Arriving

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Arriving
Arriving album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2004
Genre Contemporary Christian music
Length46:01
Label Sparrow/sixstep
Producer Ed Cash
Chris Tomlin chronology
Not to Us
(2002)
Arriving
(2004)
Live from Austin Music Hall
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Arriving is a studio 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. [4]

Contents

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

Likewise, "Your Grace Is Enough" is a cover of a Matt Maher song, though Tomlin rewrote the chorus compared to Maher's original version.

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." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Indescribable" Laura Story, Jesse Reeves (additional lyrics)3:57
2."Holy Is the Lord"Chris Tomlin, Louie Giglio 4:11
3."How Great Is Our God"Tomlin, Reeves, Ed Cash 4:26
4."Your Grace Is Enough" Matt Maher, Tomlin (additional lyrics)4:08
5."Unfailing Love" (featuring Steven Curtis Chapman)Tomlin, Cash, Cary Pierce3:59
6."The Way I Was Made"Cash, Reeves, Tomlin3:33
7."Mighty Is the Power of the Cross"Reeves, Tomlin, Shawn Craig 6:04
8."All Bow Down"Tomlin, Cash4:06
9."On Our Side"Cash, Reeves, Tomlin3:36
10."King of Glory"Reeves, Tomlin3:07
11."You Do All Things Well"Reeves, Tomlin, Michael John Clement4:46
Total length:45:53

Personnel

Production

Singles

Awards

On 2005, the album won a Dove Award for Praise & Worship Album of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards. [6]

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