CHRISTIANsongs is the fourth full-length album by Joy Electric

Joy Electric

Joy Electric is the brand label for a series of electropop/synth pop productions by Ronnie Martin. Martin began producing music under the Joy Electric name in 1994, after the demise of Dance House Children, a band Ronnie was in with his brother Jason Martin of Starflyer 59. Starflyer 59 bass player...

. A music video was recorded for "Children of the Lord." In 2006, it was rereleased on iTunes

ITunes

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, along with Robot Rock

Robot Rock

Robot Rock is the third full-length album by Joy Electric. In 2006, it was rereleased on iTunes, along with Melody & CHRISTIANsongs. This was the first Joy Electric album that almost completely left the fairy-tale theme and took on a more "punk rock" attitude...

and Melody. This album remains to this day the most overtly spiritual Joy Electric release, as the title suggests. Tracks such as "The Magic Of" and "Singing in Gee" maintain the distinct fantasy theme from Joy Electric's previous two albums, whereas tracks such as "Children of the Lord" and the cover "Make My Life a Prayer" speak in very plain and certain terms of Martin's devotion to God.

Track listing

(all songs written by Ronnie Martin

Ronnie Martin

Ronnie Martin is an American musician best known as the sole member of the synth-pop outfit Joy Electric, one of the few remaining major bands to model its music after classic electro-pop...

 except where noted)

1. "The Voice of the Young" – 2:49
2. "Children of the Lord" – 3:21
3. "Disco for a Ride" – 3:36
4. "Lift Up Your Hearts" – 2:09
5. "I Sing Electric" – 3:42
6. "Make My Life a Prayer" (Melody Green) – 3:09
7. "Singing in Gee" – 5:18
8. "True Harmony" – 2:03
9. "The Magic Of" – 5:04
10. "Synthesized I Want You Synthesized" – 3:48
11. "Birds Will Sing Forever" – 4:40

The pre-release promotional CD contained a slightly different track order, omitting "Make My Life A Prayer":

1. "The Voice of the Young"
2. "Lift Up Your Hearts"
3. "Disco for a Ride"
4. "Children of the Lord"
5. "I Sing Electric"
6. "Singing in Gee"
7. "True Harmony"
8. "The Magic Of"
9. "Synthesized I Want You Synthesized"
10. "Birds Will Sing Forever"

(The cover insert for the promo CD had the same layout as the final version, but used the photos that ended up on the back cover of the final CD booklet.)

Credits

• Ronnie Martin – vocals, synthesizers, vocoder
  Vocoder
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• Jeff Cloud – synthesizer, tape machine
• Caleb Mannan – percussion synthesizer