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PFR is an American Christian rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group was founded in 1989 as the Joel Hanson Band by guitarist and vocalist Joel Hanson, eventually adding bassist Patrick Andrew and drummer Mark Nash. The band signed with Vireo Records in 1991 under the name Inside Out before changing their name to Pray for Rain and releasing their self-titled debut album, Pray for Rain (1992). A threatened lawsuit by an existing group prompted a name change to PFR. They followed with the albums Goldie's Last Day (1993), Great Lengths (1994), and Them (1996), and toured with Jars of Clay. The title track “Goldie's Last Day” was written in memory of Andrew's pet golden retriever. Following a breakup, they released the greatest hits compilation, The Late Great PFR (1997). The group reunited to release Disappear (2001) on Squint Records, followed by The Bookhouse Recordings (2004) and the digital live album, Minneapolis (2012). After another disbandment in 2013, the group reunited in late 2022 with plans to record a new album.

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10
On And On (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
02:50
Composers: Joel Hanson
02
Gone
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Disappear
03:20
Writer: Andrew/Hanson/Nash/Sloas / Composers: Andrew/Hanson/Nash/Sloas
06
Pray For Rain
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Pray For Rain
04:19
Composers: Joel Hanson - Patrick Andrew
02
Something
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Target and the Arrow
03:29
Writer: Joel Hanson / Composers: Joel Hanson
05
My Time (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
04:11
Composers: Joel Hanson
08
Stay (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
03:38
Composers: Patrick Andrew
03
Merry Go Round (Great Lengths Album Version)
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Great Lengths
04:59
Composers: Universal Polygram Int'l
02
Daddy Never Cried (Them Album Version)
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Them
03:27
Composers: Mike Andrew - Patrick Andrew
09
Forest (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
03:32
Composers: Joel Hanson - Bill Breen
02
Wonder Why (Great Lengths Album Version)
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Great Lengths
03:15
Composers: Joel Hanson
01
Find Our Way
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Target and the Arrow
02:52
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
03
Let Go (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
03:47
Composers: Joel Hanson
04
Didn't He (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
04:21
Composers: Joel Hanson
01
Great Lengths (Great Lengths Album Version)
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Great Lengths
02:31
Composers: Jimmie Lee Sloas - Patrick Andrew
11
We Were Wrong
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Target and the Arrow
04:24
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
09
Change
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Target and the Arrow
03:56
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
06
Plans
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Target and the Arrow
03:23
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
07
Ghost in Me
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Target and the Arrow
04:03
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Mark Nash - Joel Hanson - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Mark Nash - Joel Hanson - Jimmie Lee Sloas
08
Voices
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Target and the Arrow
03:38
Writer: Joel Hanson - Gordon Kennedy / Composers: Joel Hanson - Gordon Kennedy
10
Worth the Fight
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Target and the Arrow
02:45
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas - Dave Barnes / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas - Dave Barnes
04
All You Get
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Target and the Arrow
03:56
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
03
I Won't Ask
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Target and the Arrow
03:37
Writer: Leigh Nash - Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Leigh Nash - Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
05
Sing
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Target and the Arrow
04:37
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
07
Home Again (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
03:52
Composers: Joel Hanson
01
Amsterdam
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Disappear
02:41
Writer: Andrew/Hanson / Composers: Andrew/Hanson
05
Forever
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The Late Great PFR
04:21
Composers: Jimmie Lee Sloas - Joel Hanson
02
By Myself (Goldie's Last Day Album Version)
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Goldie's Last Day
03:41
Composers: Patrick Andrew
07
Blind Man Deaf Boy (Great Lengths Album Version)
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Great Lengths
02:54
