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Greatest Hits

P.O.D.

Rhino, 2006

REVIEW BY: Michael Ehret

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 03/28/2007

At 47, I am too old to review P.O.D.’s Greatest Hits album -- or so my 20-year-old daughter told me after I pronounced it “pod.” 

Apparently, it’s pronounced like an acronym, she said. And being the writer, and the dad, I know that it IS an acronym (for Payable On Death, by the way). But I can be forgiven -- it’s not like these guys are ever played on Christian radio. In fact, Audio Adrenaline is about the toughest group played there -- and that should tell you a lot about the state of CCM radio.

But I reviewed P.O.D.’s Greatest Hits because I have always had a curiosity about music and I’d never listened to anything that qualifies as driving metal, hip-hop, tribal, and reggae-influenced spiritual rock. I’m convinced there’s not a lot of groups operating in that genre.

And, you know what? My daughter’s right -- this is not my kind of music. But even though I may not choose to listen to Greatest Hits often, I can still say that this is great music -- and we haven’t even touched on the lyrics yet.