You Are the Avalanche

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You Are the Avalanche
You Are the Avalanche by John Mark & Sarah McMillan.jpg
EP by
ReleasedJune 23, 2015 (2015-06-23)
Genre Worship, alternative rock, Southern rock
Length24:02
Label Lionhawk
John Mark & Sarah McMillan chronology
Borderland
(2014)
You Are the Avalanche
(2015)
Live at the Knight
(2015)

You Are the Avalanche is the first extended play from John Mark & Sarah McMillan. Lionhawk Records released the EP on June 23, 2015.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Awarding the EP four stars at CCM Magazine , Matt Conner states, "Consider this EP as a beautiful bookend." [1] Bobby Gillies, giving the EP four and a half stars for Worship Leader, writes, "the McMillan's are eager to explore in their skilled biblically-informed poetry." [3] Rating the EP four stars from Jesus Freak Hideout, Mark Rice says, "With five excellent potential additions to a Sunday morning lineup, all of which are very well-done and better in quality than most worship music". [2]

Accolades

The song, "Heart Won't Stop", was No. 9 on the Worship Leader's Top 20 Songs of 2015 list. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Goodness"5:13
2."Walk Around My House"5:00
3."King of My Heart"4:55
4."Heart Won't Stop"4:12
5."Glorious Things"4:42
Total length:24:02

Chart performance

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [5] 3

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References

  1. 1 2 Conner, Matt (August 15, 2015). "John Mark & Sarah McMillan: 'You Are the Avalanche EP' album review". CCM Magazine . Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Rice, Mark (July 27, 2015). "John Mark & Sarah McMillan, "You Are the Avalanche" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Gilles, Bobby. "John Mark & Sarah McMillan: You Are the Avalanche". Worship Leader. p. 68. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  4. Staff. "2015 Top Songs". Worship Leader. pp. 62–3. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  5. "John Mark & Sarah McMillan Album & Song Chart History". Billboard Christian Albums . Retrieved November 1, 2015.