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MATT REDMAN WE THE KINGDOM
Let There Be Wonder Live At The Wheelhouse
“The Same Jesus” starts the album off with
a pop infused song of victory about how our
God never changes throughout the ages. “We
Praise You” follows in a similar musical vein
with driving keyboards and rhythmic drums
as Brandon Lake sings about the power that
praise has to overcome anxiety and fear when
we call on the name of the Lord.
“Upon Him” brings the musical energy back
from the first three tracks as Redman creatively
reminds us how Jesus took all our sins and
fears upon himself on the cross and in return
1.
The Same Jesus
2. We Praise You (Feat. Brandon Lake)
poured out forgiveness and reconciliation 1.
on us. 2. Holy Water
3. All Sing Praise
God So Loved
3. SOS
4. Upon Him “Hymn of Surrender” clues us into what true 4. Free Amen
5. Let There Be Wonder surrender looks like. Redman’s bold writing 5. Sing Wherever I Go
6. King Jesus comes through as he passionately sings of 6. Dancing On the Waves
7. God’s call to us to give all or nothing in response
Merciful Father
8. Mercies (New Every Morning) to God’s ultimate sacrifice. The chorus boldly We The Kingdom is a multigenerational
9. Jesus Your Name declares; “No compromise, I won’t give you just family of musicians, including producers and
10. In the Name half my life. If it’s all or nothing, let it all be for songwriters Ed Cash, Scott Cash, Franni Rae
11. Hymn of Surrender Jesus”. “Send Me Lord” follows appropriately Cash, Martin Cash and Andrew Bergthold.
12. Send Me Lord as a call to action as Redman reminds us to The members of We The Kingdom have been
13. A Ti Adoramos (We Praise You) respond to God’s call by then “going therefore involved behind-the-scenes in songs that have
14. The Same Jesus (Single Version) and making disciples” (Matt. 28) been sung around the world, and now they
If there were a Mount Rushmore of Worship
Artists,
Matt
Redman’s
likeness
would
definitely be engraved upon it. For nearly 30
years, Matt Redman has blessed the church
with such heart-toppers as “10,000 Reasons
(Bless the Lord)”, “The Heart of Worship” and
“Gracefully Broken”.
Let There Be Wonder is Redman’s first
full-length album in nearly three years and
features 12 new songs that explore the grace,
are ready to tell their own story firsthand. Their
There are a lot of great songs here that you and sound is a blend of worship, vulnerability, and
your congregation will fall in love with. Most are grit that is birthed out of decades of musical
well written, singable and could be emulated by influences and a shared difficult experience that
most worship teams. My only negative here is brought them together as a band.
that the instrumentation and arrangements are
very similar from track to track and this kind Their debut EP has been soaring up the
of brings the whole album down a notch from CCM Worship charts in the past few months
what it could have been. That being said, this is as congregations around the world have
probably the best album Redman has released discovered their best-known song, “Holy Water”
in a number of years.
faithfulness and the power of Jesus’ name.
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