''See the Morning'' is the fourth studio album by

Chris Tomlin Christopher Dwayne Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Grand Saline, Texas, United States, who has sold over 7 million records. He is a member of Passion Conferences an ...

released on September 26, 2006. The title comes from that idea that "our God is as faithful as the rising sun" and is the "Light of the World". The album was originally released in two versions: one with 11 tracks, the other with 4 alternate versions of his songs (including acoustic and demo versions) and a special behind-the-scenes look at the recording of the album. Since then, another version, the tour edition, has been released, which features the standard version, along with music/live videos, along with a sermon by

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titled "How Great Is Our God". The first single from the album was "Made to Worship", which was first heard as an

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bonus track for the Passion album ''Everything Glorious''.

Commercial response

''See the Morning'' debuted at No. 15 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Combined with a No. 1 debut on the SoundScan compiled Current Contemporary Christian, Christian Retail and Billboard Christian Album sales charts with 47,420 units sold, the CD experienced a 113% sales leap over ''

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s first-week numbers (that album went on to be

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-certified). The album has sold 116,000 copies as of June 2007 and was certified Gold by the RIAA in January 2008.

Track listing

Singles

* "

Made to Worship "Made to Worship" is a song written by Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash and Stephan Sharp. It was featured on Tomlin's album ''See the Morning''. The song reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Christian Songs chart. It also stayed at No. 1 on Christian Mu ...

" (2006) * "How Can I Keep From Singing?" (2007) * "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" (2007)

Personnel

* Chris Tomlin – vocals, acoustic piano, acoustic guitar * Matt Gilder – keyboards *

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– keyboards * Daniel Carson – electric guitar *

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– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals *

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– electric guitar * Jesse Reeves – bass * Travis Nunn – drums * Ken Lewis – percussion Production * Ed Cash – producer, engineer, mixing at Ed's, Franklin, Tennessee *

– executive producer * Brad O'Donnell – executive producer * Stephan Sharp – assistant engineer *

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– mix assistant *

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– mastering at Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, California * Jess Chambers – A&R administration * Holly Meyers – A&R administration * Allen Clark – photography * Jan Cook – creative direction * Tim Frank – director of photography * Pixel Peach Studio – package design

Awards

In 2007, the album won two

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s for Praise & Worship Album of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year at the

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. The song "

" also received two nominations.38th Annual GMA Awards
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References

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