City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise

City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	August 22, 2000
Recorded	Various times
Genre	CCM
Label	Essential
Producer	Steve Hindalong
Series chronology
City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise (2000) City on a Hill: Sing Alleluia (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Daily Vault	(not rated) [1]
The Phantom Tollbooth	(not rated) [2]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[3]
Moody Magazine	(series review) [4]

City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise (released in 2000) is the first in the City on a Hill series of compilation albums by popular Contemporary Christian Music musicians. It received the Gospel Music Association's Special Event Album of the Year award for 2001. ^[5]

Track listing

1. "God of Wonders" – Mac Powell, Cliff Young, Danielle Young (Marc Byrd, Steve Hindalong) - 5:09
2. "The Stone" – Jars of Clay (Jonathan Noël) - 4:03
3. "With Every Breath" – Leigh Nash, Dan Haseltine (Marc Byrd) - 5:02
4. "I Remember You" – Mac Powell, Gene Eugene (Gene Eugene, Steve Hindalong) - 4:35
5. "Precious Jesus" – The Choir, Leigh Nash (Steve Hindalong) - 4:35
6. "You're Here" – Sixpence None The Richer (Leigh Nash) - 4:07
7. "Where You Are" – FFH (Jeromy Deibler) - 4:09
8. "Merciful Rain" – FFH (Steve Hindalong) - 3:56
9. "Unified" – Sonicflood, Peter Furler (Peter Furler) - 4:12
10. "Covenant Song" – Caedmon's Call (Aaron Senseman) - 5:04
11. "City on a Hill" – Third Day (Mac Powell, Third Day) - 3:53
12. "Marvelous Light" – Gene Eugene, Various Artists (Steve Hindalong) - 3:02
13. "This Road" – Jars of Clay (Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark) - 5:14

Personnel

Vocalists

• Mac Powell – vocals (1, 4, 11), backing vocals (12)
• Cliff Young – vocals (1, 10), backing vocals (12)
• Danielle Young – vocals (1, 10), backing vocals (12)
• Christine Glass – backing vocals (1, 8, 12), vocals (9)
• Leigh Nash – prelude vocals (1), vocals (3, 5, 6), backing vocals (12)
• Dan Haseltine – vocals (2, 3, 13), backing vocals (12)
• Charlie Lowell – vocals (2), backing vocals (11)
• Stephen Mason – vocals (2, 13), backing vocals (11)
• Matt Odmark – vocals (2)
• Derri Daugherty – vocals (5), backing vocals (12)
• Jeromy Deibler – vocals (7), backing vocals (8, 12)
• Brian Smith – vocals (7)
• Jennifer Deibler – vocals (8), backing vocals (12)
• Peter Furler – vocals (9)
• Gene Eugene – vocals (12)
• Marc Byrd – backing vocals (12)
• Riki Michele – backing vocals (12)
• The Lufkin Texas Civic Center Choir – choir (13)

Musicians

• Pete Kipley – keyboards (2, 5, 12), programming (2)
• Jonathan Noël – acoustic piano (2)
• Gene Eugene – acoustic piano (4), Wurlitzer electric piano (7, 12), xylophone (12)
• Jason Halbert – keyboards (9), programming (9)
• Otto Price – programming (9)
• Dwayne Larring – programming (9), guitars (9)
• Joshua Moore – Wurlitzer electric piano (10)
• Scotty Wilbanks – acoustic piano (11), Hammond B3 organ (11)
• Charlie Lowell – accordion (13)
• Marc Byrd – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 8), electric guitar (1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12), slide guitar (11)
• Stephen Mason – acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (2)
• Phil Madeira – lap steel guitar (3, 7), accordion (7)
• Derri Daugherty – acoustic guitar (5, 11), electric guitar (5, 10), electric guitar swells (8, 12)
• Matt Slocum – electric guitar (6), cello (6)
• Michael Boggs – acoustic guitar (7)
• Derek Webb – acoustic guitar (10)
• Stephen Mason – electric guitar (10), acoustic guitar (13), mandolin (13)
• Brad Avery – 12-string guitar (11)
• Mark Lee – acoustic guitar (11), electric guitar (11)
• Matt Odmark – acoustic guitar (13)
• Chris Donahue – bass guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 8), bass (6, 7)
• Rick Heil – bass guitar (9)
• Jeff Miller – bass guitar (10)
• Tai Anderson – bass guitar (11)
• Aaron Sands – bass (13)
• Dennis Holt – drums (1, 8)
• Aaron Blanton – drums (9)
• Todd Bragg – drums (10)
• David Carr – drums (11)
• Dale Baker – percussion (1, 6), drums (3, 6)
• Garrett Buell – percussion (1, 10), timpani (6), orchestra bells (6, 11)
• Steve Hindalong – percussion (1, 2, 6–9, 13), drums (2, 5, 13), tambourine (3, 11), acoustic guitar (5), xylophone (5), orchestra bells (13)
• Sam Levine – flute (7)
• Tom Howard – orchestrations and conductor (1, 2, 4, 10)
• Jacob Lawson – string arrangements (8), violin (13)

References

1. "Various Artists: | Daily Vault". www.dailyvault.com. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
2. "City on a Hill - a Review of The Phantom Tollbooth". www.tollbooth.org. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
3. "various artists, "City on a Hill" Review". www.jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
4. "Reviews: July/August 2002". Moody Magazine. Moody Bible Institute. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.
5. "Dove Award Recipients for 2001" Archived November 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Gospel Music Association.

External links

• Official web site
• "City on a Hill, Essential Records press release", archived at jarchives.com.