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Pieces of a Real Heart

Sanctus Real

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Album Review

Christian rock outfit Sanctus Real’s fifth full-length offering aims for the nosebleed seats, and more often than not connects. The Toledo, OH-based group has crafted soaring, highly accessible modern rock praise anthems before, but with Pieces of a Real Heart, Sanctus Real have put together a radio-ready bullet that sees targets at both ends of the secular/non-secular firing range. Like Switchfoot or Jars of Clay, Sanctus Real appeal to both worlds by dealing with the familiar themes of love, heartache, loss, and redemption without beating the listener (for the most part) over the head with dogma. Slick, polished, and clean as an unopened bar of Lifebuoy, the album boasts a trio of front-loaded singles (“Forgiven,” “These Things Take Time,” and “The Way the World Turns”) that are hopeful, catchy, and familiar enough to draw a wide range of commercial radio fans. If not, they at least seem destined to accompany the “journey” montage forced upon ousted American Idol hopefuls before they have to re-sing the song that brought them to ruin.

Customer Reviews

Contest

This album is like the soundtrack to my life right now. Every word, beat, every breath. It brings hope, inspiration and joy. God is Love.

Lead Me

Unbelievable tune...but better lyrics. Far too many of us live the exact life that Sanctus Real sings about here. Father...lead us.

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great album

Biography

Formed: 1996 in Ohio

Genre: Christian & Gospel

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Guitarists Matt Hammitt and Chris Rohman formed Christian rock group Sanctus Real in 1996 while both were still tenth graders at Toledo Christian School. With Hammitt handling lead vocals, the duo added drummer Mark Graalman and bassist Steve Goodrum to round out the lineup. The group released three independent albums of power pop (All This Talk of Aliens in 1998, Message for the Masses in 1999, Nothing to Lose in 2001) before signing with Sparrow Records, leading to 2002's Say It Loud, which was...
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Pieces of a Real Heart, Sanctus Real
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  • $9.99
  • Genres: Christian & Gospel, Music, Christian Rock, CCM, Rock
  • Released: Mar 05, 2010

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