Worship Central - Lifting High
Artist:
Title:
Lifting High
Type:
Album
Released:
20 Apr 2010 (US), 10 Oct 2009 (UK)
Review
When Tim Hughes left Soul Survivor to become worship pastor at Holy Trinity Brompton (London) in 2006, he met Al Gordon and together they birthed Worship Central which is a worship training resource project, with an amazing website providing worship leaders with information about new songs that are coming out of the churches around the world. At the same time handing out a few hints and tips for leading God's people to a place of honest worship. This year Nikki Fletcher and Ben Cantelon joined the Worship Central team and with that, a compilation album of the best worship...
Read More When Tim Hughes left Soul Survivor to become worship pastor at Holy Trinity Brompton (London) in 2006, he met Al Gordon and together they birthed Worship Central which is a worship training resource project, with an amazing website providing worship leaders with information about new songs that are coming out of the churches around the world. At the same time handing out a few hints and tips for leading God's people to a place of honest worship. This year Nikki Fletcher and Ben Cantelon joined the Worship Central team and with that, a compilation album of the best worship songs linked with Worship Central was released.
Lifting High is a 14 track album ranging from songs that are all-out anthem praise to tender moments of kneeling down in worship. As a selection of worship songs this is a brilliant collection of songs with the majority written by the four members of Worship Central. If you had the opportunity to go to one of Soul Survivor conferences this year I'm sure you would have sung a few of these songs in the times of amazing worship.
Can I get the negative part of the review out of the way? Please don't let this distract from how great these songs are. The negative aspect of this album is if you have already bought Ben Cantelon's Running After You, Tim Hughes' Happy Day and Al Gordon's Future Sound, you will have the majority of the tracks on this album already as the versions on Lifting High are taken from the original recorded albums.
As that is the only negative comment about the album, the major plus side is Ben Cantelon has recorded a much better studio version of 'Love Came Down' which was originally on his 'Daylight Breaks Through' album. The other major plus has to be that Tim Hughes has rerecorded the CompassionArt song 'So Great' which he has seemed to turn into a more British Tim Hughes style of track. You have to hear the new version to see what he has done and why I think this new version is far superior to the original. Also having Brenton Brown on the album is a nice touch with his great song 'Adoration', which is an amazing expression of worship.
As I said at the start of this review, a wonderful collection of songs that will lead you closer to God. A great selection of tracks by the Worship Central team. Buy the album and worship The Lord of Lords, which is the reason these songs are written. Tim Hughes says it best: "There's a real need to train worship leaders spiritually, practically and with good leadership skills. Our passion is to see the worship life of the local church around the world explode." Let this album help lead you with new worship songs to use in your local church.
Review by Jono Davies
LTTM Rating 4 out of 5 Stars
Standout Tracks
So Great
Hallelujah
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Worship Central is set to release its first album, 'Lifting High', on 9th October. Worship Central is a school of worship from Alpha International, led by Tim Hughes and Al Gordon, with a vision to encounter God, equip the…