Composers: Joel Hanson
11
Wait For The Sun
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Goldie's Last Day
05:57
Composers: Joel Hanson
08
See The Sun Again (Great Lengths Album Version)
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Great Lengths
03:22
Composers: Joel Hanson
01
Pour Me Out (Them Album Version)
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Them
04:06
Composers: Joel Hanson
12
Anything (Them Album Version)
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Very Best Of PFR
03:49
Composers: Joel Hanson - Mike Andrew - Patrick Andrew

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  • Discography
Albums
Target and the Arrow
2026 PFR
22-09-2026
Target and the Arrow
01
Find Our Way
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Target and the Arrow
02:52
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
02
Something
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Target and the Arrow
03:29
Writer: Joel Hanson / Composers: Joel Hanson
03
I Won't Ask
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Target and the Arrow
03:37
Writer: Leigh Nash - Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Leigh Nash - Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
04
All You Get
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Target and the Arrow
03:56
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
05
Sing
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Target and the Arrow
04:37
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
06
Plans
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Target and the Arrow
03:23
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash - Jimmie Lee Sloas
07
Ghost in Me
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Target and the Arrow
04:03
Writer: Patrick Andrew - Mark Nash - Joel Hanson - Jimmie Lee Sloas / Composers: Patrick Andrew - Mark Nash - Joel Hanson - Jimmie Lee Sloas
Access the complete album info (11 songs)
Paradise
2025 Paraiso Family Records
29-05-2025
Paradise
01
Cherokee
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Paradise
03:26
Writer: Eduardo David Rosales Ortez - Mario Kevin Peri Bonilla / Composers: Eduardo David Rosales Ortez - Mario Kevin Peri Bonilla
02
Asesina
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Paradise
02:23
Writer: Tyrone Josimar Simistierra Caicedo / Composers: Tyrone Josimar Simistierra Caicedo
03
Climax
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Paradise
02:28
Writer: Luis David Arriola Clark / Composers: Luis David Arriola Clark
04
Raspexcito
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Paradise
02:54
Writer: Jensen Hernández - Wilmer Antonio Contreras Mejía / Composers: Jensen Hernández - Wilmer Antonio Contreras Mejía
05
Rodela
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Paradise
02:35
Writer: Ken Sporgeon Solis McField / Composers: Ken Sporgeon Solis McField
06
Polvo De Gallo
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Paradise
02:20
Writer: Alex Geovany Barrios Guity / Composers: Alex Geovany Barrios Guity
07
Chulita
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Paradise
02:39
Writer: gilberto raul bautista rivera / Composers: gilberto raul bautista rivera
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Paradise Riddim
2023 Paraiso Family Records
19-05-2023
Paradise Riddim
01
Obsceno
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Paradise Riddim
02:25
Writer: Luis David Arriola Clark - Santos Javier Mejía Contreras / Composers: Luis David Arriola Clark - Santos Javier Mejía Contreras
02
Malona
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Paradise Riddim
02:31
Writer: Daylor Alexander Miranda - Santos Javier Mejía Contreras / Composers: Daylor Alexander Miranda - Santos Javier Mejía Contreras
03
Baila Baila
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Paradise Riddim
03:22
Writer: Santos Javier Mejía Contreras - Wilmer Antonio Contreras Mejía / Composers: Santos Javier Mejía Contreras - Wilmer Antonio Contreras Mejía
04
Mala
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Paradise Riddim
02:35
Writer: José Carlos Hernández Ocampo - Santos Javier Mejía Contreras / Composers: José Carlos Hernández Ocampo - Santos Javier Mejía Contreras
05
TikTok
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Paradise Riddim
02:58
Writer: Darwin Edgardo Diego - Santos Javier Mejía Contreras / Composers: Darwin Edgardo Diego - Santos Javier Mejía Contreras
06
Toqueteo
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Paradise Riddim
02:26
Writer: Emanuel Miranda Bermudez - Santos Javier Mejía Contreras / Composers: Emanuel Miranda Bermudez - Santos Javier Mejía Contreras
07
Paradise Riddim
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Paradise Riddim
02:30
Composers: Santos Javier Mejía Contreras
Very Best Of PFR
This Compilation ℗ 2006 Sparrow Records
01-01-2006
Very Best Of PFR
01
You Lord (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Very Best Of PFR
03:58
Composers: Joel Hanson
02
Do You Want To Know Love
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Very Best Of PFR
03:16
Composers: Joel Hanson
03
Pray For Rain
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Very Best Of PFR
