Singles Group

Singles Group is the seventeenth studio album and twenty-third album overall by Christian parody band ApologetiX, released in 2014. The albums consists of 13 songs originally offered as digital downloads through the band's website in early 2014. The album also contains the first releases by the band to have female lead vocals, as "Jezebel" is sung solely by Janna Jackson, the lead singer's oldest daughter, as well as Keely Singer splitting vocals with J. Jackson on "Gimme Helper".
This might be showing our age, but we spent much of our youth in record shops and the record sections of department stores. If you couldn't afford to buy an album, you could always buy 45 rpm singles. Finding your favorite song with a picture sleeve was a special treat.
Most artists put lesser songs on the flip sides, but others, like the Beatles and CCR, had multiple double-sided hits. In fact, the Beatles had so many great songs that many of their singles didn't even appear on albums until later compilations.
With that in mind, in 2014, ApologetiX became a singles group, releasing two or three songs every two or three weeks. Remembering our childhood preferences, we made sure each release had its own special digital picture sleeve and that all songs on it were hits!
We made those singles available to our fans as downloads for a donation of any size. As this band has become increasingly dependent on fan support in recent years, it seemed a great way to get more music out there and also to give something back to our fans.
Many fans still prefer CDs, though, so we've grouped the first six singles (13 songs in all) together on Singles Group. We plan to release additional collections as new downloads add up. At the time of this CD's release, we.re already more than halfway to completing a second collection.
Making all this music has been quite a collaborative effort, with current band members, alumni, friends, and family participating. As we've seen and you'll hear, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" (Psalm 133:1).

Lineup

J. Jackson - Lead Vocals/Backing Vocals
Janna Jackson - Lead Vocals/Backing Vocals
Keely Singer - Lead Vocals
Tom Milnes - Lead Vocals/Guitars/Bass/Backing Vocals
Tom Tincha - Guitars
Wayne Bartley - Guitars
Keith "Stan" Haynie - Bass
Jake Rieger - Bass
Jimmy "Vegas" Tanner - Drums/Percussion
Bill Hubauer (The Neal Morse Band) - Keyboards
Todd Waites - Keyboards
Chris VonBartheld - Keyboards/Backing Vocals

Guests

Heather Jackson - Backing Vocals