| Yahweh | ||||
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| Live album by Hillsong Church | ||||
| Released | 26 October 2010 | |||
| Recorded | March 2010 Hillsong Chapel, Sydney, Australia |
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| Genre | Contemporary Worship | |||
| Length | 65:05 | |||
| Label | Hillsong Music Australia | |||
| Hillsong Music Australia Hillsong Chapel Series chronology |
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Yahweh is the first installment in the Hillsong Chapel praise and worship series by Hillsong Church.[1][2][3]
Hillsong Chapel is an intimate and devotional collection of Hillsong songs, both recent and beloved, from Hillsong Live and Hillsong United.[1] Recorded live in the church’s chapel in March 2010, Yahweh, contains 13 organic and contemplative versions of top Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) songs such as "Hosanna", "From the Inside Out" and the No. 1 CCLI song sung by an estimated 40 million people every week in church services around the world, "Mighty to Save".[2] Although having never recorded an "unplugged" version of their songs, Reuben Morgan, Jill McCloghry, Ben Fielding, Joel Houston, Jad Gillies, Annie Garratt and other Hillsong team members crafted the brand new arrangements in response to churches around the world asking for acoustic versions of their popular anthems. The album was released in Australia on 26 October 2010 in partnership with EMI.[2]
A companion, full-length DVD featuring all the songs on the CD was also released and was filmed as 300 worshippers filled the Hillsong Chapel in Sydney, Australia.[2]
Bryan Ward, EMI CMG Label Group Director, said Hillsong Chapel's, Yahweh, was perfect for smaller gatherings and personal devotions and would help resource churches wanting more intimate worship expressions of songs from Hillsong Live and Hillsong United. He said: "Churches love the music from Hillsong Church, but are not always able to reproduce it in their local worship settings. The music from Hillsong Chapel provides another option for these churches to share these inspiring songs of praise."[2]
Worship leaders and music fans will receive special insight to this new recording starting with a month-long Hillsong campaign from EMI CMG Publishing that culminates with a live streaming Hillsong Chapel Yahweh event on Worship Together. This first-ever live online event for Hillsong and Worship Together launched at 7:00 pm CT 2 November 2010. The event was geared toward worship leaders and features Hillsong team members playing music from Yahweh live, demonstrating how to translate these songs in an intimate setting, and pointing out elements to focus on in smaller gatherings. They will also answer questions and run select videos from the Yahweh DVD.[3]
Yahweh has received positive reviews from a number of music critics.[3]