04:19
Composers: Joel Hanson - Patrick Andrew
04
That Kind Of Love
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Very Best Of PFR
03:35
Composers: Gordon Kennedy - Jenny Yates
05
Walk Away From Love
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Very Best Of PFR
03:56
Composers: Joel Hanson
06
Spinnin' Round (Goldie's Last Day Album Version)
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Very Best Of PFR
04:00
Composers: Jade Hanson
07
Goldie's Last Day (Goldie's Last Day Album Version)
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Very Best Of PFR
04:15
Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson
Access the complete album info (12 songs)
The Bookhouse Recordings
2020 Fuseic Music, LLC
01-01-2004
The Bookhouse Recordings
01
Pray for Rain (2004 Version)
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The Bookhouse Recordings
04:32
Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson
02
Great Lengths (2004 Version)
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The Bookhouse Recordings
02:56
Composers: Patrick Andrew - Jamie Lee Sloas
03
In the Middle
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The Bookhouse Recordings
04:13
Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash
04
Wonder Why (2004 Version)
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The Bookhouse Recordings
03:38
Composers: Joel Hanson
05
Anything (2004 Version)
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The Bookhouse Recordings
04:31
Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mike Andrew
06
Home
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The Bookhouse Recordings
02:55
Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson - Mark Nash
07
That Kind of Love (2004 Version)
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The Bookhouse Recordings
03:47
Composers: Gordon Kennedy - Jenny Yates
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Disappear
2026 PFR
03-07-2001
Disappear
01
Amsterdam
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Disappear
02:41
Writer: Andrew/Hanson / Composers: Andrew/Hanson
02
Gone
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Disappear
03:20
Writer: Andrew/Hanson/Nash/Sloas / Composers: Andrew/Hanson/Nash/Sloas
03
All Ready
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Disappear
03:09
Writer: Andrew/Hanson / Composers: Andrew/Hanson
04
Missing Love
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Disappear
05:25
Writer: Hanso/Lane / Composers: Hanso/Lane
05
Closer
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Disappear
03:14
Writer: Andrew/Hanson/Nash / Composers: Andrew/Hanson/Nash
06
Even a Whisper
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Disappear
03:11
Writer: Hanson/Maderia / Composers: Hanson/Maderia
07
Language of the Soul
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Disappear
03:47
Writer: Beaty/Hanson/Mellon / Composers: Beaty/Hanson/Mellon
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The Late Great PFR
℗ 1997 Sparrow Records
01-01-1997
The Late Great PFR
01
Great Lengths (Great Lengths Album Version)
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The Late Great PFR
02:30
Composers: Jimmie Lee Sloas - Patrick Andrew
02
Pour Me Out (Them Album Version)
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The Late Great PFR
04:00
Composers: Joel Hanson
03
Name
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The Late Great PFR
03:27
Composers: Joel Hanson - Patrick Andrew
04
Walk Away From Love
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The Late Great PFR
03:30
Composers: Joel Hanson
05
Forever
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The Late Great PFR
04:21
Composers: Jimmie Lee Sloas - Joel Hanson
06
Anything (Them Album Version)
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The Late Great PFR
03:48
Composers: Joel Hanson - Mike Andrew - Patrick Andrew
07
Spinnin' Round (Goldie's Last Day Album Version)
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The Late Great PFR
03:59
Composers: Jade Hanson
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Them
℗ 1996 Sparrow Records
01-01-1996
Them
01
Pour Me Out (Them Album Version)
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Them
04:06
Composers: Joel Hanson
02
Daddy Never Cried (Them Album Version)
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Them
03:27
Composers: Mike Andrew - Patrick Andrew
03
Anything (Them Album Version)
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Them
03:49
Composers: Joel Hanson - Mike Andrew - Patrick Andrew
04
Fight (Them Album Version)
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Them
04:59
Composers: Joel Hanson - Patrick Andrew
05
Line Of Love (Them Album Version)
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Them
03:12
Composers: Joel Hanson
06
Ordinary Day (Them Album Version)
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Them
03:12
Composers: Patrick Andrew
07
Tried To Tell Her (Them Album Version)
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Them
02:37
Composers: Patrick Andrew
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Great Lengths
