Radical Love (album)

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Radical Love
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Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 12, 2014
Genre Contemporary worship music
Length65:20
Label Every Nation Music
Victory Worship chronology
Radical Love
(2014)
Rise Heart
(2015)
Singles from Radical Love
  1. "Radical Love"
  2. "Grace Changes Everything"
  3. "Jesus My Savior"

Radical Love is the first live album of the Filipino worship band Victory Worship . In February 2015, the album was certified gold by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry for sales of more than 7,500 units. [1]

Contents

In June 2015, the song Radical Love was nominated at the 28th Awit Awards for Best Inspirational/Religious Recording. [2]

Radio singles

Three songs from Radical Love were released to local Christian radio for airplay. The carrier single was the title track, sung by Cathy Go. The second single released to radio was "Grace Changes Everything", sung by Lee Brown. The third and final radio single was "Jesus My Savior", sung by Isa Fabregas.

Official music videos

Live performance videos were released on YouTube for the three radio singles from "Radical Love," namely "Grace Changes Everything", "Jesus My Savior", and the title track. A live performance video was also released for album opener "Faithful". Official lyric videos were also produced for all album tracks except "Shine Upon the Philippines".

Reception

Radical Love was released on digital and CD formats on September 12, 2014. The Philippine Star music columnist, Baby Gil, wrote, "(Radical Love) is a very well-produced pop album of appealing songs that are great to listen to and which also gets you to worship the Lord at the same time." [3] Radio Republic's Zach Lucero wrote, "...those songs we hear on radio are not quite expressed the same way as Radical Love." [4]

Track listing

Radical Love [5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Faithful"Victor Asuncion, Arcyllin Arcilla, Myka Magsaysay and Mark Luna4:25
2."Your Love Is Greater"Charles Bautista, Lee Simon Brown and Chryssta Cordoves5:54
3."He Who Loved"Joey Benin, Barbie A. Honasan and Kelvin Lim5:06
4."Lord of All" Jose Villanueva III 5:38
5."Radical Love"Victor Asuncion, Kit Estrella, Julius Fabregas and Mico del Mundo5:58
6."Jesus My Savior"Sarah Bulahan6:48
7."Grace Changes Everything"Neli Atiga, Jose Villanueva III and Fina Wowor7:26
8."Hope Will Rise"Jessica Chapman, Justin Chapman, Shayne Hill and James Murrell5:41
9."Great God"Archie Castillo and James Murrell6:53
10."We Will Go"Victor Asuncion, Robert Ellis, Juan Winans and Lisa Winans6:04
11."Shine Upon the Philippines"Joel Barrios5:27
Total length:65:20

Awards and nominations

YearSongAwardCategoryResult
2015"Radical Love"

(Written by Victor Asuncion, Kit Estrella, Julius Fabregas & Mico del Mundo)

28th Awit Awards Best Inspirational/Religious Recording [2] Nominated

Certifications

CountryProviderCertificationSales
Philippines PARI Gold [1] 7,500+ [1]

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