Reviewed by Haydon Spenceley
Wowsers! Our God is good, and on the evidence of this, he likes it when his people rock in response to his glory. Must admit I ve never heard a worship album of any sort featuring such passion along with tightness of playing, for which the musicians and leaders, as well as producer Paul Burton, should be commended. Reactivating the live Winds Of Worship series, this was cut at Vineyard UK s Doing The Stuff conference from musicians who played and led on the impressive Beautiful and Hold On albums. From start to finish this album invites the listener to appreciate something of the sheer volume of God s glory. From Nigel Briggs s Shine On to Marc James s remake of the Brenton Brown song Holy , which features incendiary guitars, to Sam Lane s Beautiful , which builds from a minimalist start to an extraordinarily passionate climax, and taking in songs old and new ( Draw Me Close/Come And Fill Me Up ), this album has something for everyone. The music
Reviewed by Tony Cummings
An interesting idea: take six tracks recorded in Britain by that worship collective known as Vineyard UK and space them out with six tracks cut in California under the Maranatha! banner. There is a notable difference in approaches, of course, with the Vineyard stuff being edgier and with more emphasis on full-on rock guitars while the Maranatha! tracks are mellower and with some deft acoustic guitar and cello work. Lots of excellent worship leaders including the Burn Band s Sam Lane, Trent s Nigel Briggs and the USA s Kate Miner while the standouts here, Sam Lane s All From You and Suzanne Courtney s Forever You , sound good enough to connect with the world Church.
Reviewed by Tony Cummings
The fact that two tracks from this set, Danica Bryan s haunting reading of Jamie Hill s mid tempo Lord I Receive Your Love and Dan Wheeler s gutsy interpretation of I Will Hold On penned by Vineyard UK s Nigel Briggs, are already getting radio exposure on the Cross Rhythms Verticality praise and worship programme shows that the claim of the sleeve, Passion fuelled worship for a new generation has been impressively achieved. For a start the songs have been wisely selected - Tim Hughes Giver Of Life , Johnny Parks Glory , Vicky Beeching s Extravagant Worship , Namelessmusic s My Everything . Secondly, that always reliable producer Paul Burton has pulled in Neil Wilson (of steve) and Mrs Burton (as well as Bryan and Wheeler) to handle the vocals and a great job they do. A fine studio album then that takes you easily into worship while never sacrificing crisp production values.
Reviewed by Stephen Luff
This two CD set was recorded in June 2013 at London s Riverside Vineyard Church, contains 17 musicians from the UK and Ireland, alongside various worship leaders from UK Vineyard churches. The album is overflowing with songs written by British songsmiths including some penned at a songwriting retreat. There is also an excellent version of Kevin Prosch s Show Your Power and a new, powerful version of Samuel Lane s Oh My Soul , which opens the album. It is very difficult to highlight the best tracks as there is not a bad one in the 13 song collection, but the title track is a strong contender, with its gentle start slowly building a wall of sound with several drum kits featured on an atmospheric finish. The Light with its gentle, intimate feel, is another. The only concern is that given this is a live recording, there is little congregational atmosphere contained here, even when listening with headphones, making it sound mostly like a studio recording wit