Cross (album)

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Cross
Cross cover
Live album by City Harvest Church
Released 6 August 2005
Recorded 20 - 21 April 2005, at City Harvest Church in Singapore
Genre Contemporary Christian
Length 107:16
Label Harvest Music Records
Producer(s) Executive Producers: Kong Hee, Sun Ho
Producers: Daniel Pringle, Leah Pringle

Contents

[edit] Making of Cross

Cross is the fifth live praise and worship album from City Harvest Church in Singapore. [1]

The album was recorded in the church's premises located at Jurong West St 91. There was more than 2000 members in the main auditorium present for the live recording, which took place over two days.

Executive Producer Sun Ho was the main worship leader for the project, along with Mark Kwan, Alison Yap and Calvin Soh leading some songs. [2]

[edit] Track listing

The album consists of two discs, with 15 live-recorded songs, and 3 bonus studio-recorded songs.

Disc 1:

  1. "Yours Is The Kingdom" (Words and Music: Gan Khek Chyan)
  2. "Free" (Words and Music: Gan Khek Chyan)
  3. "Hold Me Close" (Words and Music: Gan Khek Chyan)
  4. "One" (Words and Music: Mark Kwan, Gan Khek Chyan)
  5. "One2" (Words and Music: Mark Kwan, Gan Khek Chyan)
  6. "Cry" (Words and Music: Gloria Lim, Gan Khek Chyan)
  7. "Refuge" (Words and Music: Sun Ho, Mark Kwan)
  8. "Holy" (Words and Music: Mark Kwan, William Ng)

Disc 2:

  1. "In the Name of Jesus" (Words and Music: Gan Khek Chyan)
  2. "Extraordinary" (Words and Music: Mark Kwan, Daniel Pringle, Leah Pringle)
  3. "Call Upon" (Words and Music: Mark Kwan)
  4. "My Source" (Words and Music: Gloria Lim, Gan Khek Chyan
  5. "I Give" (Words and Music: Sun Ho, David Yem)
  6. "Come Holy Spirit" (Words and Music: Caroline Tjen)
  7. "Crossing Over" (Words and Music: Gloria Lim, Gan Khek Chyan)

Studio-Recorded Songs (Disc 2):

  1. "I Believe" (Words and Music: Gan Khek Chyan
  2. "Breathe" (Words and Music: Gan Khek Chyan
  3. "Heart After You" (Words and Music: Mark Kwan, Caroline Tjen)

[edit] DVD Edition

The DVD edition of Cross features the 14 praise and worship songs, live from the main auditorium of City Harvest Church. The songs are subtitled into English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese and can be played in the following sound formats: DTS, Dolby Digital 5.1 and Stereo.

The DVD extras feature behind the scences footage of the live recording and post-production, as well as interviews with members of the Cross production team. [3]

[edit] Production

The album was produced by Daniel Pringle and Leah Pringle from Christian City Church Australia.

The studio-recorded songs and post-production was mainly done in the USA. The studio engineers for the project were Edmund Monsef, Ben Eggehorn and Mower Studio from Los Angeles, California. The Mixing Engineer in charge of Dolby Digital 5.1 was Damon Tedesco. The audio was mastered by RKS Mastering. Both are from Los Angeles, California. [4]

[edit] Views on Cross

With the revelation of the cross in our hearts, we are to penetrate popular culture with an effective combination of godliness, relevance, unbridled excitement and the presence of God. Through heartfelt worship and anointed music, we are to powerfully influence and transform the society we live in.
 
Kong Hee and Sun Ho, Executive Producers of Cross, Harvest Times, January-March 2006 Issue
We want church music to cross over and impact the marketplace in the area of arts and the media. So that a a church, we can be relevant to society and we can touch the hearts and spirits of both young and old and through that, allow them to feel the anointing and feel the heart of God wants to say to the heart of the world, through the church.
 
— David Yem, Music Director of City Harvest Church, Harvest Times, January-March 2006 Issue
Our ultimate goal is we want the presence of God to be on the CD and people's lives to be changed. This record carries a really strong God-vibe that will help people in their lives... It has a grace and happiness to it and it is empowering and healing.
 
— Daniel Pringle and Leah Pringle, Producers of Cross, Harvest Times, January-March 2006 Issue

[edit] Distribution

Cross is sold and distributed in Singapore by Universal Music in secular music stores like HMV, Sembwang Music and CD Rama, Christian bookstores like Trumpet Praise, Mt Zion, True Vine, Crest, Faith, Hope and Love and Acts Lifestyle, as well as the church's own bookstore Attributes.

Cross is also sold in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia. [5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Taken from the Cross website, [1]
  2. ^ Information was taken from Harvest Times, January-March 2006 Issue
  3. ^ Information was taken from the cover of the DVD.
  4. ^ Information was taken from the DVD credits.
  5. ^ Taken from the Cross website, [2]

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