Let There Be Light (album)

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Let There Be Light
Let There Be Light (Official Album Cover) by Hillsong Worship.png
Live album by
Released14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
Recorded5–8 July 2016
Venue Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney
Genre Contemporary worship music
Length72:03
Label Hillsong, Sparrow, Capitol
Producer Michael Guy Chislett, Joel Houston, Brooke Ligertwood [1]
Hillsong Worship live album chronology
Open Heaven / River Wild
(2015)
Let There Be Light
(2016)
There Is More
(2018)
Hillsong Worship chronology
Open Heaven / River Wild
(2015)
Let There Be Light
(2016)
The Peace Project
(2017)
Standard edition [9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Worship leader[ citation needed ]Length
1."Behold (Then Sings My Soul)" Joel Houston [10]
6:46
2."Love So Great"
[11]
David Ware5:19
3."Look To the Son"
[12]
Jonathon Douglass4:36
4."Crowns"
  • Michael Fatkin
  • Scott Groom
  • Benjamin Hastings
[13]
Benjamin Hastings4:57
5."What a Beautiful Name"
  • Ben Fielding
  • Brooke Ligertwood
[14]
Brooke Ligertwood5:41
6."Your Word"Chris Davenport [15] Jad Gillies7:00
7."Let There Be Light"
[16]
Matt Crocker7:31
8."In Control"
  • Fielding
  • Aodhan King
[17]
Ben Fielding5:07
9."Grace To Grace"
  • Davenport
  • Houston
[18]
Taya Smith7:06
10."Elohim"Sampson [19] Marty Sampson, [20] Hannah Hobbs4:29
11."I Will Boast in Christ"
  • S. Ligertwood
  • Morgan
[21]
  • Reuben Morgan
  • Annie Garratt
4:52
12."As It Is (In Heaven)"
  • Houston
  • Fielding
[22]
Joel Houston, Taya Smith8:39
Total length:72:03
Digital deluxe edition [23]
No.TitleWorship leader[ citation needed ]Length
13."What a Beautiful Name" (Acoustic)Brooke Ligertwood4:14
14."In Control" (Acoustic)Ben Fielding4:31
15."I Will Boast in Christ" (Acoustic)
  • Reuben Morgan
  • Brooke Ligertwood
5:15
16."Elohim" (Acoustic)Marty Sampson6:48
17."Behold New Roads" (featuring Brian Houston) 19:57
Total length:112:48
Notes

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [44] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Zendesk and AllMusic. [1] [45]

Vocals

Composer

Technical, strings and horns

Event production

Album administration

Album artwork

Project handling and management

Album Production

Executive

International releases

There are several international releases (translation) version of the album releases in 2017:

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