Rescue Story

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Rescue Story
Zach Williams - Rescue Story.png
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 4, 2019
Studio
  • Gnome Studios, Love Shack Recording and Southern Ground Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
  • Right Path Studios (Brentwood, Tennessee)
Genre
Length35:35
Label Essential
Producer Jonathan Smith
Zach Williams chronology
Chain Breaker
(2016)
Rescue Story
(2019)
A Hundred Highways
(2022)
Singles from Rescue Story
  1. "Rescue Story"
    Released: June 21, 2019
  2. "There Was Jesus"
    Released: October 3, 2019

Rescue Story is the second studio album of the American Christian rock singer Zach Williams released on October 4, 2019 on Essential record label. [1] The album peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. Christian Albums chart and at 111 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. The 10-track album includes the title track single "Rescue Story". Three other tracks "Walk With You", "Heaven Help Me" and "There Was Jesus" (the latter featuring Dolly Parton) also appeared on the Billboard Christian Songs chart.

Contents

Accolades

Awards
YearOrganizationAwardResultRef
2021 Billboard Music Awards Top Christian Allbum Nominated [2]

Track listing

Rescue Story track listing [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Walk with You"Zack Williams, Casey Beathard, Jonathan Smith3:47
2."Less Like Me"Williams, Hank Bentley, Mia Fieldes 3:43
3."Rescue Story"Williams, Smith, Ethan Hulse, Andrew Ripp3:57
4."Stand Up"Williams, Smith, Fieldes3:14
5."Slave to Nothing"Williams, Smith, Fieldes3:36
6."Under My Feet"Williams, Smith, Fieldes3:28
7."There Was Jesus" (featuring Dolly Parton)Williams, Smith, Bearthard3:43
8."Heaven Help Me"Williams, Bentley, Fieldes3:22
9."Baptized"Williams, Smith, Tim Nichols 3:24
10."Face to Face"Williams, Smith3:23
Total length:35:35

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Rescue Story
Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 111
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [5] 2
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [6] 5
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [7] 26

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