''God He Reigns'' is the fourteenth album in the live praise and worship series of

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. A single-disc version of this album was released in North America and South America by

Integrity Media Integrity Music is part of the David C Cook nonprofit group. Founded as a direct-to-consumer music club in 1987 as ''Integrity Music'', Integrity was at the forefront of contemporary worship music's widespread popularity of praise and worship m ...

. The album reached No. 2 on the

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Recording

''God He Reigns'' was recorded live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 27 February 2005 by

Darlene Zschech Darlene Joyce Zschech (; née Steinhardt on 8 September 1965) is an Australian Pentecostal Christian worship leader and singer-songwriter who primarily writes praise and worship songs. Described as a pioneer of the modern worship movement, she ...

and the Hillsong team with a congregation of 10,500. ''God He Reigns'' was released at the annual

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in July.

Writing and composition

The majority of songs were written by

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, Darlene Zschech,

Reuben Morgan Reuben Timothy Morgan (born 9 August 1975) is an Australian worship pastor at Hillsong Church and one of several worship leaders and songwriters in Hillsong Worship group. Prior to this he was a worship pastor at Hillsong Church in Sydney, ...

, and

Joel Houston Joel Timothy Houston (born 19 September 1979) is an Australian musician, songwriter, pastor, and leader in the Sydney-based band Hillsong United, a worship band of Hillsong Church. He was co-pastor at Hillsong NYC between 2010 and 2017. He i ...

. Raymond Badham, Ned Davies, Mia Fieldes and

Miriam Webster Miriam Webster is an Australian Pentecostal worship leader and contemporary singer/songwriter. She is most well known for her classical worship songs with Hillsong Music Australia. Miriam won A.C.E State Student music award as a teenager for sin ...

also contributed to writing songs. Songs were written in the 12 months prior to the album recording, some songs were first recorded on the Hillsong United album

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Commercial performance

''God He Reigns'' reached No. 2 on the Australian album charts and the DVD hit No. 1. Initially, there was doubt as to the commercial success of the album as the release coincided with the release of new albums by

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and

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, but in that week more copies of ''God He Reigns'' were sold than every other CD in Australia combined (including pop charts, alternative, rock, et cetera).

Track listing, double CD

Disc 1 # "Let Creation Sing" (Reuben Morgan) # "Salvation Is Here" (Joel Houston) # "His Love" (Raymond Badham) # "Emmanuel" (Reuben Morgan) # "Saviour" (Darlene Zschech) # "Wonderful God" (Ned Davies) # "God He Reigns"/"All I Need Is You" (chorus) (Marty Sampson) # "Yours Is the Kingdom" (Joel Houston) # "Welcome in This Place" (Miriam Webster) Disc 2 # "Let Us Adore" (Reuben Morgan) # "All for Love" (Mia Fieldes) # "Know You More" (Darlene Zschech) # "There Is Nothing Like" (Marty Sampson and

Jonas Myrin Jonas Myrin is a Swedish singer, songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, California. His solo career began in 2012 with the gold-certified song, "Day of the Battle" in Germany. Myrin won two Grammy Awards for the song " 10,000 Reasons (Bl ...

) # "What the World Will Never Take" (Matt Crocker, Scott Ligertwood and Marty Sampson) # "Tell the World" (Jonathan Douglass, Joel Houston and Marty Sampson)

Track listing, single CD

# "Let Creation Sing" (Reuben Morgan) # "Salvation Is Here" (Joel Houston) # "His Love" (Raymond Badham) # "Emmanuel" (Morgan) # "Saviour" (Darlene Zschech) # "Wonderful God" (Ned Davies) # "God He Reigns"/"All I Need Is You" (chorus) (Marty Sampson) # "Yours Is the Kingdom" (Houston) # "Welcome in This Place" (Miriam Webster) # "Let Us Adore" (Morgan) # "All for Love" (Mia Fieldes)(Men of Hillsong) # "Know You More" (Zschech) # "There Is Nothing Like" (Sampson, Jonas Myrin)

Personnel

* Darlene Zschech – producer, vocals, songwriter * Joel Houston – assistant producer, acoustic guitar, songwriter * Julia A'Bell – vocals * Vera Kasevich – vocals * Paul Andrew – vocals * Julie Bassett – vocals, vocal production * Gilbert Clark – vocals * Holly Dawson – vocals * Jonathan Douglass – vocals * Deb Ezzy – vocals * Faletolu Faletolu – vocals * Tulele Faletolu – vocals * Lucy Fisher – vocals * Michelle Grigg – vocals * Peter Hart – vocals * Scott Haslem – vocals, vocal production * Karen Horn – vocals * Steve McPherson – vocals, vocal production * Nathan Phillips – vocals * Aran Puddle – vocals, production * Barry Southgate – vocals * Katrina Tadman – vocals * Marcus Temu – vocals * Dee Uluirewa – vocals, vocal production * Beci Wakerley – vocals * Raymond Badham – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, music direction, production * Reuben Morgan – acoustic guitar, songwriter * Paul Nevison – acoustic guitar * Marty Sampson – acoustic guitar, songwriter * Jad Gillies – electric guitar * Nigel Hendroff – electric guitar * Adrian Lewis – electric guitar * Paul Peipman – electric guitar * Peter Wilson – electric guitar * Gio Galanti – keyboards * Kevin Lee – keyboards * Matthew Hope – trumpet, brass director, flugelhorn * Christopher Booth – trumpet * Tim Whincop – trumpet, production, flugelhorn * Stephanie Lambert – trumpet * Timothy Dearmin – saxophone * Gary Honor – saxophone * John Kasinathan – trombone * Rebecca Gunn – cello * Tirza Van Breda – cello * Matt Tennikoff – bass * George Whippy – bass * Sonja Bailey – percussion * Peter Kelly – percussion, production * Amy Palmer – percussion * Elisha Vella – percussion * Rolf Wam Fjell – drums

Technical

* Matt Crocker – drum technician * Marty Beaton – guitar technician * Marcüs Beaumont – guitar technician * Rob Drayton – guitar technician * Dan Munns – guitar technician * Brent Clarke – mixing engineer * Blair Simmons – assistant engineer * Josh Telford – assistant engineer * Don Bartley – mastering engineer * Peter Wallis – recording engineer * Phil Blackbourne – recording engineer * Andy Sorenson – recording engineer * Michael Cuthbertson – front of house concert engineer

References

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