Live (Paul Baloche album) explained

Live
Type:	live
Artist:	Paul Baloche
Cover:	Live by Paul Baloche.png
Genre:	Worship
Label:	Integrity
Producer:	Michael Rossback
Prev Title:	Christmas Worship
Prev Year:	2013
Next Title:	Christmas Worship, Vol. 2
Next Year:	2015

Live is a live album from Paul Baloche. Integrity Music released the album on April 1, 2014.

Critical reception

Awarding the album three stars at CCM Magazine, Grace Aspinwall states, "not as creative; but, overall, the project is uplifting and the recording is clear and wellarranged." Amanda Furbeck, giving the album five stars from Worship Leader, writes, "this album reveals the beauty and authenticity of a worshipping congregation." Rating the album four stars by New Release Today, Kevin Davis says, "you need to add Live to your worship music collection." Jonathan Andre, signaling in a three and a half star review for 365 Days of Inspiring Media, describes, "Paul still delivers a powerful set list, and one that’ll always showcase some of the most underrated songs within CCM worship industry right now." Indicating in a five star review at Christian Music Review, Jay Heilman replies, "Live...further cements himself in the upper echelon of worship artists whose sole aim is to worship alongside us lifting up the name of Christ." Jono Davies, assigning the album four and a half stars from Louder Than the Music, responds, "the heart of the album is all about pointing the listener to Jesus, and these songs do that with style, passion and heartfelt singing." Allocating a four star review for the album from The Christian Music Review Blog, recognizes, "it's a good album...Might have been better as an EP – strip it down to the best 5 songs, because several of them start to blend together too much."

Awards and accolades

This album was No. 6 on the Worship Leaders Top 20 Albums of 2014 list.^[1]

The song, "You Lift Us Up", was No. 7 on the Worship Leaders Top 20 Songs of 2014 list.^[2]

Personnel

Musicians

• Paul Baloche – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
• Chris Springer – keyboards, organ
• Brad Towes – keyboards, organ
• Michael Rossback – keyboards, guitars, electric bass, backing vocals
• Ben Gowell – electric guitars
• Carl Albrecht – drums, percussion
• Silvia Buttiglione – cello
• Mary Lindsey – cello
• Heather Land – backing vocals
• Brooke Williams – backing vocals
• Joel Auge – guest vocals
• Harvest Bible Chapel Choir – choir
• Joshua Seller – choir director
• Jen Cole, Erica D., Ruth Dowdell, Jameson Everden, David Jacob, Dan McCaulay, Melody McKay, Bahy Mehany, Joshua Seller, Greg Sykes and Christophe Vacher – additional vocals

Production

• C. Ryan Denham – executive producer
• Michael Rossback – producer, engineer, mixing
• Jeoff Harris – engineer
• Darryl Kingdon – assistant engineer
• Steve Pauls – choir engineer
• Andrew Mendelson – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Becca Nicolson – production coordinator
• Thom Hoyman – art direction, design
• Jeff Andrews – photography

Stage and Technical credits

• Frank Dejong – event coordinator, administrator
• Matt Browning – post-production, video editing, authoring
• John Willis – FOH engineer
• Steve Pauls – lighting director
• Natasha Boshoff, Arley McBlain, Kent McGilvary and Priscilla Yuen – cameramen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Worship Leader . Top 20 Albums of 2014 . Worship Leader . November 6, 2015 . November/December 2014 . 66–7 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170106011708/http://media.worshipleader.com/lib/2014nov/html5/index.html?page=66 . January 6, 2017 . dead .
2. Web site: Worship Leader . Top 20 Songs of 2014 . Worship Leader . November 6, 2015 . November/December 2014 . 64–5 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181019094017/http://media.worshipleader.com/lib/2014nov/html5/index.html?page=64 . October 19, 2018 . dead .