People Just Like Us Explained

People Just Like Us
Type:live
Artist:Hillsong Church
Cover:People Just Like Us.gif
Released:3 July 1994
Recorded:27 February 1994
Venue:Hills Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
Genre:Contemporary worship music
Length:50:29
Label:Hillsong
Producer:Geoff Bullock, Russell Fragar and Darlene Zschech
Chronology:Hillsong Music Australia
Live praise & worship
Prev Title:Stone's Been Rolled Away
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Friends in High Places
Next Year:1995

People Just Like Us is the third live praise and worship album of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church.[1]

Making of the album

People Just Like Us was recorded live at the Hills Entertainment Centre by Geoff Bullock, Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team. It has the first release of one of the most famous modern Christian worship song of all time, Shout to the Lord by Darlene Zschech.

The Majority of the songs were written by Geoff Bullock, Russell Fragar, and Paul Iannuzzelli.

Reception

In December 1997 Norman Smith of Cross Rhythms rated the album as 2 out of 10 and described the video as showcasing "glitzy, good looking, manufactured, well dressed, designer, brand new hairdo worship" where "only the beautiful, the groomed and the young are on display".[2] He opined that "Although the songs themselves are sung with a certain conviction ... no matter how it's dressed up, and this dog's dinner of an offering ... [is a] contextless collection of schmaltzy, Sydney soap song[s]".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Introduction"
  2. "People Just Like Us" (Russell Fragar)
  3. "Father of Lights" (Geoff Bullock)
  4. "In the Name of the Lord" (Bullock)
  5. "You Rescued Me" (Bullock)
  6. "The Power and the Glory" (Bullock)
  7. "Have Faith in God" (Bullock)
  8. "Your Love Keeps Following Me" (Fragar)
  9. "I Just Want to Praise the Lord" (Bullock)
  10. "Longin' for Your Touch" (Paul Iannuzzelli & Tim Uluirewa)
  11. "In the Silence" (Iannuzzelli)
  12. "Just Let Me Say" (Bullock)
  13. "Shout to the Lord" (Darlene Zschech)
  14. "Faith" (Bullock)

Credits

Worship Pastor

Music Director

Vocals Director

Choir Directors

Lead Vocals

Backing Vocals

Piano

Additional Piano & Keyboards

Keyboards

Guitars

Bass Guitar

Drums

Percussion

Trumpet

Saxophone

Flute

Executive Producer

Producers

Engineer

Post Production & Mixdown @ Rich Music Studios

Assistant Engineers

Mastered by: William Bowden (at Festival Records)

Front Of House Engineer

Foldback Engineer

Technical Director

Photographer

Artwork

Notes and References

  1. Web site: People Just Like Us – Hillsong Live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130618222707/http://www.allmusic.com/album/people-just-like-us-mw0002445047 . dead . 18 June 2013 . . 22 June 2014 .
  2. News: Review: People Just Like Us: Live Worship – Hills Christian Life Centre . Smith . Norman . . . 1 December 1997 . 23 June 2014 .