''Peace'' is the second studio album by Bethel Music, and their nineteenth full-length overall. It was released on April 10, 2020, through its own imprint label, Bethel Music. The featured

worship leader Contemporary worship is a form of Christian worship that emerged within Western evangelical Protestantism in the 20th century. It was originally confined to the charismatic movement, but is now found in a wide range of churches, including many w ...

s on the album are

Cory Asbury Cory Hunter Asbury is an American Christian musician, worship pastor, songwriter, and former member of the Bethel Music collective. Starting as an intern with the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2005, Asbury's career as ...

Jonathan David & Melissa Helser Jonathan David & Melissa Helser are an American Christian music husband and wife duo from Sophia, North Carolina, who started their music recording careers together in 2013. They have released three studio albums with Bethel Music, ''Endless Ocean ...

Josh Baldwin Josh Baldwin is an American Christian singer, songwriter and worship pastor. A member of the Bethel Music collective, Baldwin also serves as a worship leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California. Josh Baldwin starting serving as a worship l ...

Amanda Lindsey Cook Amanda Lindsey Cook (born Amanda Falk; May 8, 1984), also known as Falcon (since 2020) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and contemporary Christian music recording artist from Niverville, Manitoba. She received a Juno Awards, Juno Award at the J ...

Brian Johnson Brian Johnson (born 5 October 1947) is an English singer and songwriter. In 1980, after the death of Bon Scott, he became the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC. He and the rest of the band were inducted into the Rock and Rol ...

Jenn Johnson Jennifer Louise Rock Johnson is an American Christian worship singer, songwriter and worship pastor. She is a co-founding member of Bethel Music, and is one-half of the husband-and-wife worship duo, Brian & Jenn Johnson. She is also a senior wors ...

, with Kari Jobe and

We The Kingdom We the Kingdom is an American contemporary Christian music band signed to the Capitol Christian Music Group. The band consists of multiple generations of relatives: Andrew Bergthold, Ed Cash, Franni Rae Cash, Martin Cash, and Scott Cash. The b ...

appearing as guests. Ed Cash collaborated with and Steven Taylor in the production of the album.

Background

On April 9, 2020, Bethel Music announced that they will be releasing ''Peace'' at midnight of April 10 via social media. The album is the collective's second studio project since ''

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'' (2013). The album is a collection of remixed versions of nine renowned worship songs and three original songs. The remixed songs included hits from the Bethel Music community such as " Reckless Love", "

Goodness of God "Goodness of God" is a song by Bethel Music and Jenn Johnson, which was released as the third single from Bethel Music's eleventh live album, ''Victory'' (2019), on November 1, 2019. The song was written by Ed Cash, Ben Fielding, Jason Ingram ...

" and "

Raise a Hallelujah "Raise a Hallelujah" is a song by Bethel Music, Jonathan David Helser and Melissa Helser, which was released as the second single from Bethel Music's eleventh live album, ''Victory'' (2019), on March 8, 2019. The song was written by Jake Steve ...

" as well as popular songs by other contemporary worship artists such as Upperroom's "Surrounded (Fight My Battles)" and Elevation Worship's " The Blessing".

Recording, production

Ed Cash, spoke about the process of recording the album and the main aim of the record, saying:

Reception

Critical response

Joshua Andre in his 365 Days of Inspiring Media review described ''Peace'' as a "very layered and unique album," further commenting that it is "a brilliant album for a well-respected church and group!" Hallel's Timothy Yap gave a favourable review of the album, declaring that ''Peace'' lives up to its title and the collection of songs are "carefully curated, crafted and projected so that they function to bring us to worship God with a surrendered posture. And as a much-added bonus these songs are performed by a red carpet list of some of the best worship leaders."

Accolades

Commercial performance

In the United States, ''Peace'' launched at No. 85 on the mainstream ''Billboard'' 200 chart dated April 25, 2020, concurrently registering at No. 2 on Christian Albums chart, having earned 9,000 equivalent album units in the first week of sales. In the United Kingdom, ''Peace'' debuted at No. 3 on OCC's

Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart The Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart is a music chart based on sales of albums of Contemporary Christian and gospel music in the UK. It is compiled weekly by the Official Charts Company (OCC), with each week's number one being announced ...

dated April 24, 2020.

Track listing

* Songwriting credits adapted from PraiseCharts.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

* on PraiseCharts * {{DEFAULTSORT:Peace (Bethel Music album) 2020 albums Bethel Music albums