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Released
  
September 21, 2004

Label
  
Sparrow/sixstep

Length
  
46:01

Producer
  
Arriving(2004)
  

Arriving is an album released in 2004 by Chris Tomlin. The album has received RIAA "Platinum" status and peaked at No. 3 on Billboard's Top Christian Albums chart. As of October 2008, "How Great Is Our God" is No. 1 and "Holy Is the Lord" is No. 7 on CCLI's Top 100 songs used in churches in the U.S.

Contents

"Indescribable" is a cover of Laura Story, originally performed by Laura Story herself in 2003. Tomlin covered the song on this album.

Name

Tomlin named this album after a passage he read in Isaiah 40 because he said he feels "as though we’re like this landing strip in the desert for our great, incredible God to arrive on; a way for Him to come into people’s lives.”

Personnel

  • Chris Tomlin: lead vocals, piano (11)
  • Ed Cash: background vocals (1-6, 8, 10, 11), acoustic guitars (1-6, 8-11), programming (1-6, 8, 9, 11), electric guitars (1), mandolin (2), keyboards (2, 3, 5, 9), piano (3), classical guitar (7), acoustic bass (7)
  • Daniel Carson: electric guitars (1-6, 8-11)
  • Jesse Reeves: bass guitar (1-6, 8-11)
  • Dan Needham: drums (1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 11)
  • Joey Parish: drums (2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10)
  • Laura Story: piano (1)
  • Matt Slocum: cello (7)
  • Matt Wertz: background vocals (3, 7)
  • Steven Curtis Chapman: vocals (5)
  • Christy Nockels: background vocals (3)
  • Nathan Nockels: background vocals (3)
  • Angela Primm: background vocals (3, 9)
  • Jerard Woods: background vocals (3, 9), lead vocal on 2nd verse (9)
  • Jovaun Woods: background vocals (3, 9)
  • Leanne Palmore: background vocals (3, 9)
  • Gale Mayes-West: background vocals (3, 9)
  • Darwin Hobbs: background vocals (3, 9)
  • Melissa Polinar: background vocals and ad-lib on ending (9)
  • Production

  • Produced and Recorded by Ed Cash
  • Executive Producers: Louie Giglio and Brad O'Donnell
  • Recorded at Ed's (Franklin, TN)
  • Additional recording by Ed Cash and Scott Olivier at Stardog (Austin, TX)
  • Mixed by Ed Cash and Steve Bishir at Ed's
  • Mastered by Richard Dodd
  • Photography: Thomas Petillo
  • Creative Direction: Jan Cook
  • Art Direction and Design: Benji Peck
  • Singles

  • "Indescribable" (2004)
  • "Holy Is the Lord" (2005)
  • "How Great Is Our God" (2005)
  • Awards

    On 2005, the album won a Dove Award for Praise & Worship Album of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards.

    References

    Arriving Wikipedia


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