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The Best of Passion [So Far]

Christianity Today December 1, 2006

Sounds like … the pop/rock styled modern worship of Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, David Crowder Band, Charlie Hall, and others, joined by an enthusiastic and sizable college-aged audience of worshipers.

Best of Passion (So Far)

Best of Passion (So Far)

Capitol Christian Distribution

December 26, 2006

Best of Passion (So Far)

Best of Passion (So Far)

Capitol Christian Distribution

December 26, 2006

At a glance … Passion has been long regarded as a touchstone in the growth of modern worship music, and this generously packaged two-disc collection does a great job in compiling the last ten years of highlights.

Disc One

Disc Two

Track Listing

  1. Come and Listen—David Crowder Band
  2. You Alone—Sam Perry
  3. His Renown—Christy Nockels
  4. You’re Worthy of My Praise—Charlie Hall
  5. You Are My King (Amazing Love)—Christy Nockels
  6. Better Is One Day—Charlie Hall
  7. Did You Feel the Mountains Tremble?—Matt Redman
  8. Salvation—Charlie Hall
  9. Grace Flows Down—Christy Nockels
  10. We Fall Down—Chris Tomlin
  11. Our Love Is Loud—David Crowder Band
  12. Enough—Chris Tomlin
  13. Famous One—Chris Tomlin
  14. Blessed Be Your Name—Matt Redman
  15. How Great Thou Art—Charlie Hall
  1. Holy Is the Lord—Chris Tomlin
  2. Praise Him (All This for a King)—David Crowder Band
  3. Sing to the King—Candi Pearson Shelton
  4. Take My Life (And Let It Be)—Chris Tomlin
  5. No One Like You—David Crowder Band
  6. Marvelous Light—Charlie Hall
  7. How Great Is Our God—Chris Tomlin
  8. Here Is Our King—David Crowder Band
  9. Indescribable—Chris Tomlin
  10. All Over the World—Matt Redman
  11. You Never Let Go—Matt Redman
  12. Jesus Paid It All—Kristian Stanfill
  13. You Are My Joy—David Crowder Band
  14. Glorious—Chris Tomlin with Christy Nockels
  15. Jesus, Lover of My Soul—Shelley Nirider Jennings

Passion might be the biggest thing in Christian music these days; in ten years, the college-oriented worship ministry has yielded nine albums that have sold more than 1.5 million total copies. And that doesn’t include the individual successes of participating worship artists like Chris Tomlin, David Crowder Band, Charlie Hall, and Matt Redman, all of whose songs have been a driving force in the rapid rise of modern worship music over the last decade.

Thus it’s only fitting to offer a compilation like The Best of Passion [So Far]—22 of its 30 songs are among the CCLI‘s Top 500 used in churches today. The two-disc collection spans the history of the Passion albums with more than 150 minutes worth of music, bookended with two unreleased recordings. It doesn’t skimp on the packaging either, including a booklet with memories for each track from Passion founder Louie Giglio, as well as some photos.

Particularly striking are the earlier tracks, which shows Passion responsible for bringing other worship leaders’ songs to light with definitive covers like “Better Is One Day” (from Redman’s pre-Passion days), “You’re Worthy of My Praise,” and “You Are My King (Amazing Love).” In time, Tomlin, Crowder, and Hall would develop enough to rely more on their songwriting, and it’s worth noting that the Passion conferences were often the place where new worship standards like “How Great Is Our God,” “Enough,” and “O Praise Him (All This for a King)” debuted or gained popularity.

The only drawback here is whether the collection is truly necessary. The songs are already featured on numerous other worship albums, and when the inevitable best-of compilations from Tomlin, Crowder, and Hall arrive in a few years, they’re going to look and sound almost identical to this. Nevertheless, as Passion prepares to take its ministry worldwide, this collection offers a wealth of music that reflects the modern worship movement better than most.

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