''Saviour King'' is the sixteenth album in the live praise and worship series of

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. It debuted at No. 6 on the

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album chart on 9 July 2007, while the DVD debuted at No. 2 on the DVD chart.Australian Recording Industry Association
''Top 40 DVD Chart''

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; (9 July 2007). Retrieved 9 July 2007. On the US Billboard Top Christian Albums Chart, it debuted at No. 5.

Making of the album

''Saviour King'' was recorded live at the

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on 18 March 2007 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 after the annual Hillsong

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. After many years at the

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, Hillsong Church moved the annual live album recording to the Acer Arena. This was also the last official album to feature Steve McPherson as a vocalist. McPherson is still a part of

as a publisher. Also, this was the last album in which Zschech appeared as a worship pastor. The front cover depicts Hillsong Church congregation and the Hillsong Live logo, while the inverse side depicts 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, ...

, Joel Houston and Marty Sampson.

Writing and composition

The album contains songs written and used in Hillsong Church from early 2006 to March 2007. Songs such as "I'm Not Ashamed" and "Here in My Life" were written earlier in 2006, while songs like "Lord of Lords", "In the Mystery" and "One Thing" were written around the time of the album recording. "Break Free", "Hosanna" and "Saviour King" were released on the Hillsong United album '' All of the Above''. The majority of songs were written by

Marty Sampson Martin W "Marty" Sampson (born 31 May 1979) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and former worship leader at the Hillsong Church in Sydney. From the late 1990s until 2019 he featured on the United Live albums and was one of the origina ...

, Reuben Morgan,

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 ...

Brooke Fraser Brooke Gabrielle Ligertwood (née Fraser; born 15 December 1983) better known by her maiden name Brooke Fraser, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter best known for her hit single " Something in the Water", released in 2010. Fraser released two ...

, Mia Fieldes and Ben Fielding. Matt Crocker from Hillsong United youth, who wrote songs on the Hillsong United EP In a Valley by the Sea, contributed to two songs.

Track listing (CD)

Track listing (DVD)

# "Saviour King" ntroduction(

) # "I'm Not Ashamed" (Marty Sampson) # "Break Free" (

) # "Hosanna" (

and

) # "Here in My Life" (Darlene Zschech) # "You Are Faithful" (Darlene Zschech) # "In Your Freedom" (Marty Sampson) # "To Know Your Name" (Jad Gillies) # "In the Mystery" (Joel Houston) # "God of Ages" (Darlene Zschech and

) # "You Are My Strength" (Reuben Morgan) # "One Thing" (Darlene Zschech) # "Lord of Lords" (Brooke Fraser) # "You Saw Me" (Reuben Morgan) # "Saviour King" (Marty Sampson)

Personnel

– worship pastor, executive producer, producer, senior worship leader, senior lead vocal * Phil Dooley – creative director, executive producer * Andrew Crawford – producer *

– producer, United worship leader, acoustic guitar *

– producer, worship leader, acoustic guitar, music director & arranger *

– worship leader, acoustic guitar * Jad Gillies – worship leader, acoustic guitar *

– worship leader, acoustic guitar *

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– electric guitar * Ben Fielding - electric guitar * Steve McPherson – other vocals * Paul Andrew – other vocals * Scott Bakken – other vocals * Julie Bassett – other vocals * Damian Bassett – other vocals * Debbie-Ann Bax – other vocals * Julie Cowdroy – other vocals * Kathryn De Araujo – other vocals * Jonathan Douglass (J.D) – other vocals * Katie Elmore – other vocals * Deborah Ezzy – other vocals * Mia Fields – other vocals * Karen Horn – other vocals * Sam Knock – other vocals * Kelista Puddle – other vocals * Katie Restivo – other vocals * Barry Southgate – other vocals * Katrina Tadman – other vocals * Marcus Temu – other vocals * Aaron Watson – other vocals * Holly Watson – other vocals * Ryan Watts Thomas – other vocals * Peter Kelly – percussion * Jason Blackbourn – percussion * Timon Klein – electric guitar * Nigel Hendroff – electric guitar * Raymond Badham – electric guitar * Dylan Thomas – electric guitar * Matthew Tennikoff – bass guitar * Gian Peipman – bass guitar * Ntando MPofu – bass guitar * Ben Whincop – bass guitar * Dane Chrales – drums * Rolf Wam Fjell – drums * Simon Kobler – drums * Paul Mabury – drums * Peter James – keyboards * Kevin Lee – keyboards * Peter King – keyboards * Autumn Hardman – keyboards * Hillsong Church Choir – choir

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