Wake Up (Paige Armstrong album)
Encyclopedia
Wake Up is the debut album by the American
Christian rock
artist Paige Armstrong
. The album, produced by Chris Omartian and Brian Hitt, was released on October 6, 2009 under Whiplash Records (though Armstrong is part of the iShine
family) and marks the beginning of Armstrong's professional career after her struggle with cancer. Unlike other iShine
artists, Armstrong's album Wake Up boasts a hard rock
sound, with guitar solos
, profound bass
, and occasional vocals
, as opposed to the normal pop
sound performed by other iShine
artists.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Christian rock
Christian rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...
artist Paige Armstrong
Paige Armstrong
Paige Armstong is an American Christian rock musician. She is currently signed to Whiplash Records and has released one album, titled Wake Up, under that label. Armstrong is best known for her feature on a Bath & Body Works holiday compilation album sponsored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation...
. The album, produced by Chris Omartian and Brian Hitt, was released on October 6, 2009 under Whiplash Records (though Armstrong is part of the iShine
IShine
iShine is a tween-targeted ministry founded by Robert Beeson in 2006. iShine currently has a live production tour, iShine LIVE, and a weekly television show, iShine KNECT, that airs on Trinity Broadcasting Network.- iShine KNECT :...
family) and marks the beginning of Armstrong's professional career after her struggle with cancer. Unlike other iShine
IShine
iShine is a tween-targeted ministry founded by Robert Beeson in 2006. iShine currently has a live production tour, iShine LIVE, and a weekly television show, iShine KNECT, that airs on Trinity Broadcasting Network.- iShine KNECT :...
artists, Armstrong's album Wake Up boasts a hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
sound, with guitar solos
Guitar solo
In popular music, a guitar solo is a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Guitar solos, which often contain varying degrees of improvisation, are used in many styles of popular music such as blues, jazz, rock and metal styles such...
, profound bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, and occasional vocals
Screaming (music)
Screaming is a vocal technique that is most popular in subgenres of heavy metal, punk and hard rock, including metalcore, deathcore, post-hardcore, groove metal, black metal, and grindcore...
, as opposed to the normal pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
sound performed by other iShine
IShine
iShine is a tween-targeted ministry founded by Robert Beeson in 2006. iShine currently has a live production tour, iShine LIVE, and a weekly television show, iShine KNECT, that airs on Trinity Broadcasting Network.- iShine KNECT :...
artists.
Track listing
Music videos
- "Wake Up" feat. Our Heart's HeroOur Heart's HeroOur Heart's Hero is an American Christian pop rock band founded in 2004. The group's touring members include Nick Joyce, Jeremy Toler, Jacob Lawrence, Benji Smith and Kody Christian....