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I Heart Revolution: With Hearts As One (Dig)

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This latest work from Hillsong Australia is their most creative yet! They took their live album formula and added a twist to it by making the recording worldwide. What results is a masterpiece of seamless transitions and an overwhelming feeling that you are worshiping in the middle of the enormous crowds. Every song has a uniqueness that separates it from the original recording, so the entire CD feels fresh and all new. If this is any indicator of the direction that God has led The I Heart Revolution to go, then quality worship music will continue to pour out from Hillsong Church.

This 2-cd set is filled to the brim with music (each disc contains ~75 minutes of audio). Many of the tracks found on here are simply live versions of their most popular tracks on their albums. If you've only heard the cd versions of their other songs, you will adore this album from start to finish, because the live versions tend to have a different sound and feel. It's neat that the album was recorded all over the world, and sometimes you can hear it in the way the audience sings.

One of the missions of this album was to call God's people to action: to start loving the world and being the hands and feet of our awesome saviour (hence the title "The I Heart Revolution"). I love how the booklet lists James 1:27 so prominently ("Religion to our father that is pure and faultless is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world"). I have often thought on this verse and realized that our love for the Lord, that we can experience through praise and worship, does not stop just with God; it manifests itself in love of God's people too, even those we have never met.

Most of the tracks are very well done (the intro to The Time Has Come sends chills down my back and gets you into it!)... one note of caution: I will say that I don't find this version of Hosanna to be that good. It doesn't add anything to what you've heard in AOTA or SK. Also, a couple glaring absences in this album include One Thing In Your Freedom (both from Saviour King), and Lead Me to the Cross. Otherwise, everything you'd want is here.

I wanted to like this album a lot, but the recording is really terrible. Yes, the songs are great as hillsongs tend to be, but the vocals complete fade into the noise with the way the album is equalized. I've worked the soundboard for church and I know a little bit about how music should sound, although I'm definitely not an expert. All they needed to do was emphasis the vocals some, and pick up less background noise and this album would've gotten at least 1 or 2 more stars. As it stands, I was really disappointed with the sound quality... I'm sad that I bought it thinking that it was just the way the samples were recorded, only to find out that yes, the album really does sound that bad.

Wow, I love the album. Though the tracks are not new, I love the feeling that you are right there in the worship experience with the other people on the track. I went to see Hillsong United when they were touring the U.S. last year, and believe it was the best musical/worship experience of my whole life (and I've been to many Christian concerts). THey are truly an anointed band. Any person who really wants the feeling of a corporate worship experience in the privacy of their home or car should consider buying this album.

In this live release from Hillsong United, they introduce a unique concept in creating the cd from a conglomeration of concerts held around the world. From Australia to America, Brazil to Berlin, Scotland to South Korea, some of the best songs from this multi-talented group are melded in a seamless fashion so that it sounds many times like one consecutive concert. Worship leaders such as Joel Houston, Marty Sampson, Scott Ligertwood, Reuben Morgan, and Hillsong newcomer Brooke Fraser, among others lead in a variety of heart felt worship songs as well as straight up rock worship.

Since purchasing this album a few months ago I've listened to it a great deal on a weekly basis. Disc 1 and 2 have differing feels to them but both have great worship songs.

The album includes many popular songs such as "Mighty to Save," "From the Inside Out," "The Stand," as well as newer songs such as "You'll Come." A couple songs also incorporate a Spanish element such as "Fuego de Dios" and "Shout Unto God" which are very cool and provide a sense of worldwide worship.

I highly recommend the album; you will not be disappointed.

I really like Hillsong Music, and this CD is the best of them all. Listening to the songs just transforms the atmosphere to one of Worshiping God.

Thanks.

I think Hillsong really knows how to lead people to praise and worship God. Bless them.

If you are new to Hillsong, this CD is great because it has lots of their great songs and is awesome to worship to. I love finding the lyrics to these songs online and singing along to them and just having an amazing time. It IS a live recording so expect to hear the crowds singing along and the transitions between songs, but it really didn't bother me. I loved it.

Love the CD excellent quality, based on musical content.
Very inspirational stuff and i would recommend this CD for the youths.

The packaging of the CD is paper based, its a double disc album, containing 30 tracks over both CD's.

Excellent cds! These 2 disks had many of the songs I had been looking for, so it was great to get them in one purchase.