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Charlie Peacock (born Charles William Ashworth) is a singer-songwriter and record producer from Yuba City, California. He is best known as being the producer for [[Switchfoot]] and The Civil Wars, as well as writing Amy Grant's song "Every Heartbeat." As a producer, he seeks to move artists away from the Contemporary Christian Music ghetto, as he feels that artists [[Not Christian Rock|should be able to have faith but be marketed to a secular audience]].

Peacock's musical style in his own records is quite diverse and falls somewhere in between the [[Christian Rock]], [[~~Po P~~]], and [[Jazz]] genres.

Peacock's musical style in his own records is quite diverse and falls somewhere in between the [[Christian Rock]], [[Pop]], and [[Jazz]] genres.

He started his musical career in the early eighties when he was a part of the secular Charlie Peacock Group. The group released one album during this period, ''No Magazines'' (1981). In 1982, Peacock converted to Christianity after a bout with alcoholism and during this time was a founding member of the new wave band Vector.

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In 1984, Peacock released his debut acoustic-pop album ''Lie Down in the Grass,'' to much critical acclaim. He continued his musical career throughout [[The Eighties]] and released a [[New Wave (Music)|New Wave]] [[Self-titled Album]] through Island Records. Peacock released three albums independently in the late 80's: the West Coast Diaries Volumes One, Two and Three, which consisted of recorded material from his touring band and solo projects.

Peacock released gospel/soul albums in the early 90's, which included grammy-nominated ''The Secret of Time'' (1990) and ''Love Life.'' (1992) Love Life was a controversial album due to it mixing [[Intercourse With You]] and [[God Is Love Songs]], blurring the line between sexual and spiritual love. It also contained Peacock's most well-known song, "In The Light," later [[Covered Up]] by dcTalk.

Peacock released gospel/soul albums in the early 90's, which included grammy-nominated ''The Secret of Time'' (1990) and ''Love Life.'' (1992) Love Life was a controversial album due to it mixing [[Intercourse With You]] and [["God Is Love" Songs]], blurring the line between sexual and spiritual love. It also contained Peacock's most well-known song, "In The Light," later [[Covered Up]] by dcTalk.

In the mid-nineties, Peacock [[Genre Shift|genre shifted]] again towards alternative and folk rock. He released ''Everything That's On My Mind'' (1994) and ''Strangelanguage'' (1996), the latter of which which blended several musical styles including jazz, alternative rock, pop, electronica, and world music.

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* [[Genre Roulette]] -- Charlie Peacock said about ''Strangelanguage'', "Strangelanguage is a funhouse mirror of all the music I've ever admired and loved: quirky jazz, noisy cranky guitars, pop singles, world music, old school analog treatments and more."

* [[Genre Shift]] -- [[Once an Episode]]. Every album sounds different and incorporates different genres of music.

* [[God Is Love Songs]] -- Both inverted and subverted with ''Love Life''. "Kiss Me Like a Woman" is likely the first Christian song about foreplay, and mentions both sexual love and spiritual love.

* [["God Is Love" Songs]] -- Both inverted and subverted with ''Love Life''. "Kiss Me Like a Woman" is likely the first Christian song about foreplay, and mentions both sexual love and spiritual love.

* [[Greatest Hits Album]]

* [[Grief Song]] -- "My Father's Crown"

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* [[New Sound Album]] -- This often happened. ''The Secret of Time'' was a transition from the new wave/pop rock sounds of the previous albums to gospel. ''Everything That's On My Mind'' was a transition to Rock. ''Love Press Ex-Curio'' was a transition to Jazz.

* [[Not So Different]] -- "Whole Lot Different/Whole Lot The Same," sung from the perspective of a Christian to a non-believer.

* [[Out of Genre Experience]] -- Done with a track that's [[Incredibly Lame Pun|actually called "Experience"]] in the album Secret of Time. "Experience" is seemingly a hip-hop/rap track, but The Secret of Time is more of a R&B/gospel album. This is also done with "Human Condition," a folksy country-sounding track on Lie Down In The Grass, an otherwise acoustic pop-oriented album. Though the guitar predominantly used in "Human Condition" briefly appears in a few other songs on the album.

* [[Out-of-Genre Experience]] -- Done with a track that's [[Incredibly Lame Pun|actually called "Experience"]] in the album Secret of Time. "Experience" is seemingly a hip-hop/rap track, but The Secret of Time is more of a R&B/gospel album. This is also done with "Human Condition," a folksy country-sounding track on Lie Down In The Grass, an otherwise acoustic pop-oriented album. Though the guitar predominantly used in "Human Condition" briefly appears in a few other songs on the album.

* [[Piss Take Rap]] -- As mentioned above, "Experience" on Secret of Time. "One Man Gets Around" was covered by dcTalk along with Peacock for the 2003 Tribute/Cover Album.

* [[Piss-Take Rap]] -- As mentioned above, "Experience" on Secret of Time. "One Man Gets Around" was covered by dcTalk along with Peacock for the 2003 Tribute/Cover Album.

* [[Pride Before a Fall]] -- "Big Man's Hat"

* [[Record Producer]]

* [[Self Backing Vocalist]] -- Used rarely.

* [[Self-Backing Vocalist]] -- Used rarely.

* [[Shoot the Messenger]] -- "Message Boy"

* [[Signature Song]] -- "In The Light" is his most famous, but he usually also plays "Big Man's Hat" and "Lie Down In The Grass" at most of his concerts.