Truth is a demo album released by Christian rock

Christian rock

Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...

 singer, and Stryper

Stryper

Stryper is a Christian glam metal band from Orange County, California. The group's lineup consists of Michael Sweet , Oz Fox , Tim Gaines , and Robert Sweet...

 frontman, Michael Sweet. The album was independently produced by Sweet and released in 1998 under his own label.

The album was sold through Sweet's website and did very well selling 10,000 units. This prompted several labels to seek the rights to release it. The album was re-released two years later (see Truth (2000 version)

Truth (2000 version)

Truth is the official full-length version of the demo album of the same name released by Christian rock singer, and Stryper frontman, Michael Sweet, two years before . This version was released by Restless Records in 2000....

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Two of the songs ("One" and "Rain") weren't included in the 2000 version, though.

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Sweet, except where noted:

1. "Truth" (Sweet, Joel Christian) - 4:48
2. "I Am Adam" (Sweet, Christian) - 4:29
3. "Blue Bleeds Through" (Sweet, Paul Heusman) - 4:22
4. "Wool & Chiffon" - 4:45
5. "Lift My Head" (Sweet, Heusman) - 4:15
6. "One" (Sweet, Christian) - 5:36
7. "Achilles Heel" (Sweet, Christian) - 3:52
8. "Rain" (Sweet, Heusman) - 3:28
9. "Distracted" (Sweet, Heusman) - 4:58
10. "Stone" (Sweet, Christian) - 5:01