familiar with him, it’s an excellent introduction to one of contemporary Catholic music’s most gifted artists. Contents:
Be with Me, Lord
Change Me
Cry the Gospel
Find Us Ready
Fragrance Prayer
Here I Am
I Will Choose Christ
Just Live It
My Lady
Nothing Is Beyond You
Prayer of Abandonment
Slipping
Taste of Heaven
The Lord Upholds My Life
The Shade of Your Hand
Unravel
You to Blame
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