The Altar and The Door

The Altar and the Door is the third studio album by American Christian rock band Casting Crowns. The album was released on August 28, 2007 on Beach Street Records and Reunion Records. Produced by Mark A. Miller, the album was inspired by lead singer Mark Hall's experience looking at the MySpace pages of his youth ministry students. The album's main theme is the difference between how Christians feel in church and the compromises they make outside of it. Its musical tone, which Hall says is different and more progressive, incorporates more of a rock sound than their previous, more polished studio efforts. The Altar and the Door received positive to mixed reviews from critics upon its release. Particular praise was given to the lyrics and the album's overall concept, but some critics felt the album's sound was mediocre and uninventive. The album received the award for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the 39th GMA Dove Awards. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alt...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)