Amazing Love (Integrity)
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Background
Amazing Love is one of the many albums of ChristianChristian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
worship music
Worship Music
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recorded by Graham Kendrick
Graham Kendrick
Graham Kendrick is a prolific British Christian singer-songwriter and worship leader. He is the son of a Baptist pastor. He now lives in Croydon and is a former member of Ichthus Christian Fellowship...
. This album contains simple Christian songs of praise and worship for the goodness, mercy, thanksgiving, and grace of the Lord. Praise and Worship could be any type of music that glorifies God regardless of the style, for Christian music “includes all brands and categories of music consumed in the Christendom whether by the church, Para-church or non-church organizations". Such Praise and Worship songs are common in Christian culture, and they tend to be lyrically "short and easy to sing", which makes the memorization process rather quick. The Contemporary Christian
Contemporary Christian music
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album was recorded live
Live album
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in Glasgow, England and released in 1990 by Integrity/Hosanna! Music
Hosanna! Music
Hosanna! Music is a subsidiary of a record label that publishes contemporary Praise and Worship Music, a genre of Christian music. It is part of the Integrity Music Group, which was headquartered in Mobile, Alabama. As of the spring of 2011, The David C...
/Sparrow
Sparrow Records
-Background:Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label"...
/Star Song/Columbia
Columbia Records
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/Sony
Sony Music Entertainment
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. Integrity Music is a "privately held media communications company that produces, publishes, and distributes Christian music"., and does so to fulfill its mission of: "helping people worldwide experience the manifest presence of God".. "In 2005 a new relationship commenced as Sony BMG's Provident Music Group and Integrity Music Group announced their agreement where Provident Music Group will sell and distribute releases from all Integrity Music-owned and associated music labels to Christian retail outlets.".
The album "Amazing Love" is played in many homes and churches across the world, and Graham Kendrick and Integrity Music have created a large interest in Christian songs through this album in British churches particularly..
To be considered a Christian song, "the content of Christian music must be spiritual. All praises, prayers, petitions, pleas, worship etc., that are rendered in Christian music should be from the spirit to God"(Phil. 3:3). Christian music passes a message to the people who listen to it, and to further explain: "Christian music is conceptualized and recognized as meaningful according to the message(s) it passes across to its hearers".Graham Kendrick the recorder of "Amazing Love" is said to be referred to as the “father of modern worship music” on his website. Graham's website also states it has been said about his songs: that they are “crammed full of poetic, divine, biblical truth” and that he has “sculpted a view of God that has impacted generations", and the writing in his songs speaks for itself. From this one can formulate a theory of: could one's relationship with their spiritual leader influence them into songwriting? Graham Kendrick himself stated in an interview with Jesus Life magazine that, "whenever exciting things are happening in our relationship with God it overflows in music and praise!" and from his statement one could say that it quite likely for one to be affected by such a close relationship and, as in the case of Graham, affected to the point of expressing praise through song(s). It is said that "the great commission of Christian music is to bring humans and Christ into contact" and it can be seen that the songs listed within this album make a valid effort to do this, with such titles as "You Have Called Us","Send us Forth", and "O Magnifiy the Lord".
Track List
- "The Feast" - 2:41
- "O Magnify the Lord" - 3:01
- "You Have Called Us" - 2:11
- "Send Us Forth" - 3:01
- "Go Forth in His Name" - 4:04
- "Amazing Love" - 4:48 lyrics
- "You Have Been Good" - 4:09
- "Only by Grace" - 4:39
- "Hear My Cry" - 4:39
- "Shine, Jesus, Shine" - 5:11
- "Lift High the Cross" - 2:10
- "Lift High the Banners of Love" - 4:59
- "Shine, Jesus, Shine (Reprise)" - 2:22
Total time on disc: 48min 05sec
| Title | CD | Tape |
|---|---|---|
| Amazing Love | HM030CD | HM030 |
Credits
Producers- Tom Brooks – Producer, KeyboardsRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- Michael Coleman – Executive producerExecutive producerAn executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
- Ed Lindquist – Executive producerExecutive producerAn executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
Songwriter/Worship Leader
- Graham KendrickGraham KendrickGraham Kendrick is a prolific British Christian singer-songwriter and worship leader. He is the son of a Baptist pastor. He now lives in Croydon and is a former member of Ichthus Christian Fellowship...
– Worship leader, Acoustic GuitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, SongwriterSongwriterA songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
Drums
- Carl Albrecht - Drums and Percussion
Vocals
- Leanne Albrecht - Vocals
- Lenny LeBlancLenny LeBlancLenny LeBlanc is an American musician and songwriter, half of the music duo LeBlanc and Carr.-Early life:...
- Vocals - Anne Barbour - Vocals
- Debbie Amundson - Vocals
- Jamie Owens-Collins - Vocals
- Kelly WillardKelly WillardKelly Willard is a Contemporary Christian Musician best known for her praise and worship recordings. She was featured as a soloist on projects from Integrity, Vineyard Music, and Maranatha! Music...
- Vocals - Jeff Hamlin - Vocals
- John Barbour - Vocals
Guitar/Bass
- J. Hayes - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Jay Hungerford - Bass