Arriving is the new album from Texas based worship leader Chris Tomlin. Tomlin’s upbeat, positive style has made him very popular and a regular worship leader at the passion events. This is his third album since signing to Sixsteps records in 2000, and should follow on from the success of ‘Not to Us’.
The album starts in vibrant fashion with ‘Indescribable’, which has a great, catchy rhythm of the style many have come to know and love from Chris. The song was a last minute inclusion on the record after it was written and demoed by Laura Story while final revisions were being made, and it makes a great start to the album. This is followed up by the anthematic ‘Holy is the Lord’ which featured on the passion release Sacred Revolution. The album is a journey through the up-tempo worship, to the more acoustic and intimate songs, songs that inspire the soul to sing. Songs like ‘The way I was made’ stands out as a memorable track, as does the gospel styled ‘On our side’. The song is a departure style wise from the usual guitar driven worship, and Tomlin said that ‘just hearing the different singers lit up the whole project for me.’
In ‘Arriving’ Chris Tomlin has succeeded in producing a very good worship CD that will go down a treat with both fans and new buyers alike. It’s a really listenable album; you can just put it on and let it play without that constant feeling that comes with so many new albums of wanting to skip tracks. It’s well produced, and as always the quality of musical accompaniment is excellent. Definitely one for the collection.
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