℗ 1994 Sparrow Records
01-01-1994
Great Lengths
01
Great Lengths (Great Lengths Album Version)
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Great Lengths
02:31
Composers: Jimmie Lee Sloas - Patrick Andrew
02
Wonder Why (Great Lengths Album Version)
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Great Lengths
03:15
Composers: Joel Hanson
03
Merry Go Round (Great Lengths Album Version)
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Great Lengths
04:59
Composers: Universal Polygram Int'l
04
The Love I Know (The Wedding Collection Album Version)
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Great Lengths
03:47
Composers: Joel Hanson
05
It's You Jesus (Great Lengths Album Version)
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Great Lengths
04:01
Composers: Joel Hanson
06
Trials Turned To Gold (Great Lengths Album Version)
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Great Lengths
02:27
Composers: Keith Green
07
Blind Man Deaf Boy (Great Lengths Album Version)
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Great Lengths
02:54
Composers: Joel Hanson
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Goldie's Last Day
℗ 1993 Sparrow Records
01-01-1993
Goldie's Last Day
01
Walk Away From Love
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Goldie's Last Day
03:56
Composers: Joel Hanson
02
By Myself (Goldie's Last Day Album Version)
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Goldie's Last Day
03:41
Composers: Patrick Andrew
03
That Kind Of Love
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Goldie's Last Day
03:35
Composers: Gordon Kennedy - Jenny Yates
04
Dying Man (Goldie's Last Day Album Version)
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Goldie's Last Day
03:27
Composers: Joel Hanson
05
Spinnin' Round (Goldie's Last Day Album Version)
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Goldie's Last Day
04:00
Composers: Jade Hanson
06
Goldie's Last Day (Goldie's Last Day Album Version)
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Goldie's Last Day
04:15
Composers: Patrick Andrew - Joel Hanson
07
Satisfied (Goldie's Last Day Album Version)
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Goldie's Last Day
05:06
Composers: Joel Hanson - Patrick Andrew
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Pray For Rain
℗ 1992 Sparrow Records
01-01-1992
Pray For Rain
01
You Lord (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
03:57
Composers: Joel Hanson
02
Do You Want To Know Love
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Pray For Rain
03:16
Composers: Joel Hanson
03
Let Go (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
03:47
Composers: Joel Hanson
04
Didn't He (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
04:21
Composers: Joel Hanson
05
My Time (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
04:11
Composers: Joel Hanson
06
Pray For Rain
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Pray For Rain
04:19
Composers: Joel Hanson - Patrick Andrew
07
Home Again (Pray For Rain Album Version)
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Pray For Rain
03:52
Composers: Joel Hanson
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EPs
FARMCORE
℗ 2025 PFR
04-09-2025
FARMCORE
01
Broken
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FARMCORE
01:46
Composers: RONALD EDWARD RUPPEL - LEVI ROBERT ROSENER - Jason Robert Heob - Branden Keith Johnson - Jay Thomas Wilson
02
Busted Ankles Broken Teeth
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FARMCORE
02:05
Composers: RONALD EDWARD RUPPEL - LEVI ROBERT ROSENER - Jason Robert Heob - Branden Keith Johnson - Jay Thomas Wilson
03
Dumb
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FARMCORE
02:03
Composers: RONALD EDWARD RUPPEL - LEVI ROBERT ROSENER - Jason Robert Heob - Branden Keith Johnson - Jay Thomas Wilson
04
Man of the Hour
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FARMCORE
02:31
Composers: RONALD EDWARD RUPPEL - LEVI ROBERT ROSENER - Jason Robert Heob - Branden Keith Johnson - Jay Thomas Wilson
05
Lucinda May
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FARMCORE
01:31
Composers: RONALD EDWARD RUPPEL - LEVI ROBERT ROSENER - Jason Robert Heob - Branden Keith Johnson - Jay Thomas Wilson
06
Live Wires
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FARMCORE
02:39
Composers: RONALD EDWARD RUPPEL - LEVI ROBERT ROSENER - Jason Robert Heob - Branden Keith Johnson - Jay Thomas Wilson
Singles
Zone
(P) 2024 PFR, under exclusive license to Stage One
09-08-2024
Zone
01
Zone
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Zone
02:40
Composers: Antonino Garofalo - Salvatore Clemente - GIUSEPPE DI FRANCO - Emanuele Andrea Clemente
Obsceno (Remix)
2024 Paraiso Family Records
17-05-2024
Obsceno (Remix)
01
Obsceno (Remix)
JR Clark
Obsceno (Remix)
02:52
Composers: Ariel Anderson - Luis David Arriola Clark - Santos Javier Mejía Contreras
PEGGIO DI ME
(P) 2024 PFR, under exclusive license to Stage One
09-02-2024
PEGGIO DI ME
01
PEGGIO DI ME
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PEGGIO DI ME
02:29
Composers: Salvatore Clemente - GIUSEPPE DI FRANCO - Antonino Garofalo - Emanuele Andrea Clemente