Born Is the King

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Born Is the King
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Released2011
Genre Contemporary Christian, Christmas music
Label Hillsong Music Australia
Hillsong Music Australia
Christmas albums chronology
Celebrating Christmas
(2005)
Born Is the King
(2011)
We Have A Saviour
(2012)

Born Is the King is the third Christmas worship album of Christian Contemporary music composed of Christmas music led by the Hillsong Church. The album includes two original songs composed by Hillsong as well as a selection of traditional Christmas Carols featuring Darlene Zschech, Matt Crocker, and other members of the Hillsong Team.

Contents

Track listing

Album release
No.TitleLead VocalsLength
1."The Westward Procession" (Instrumental) 0:32
2."Joy to the World"Jill McCloghry3:20
3."Born Is the King (It's Christmas)"Matt Crocker3:21
4."Emmanuel" Darlene Zschech 4:35
5."We Three Kings"Nathan Finochio2:56
6."O Come Let Us Adore Him"Annie Garratt6:25
7."O Holy Night"Dave Ware6:03
8."Silent Night"Hayley Law2:07

Musicians

Lead Vocals:

Senior Pastors of Hillsong Church:

Critical reception

Louder Than the Music, a website dedicated to Christian music, wrote in its review Born Is the King is "eight tracks long but in those eight tracks you know Christmas is here" and gave a 4.5 stars out of 5. [1] Ryan Barbee of American website Jesus Freak Hideout gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, commenting "it does have something to offer this holiday season, but the downside is that it's only eight tracks long and doesn't have the classic American holiday feel." He found the band rendered the traditional songs beautifully but described original song "Born Is The King" as "the antithesis of a 'White Christmas'" as it has "a very island-tropical melody with childlike fun". [2]

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
ARIA Albums Chart 55 [3]
ARIA Top 20 Australian Albums Chart14 [4]

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References

  1. Davies, Jono (4 November 2011). "Hillsong - Born Is The King Review". Louder Than The Music. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  2. Barbee, Ryan (4 November 2011). "Hillsong, "Born Is The King: Christmas Music" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. John DiBiase. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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