History Makers | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Delirious? | ||||
Released | 2 November 2009 | |||
Recorded | 1993–2009 | |||
Genre | Rock, Christian rock | |||
Label | Furious? | |||
Producer | Delirious? | |||
Delirious? chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Jesus Freak Hideout | [2] |
History Makers is a compilation album by the band Delirious?. [3] It was announced by lead singer Martin Smith during an interview promoting their live album, My Soul Sings. It was released on November 2, 2009, [1] in conjunction with the band's final "History Makers" tour of the UK and mainland Europe. [4] Delirious? previously released two other compilation albums: Deeper , which contained their best-known worship songs, and Libertad , which also contained worship songs re-recorded in Spanish.
Two versions of the album have been made available for general sale. The first is a standard edition, containing fourteen of the band's best-known tracks from their worship back catalog, aimed at congregational audiences. The second is a limited edition version, containing 31 tracks spread over two discs. It also contains a DVD featuring the band's music videos and a fifty-eight-page color hardback book covering the history of the band. [5]
Bonus: "History in the Making''
Delirious? were an English contemporary Christian band. For the majority of their career, the lineup featured Martin Smith on vocals and guitar, Stu G on guitar and backing vocals, Jon Thatcher on bass guitar, Tim Jupp on keys and piano, and Stew Smith on drums and percussion. Paul Evans took over as drummer for the band's final two years.
Touch is an album released by Delirious? in 2002. It is essentially a clone of album Audio Lessonover? released in North America. In fact, only the first song, "Touch", is new. "Love is the Compass" and "Waiting for the Summer" are different versions from the UK release, and four songs present on Audio Lessonover were removed from Touch.
Hillsong Music is Christian music produced by Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia as well as offshoot churches, Hillsong London, and Hillsong Kiev. Hillsong albums are released and distributed by Hillsong Music. The main groups are Hillsong Worship, Hillsong United, Hillsong Young & Free, and Hillsong Kids.
UP: Unified Praise is a live praise and worship album of Praise & worship by the Australian Hillsong Church and English band Delirious?. The album reached No. 24 on the Top Christian Albums Chart.
Reuben Timothy Morgan is an Australian worship pastor at Hillsong Church and one of several worship leaders and songwriters in Hillsong Worship group. Prior to this he was a worship pastor at Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. He has written songs such as "Eagles Wings", "Hear Our Praises", "I Give You My Heart", "My Redeemer Lives" and "Mighty to Save", which won the Worship Song of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards. In 2005 his first solo worship album, World Through Your Eyes, debuted at No. 3 in the Australian Christian Charts.
Martin W "Marty" Sampson is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and former worship leader at the Hillsong Church in Sydney. From the late 1990s until 2019 he featured on the United Live albums and was one of the original Hillsong United band's worship leaders. Sampson's main instrument is the guitar although he also plays the piano, flute and drums. Aside from work for Youth Alive and Hillsong United, Sampson has issued solo albums.
Martin James Smith is an English vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer best known as the frontman of the Christian rock and worship band Delirious?. He has been a solo artist since Delirious?' disbanded in 2009.
Shout God's Fame is the first live album of contemporary worship music from Hillsong London.
Deeper: The D:finitive Worship Experience is a double compilation album by the band Delirious?.
Access:d is a live album by the band Delirious?.
d:tour 1997 Live at Southampton, or simply d:tour, is a live album by the English band Delirious?.
"I Could Sing of Your Love Forever" is a popular Christian rock and worship song by the English contemporary Christian band Delirious?. The song's popularity has reached far beyond the band's; CCLI places the song among the 30 most-sung worship songs in the United States and has been called a "modern worship classic". According to Martin Smith, the author of the song:
Stuart David Garrard better known by the stage name Stu G, is an English vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. He is one third of US-based Christian contemporary music band One Sonic Society, and is writing and recording as a solo artist.
WOW Worship: Yellow is the fourth installment in the WOW Worship series. Following the tradition of the WOW Worship series, it is a double-disc collection featuring 33 worship songs from today's artists. It also includes 7 new songs exclusive to this release. The album reached #44 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album was certified as platinum in 2003 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
WOW Worship: Red is the fifth installment in the WOW Worship series. It contains 34 praise and worship songs performed by top Christian artists. Twelve of the songs were newly recorded specifically for this release on Word Records. The album reached #62 on the Billboard 200 chart.
Cutting Edge is a series of recordings made by the British rock band Delirious?. The songs were originally written for a regular youth event, Cutting Edge, in the band's home town of Littlehampton. Through this, the band gained its first name, The Cutting Edge Band, which was later changed to Delirious? when the band went full-time in 1996.
Now Is the Time is the fourth full live album by the band Delirious?. In June 2006, Delirious? attended Willow Creek Community Church to record a live concert DVD. The DVD is accompanied with a CD, and it was released in the UK on 9 October and in the USA on 17 October.
My Soul Sings is a live album by the band Delirious?. The album was released on 16 March 2009. It was the band's last new recording before their farewell tour at the end of 2009. It takes its name from the song, My Soul Sings, which was included on Kingdom of Comfort. Generación 12, a Colombian worship band sang part of some songs in Spanish. A special Colombian Edition has been released in South America, to cater for the Colombian market, where Delirious? has a large following.
Farewell Show - Live In London is the sixth and final live album by the band Delirious?. In November 2009, Delirious? attended the Hammersmith Apollo in London to record their final gig as a live concert album, DVD and Blu-ray in front of a sold-out crowd of 5,000. They concluded their "History Makers - Farewell Tour" with this performance, wrapping up a series of 11 concerts across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands, and the UK. The album was released on 19 April 2010.
One Sonic Society is a contemporary worship music collective from around the globe. That collective is composed of songwriter Jason Ingram on vocals, guitar and piano, Delirious? lead guitarist Stuart Garrard on guitar and vocals, Hillsong UNITED drummer Paul Mabury on drums and programming, Jonathan Thatcher bass guitarist from Delirious? on bass and synths. The Christian music collective released their debut studio album under the Essential Records label on 28 February 2012 called Forever Reign. Their single "Forever Reign" was put in rotation during 2011 by many US radio stations.