Faith Hope Love by King's X

Faith Hope Love, the third studio album from King's X, came out on Megaforce in 1990 on the heels of Gretchen Goes to Nebraska, and it carried the Springfield, Missouri trio further than anything else they made: their biggest seller, it came close to going gold and was one of only two of their albums to crack the top 100. Doug Pinnick sings and plays bass, Ty Tabor sings and plays guitar, and Jerry Gaskill drums and harmonizes, stepping out front on "Six Broken Soldiers" for his first lead vocal on a King's X song.

The sound is heavy and strange in the best way: progressive-metal riffs bent around funk and soul grooves, with gospel-rooted harmonies and a British Invasion sparkle floating overhead. The words wrestle with faith and self-acceptance, which is why a 2001 book ranked it No. 52 among the greatest albums in Christian music, a tag the members themselves have rejected.

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