Albums : Chris Tomlin : Burning Lights

Albums : Chris Tomlin : Burning Lights

Listen To Chris Tomlin : Burning Lights 

Who Is Chris Tomlin?

Christopher Dwayne "Chris" Tomlin (born May 4, 1972) is an American Christian Contemporary Music artist, worship leader, and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a former staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin leads worship at many Passion events. Some of his most well-known songs are "How Great Is Our God", "Jesus Messiah", "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)", and "Our God", which he co-wrote with Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves, and Jonas Myrin. He is currently a worship leader at Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, with Louie Giglio and Christy Nockels.

He was awarded Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2006, 2007 (along with Artist of the Year), and 2008 GMA Dove Awards, and a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album in 2012. He is one of the members of CompassionArt, a charity founded by Martin Smith of the band Delirious? and Smith's wife, Anna.

His first nationally released solo project, titled The Noise We Make, was released in 2001, featuring the songs "Forever," "Be Glorified", and "Kindness", each of which made the top 200 in the CCLI 2005 top 500 worship songs. He released the live EP 545 in 2002, and the studio album Not to Us (2002).

Although he is a solo artist, Tomlin uses a consistent band lineup. He writes many of his songs with the band members. The band includes of Daniel Carson (electric guitar, backup vocals), Jesse Reeves (bass guitar, backup vocals), Travis Nunn (drums), and Matt Gilder (piano, keys). He plays guitar and piano.

According to Christian Copyright Licensing International's list of the top 25 worship songs in the US in August 2007, Tomlin held 5 spots with songs he has either written or co-written: "How Great Is Our God" (No. 1), "Forever" (No. 5), "Holy Is the Lord" (No. 7), "We Fall Down" (No. 12), and "Indescribable" (No. 22). In 2008, Tomlin held 6 spots on 20 The Countdown Magazine's top 20 praise and worship songs: "We Fall Down" (No. 14), "Forever" (No. 10), "Holy is the Lord" (No. 8), "Indescribable" (No. 6), "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" (No. 3), and "How Great is our God" (No. 1).

Tomlin has toured with contemporary Christian music artists, such as Delirious? during his first tour, and as a supporting act of Steven Curtis Chapman during his All Things New Tour. Tomlin has headlined several tours, such as the Chris Tomlin Indescribable Tour, which featured worship artist Matt Redman, and speaker Louie Giglio, and headlining the See the Morning Tour. From April to October 2007, Tomlin toured with Louie Giglio and Matt Redman on his "How Great Is Our God" tour. In 2008, Tomlin toured with Passion Conferences on its world tour. In early 2009, he was in the Hello Love tour with Israel Houghton and New Breed. In summer of 2010, he was in the "Hello Tonight" tour with TobyMac.

Tomlin has been featured at conferences and music festivals. Among these, he played at Grand Saline's annual Salt Festival. Hillsong's 2007 conference, and the 2008 Compassionart International Songwriting retreat, which was dedicated to writing songs whose revenue would support charities serving the poorest of the world's poor. Other prominent songwriters included were Matt Redman, Martin Smith, Stuart Garrard, and Steven Curtis Chapman. In 2009, Tomlin played at the Harvest Crusade at Anaheim Angels Stadium.

On June 14, 2007, Tomlin's version of the song "Indescribable" was used as the official wake-up call for Mission Specialist Patrick Forrester on Space Shuttle mission STS-117.

In May 2008, Tomlin announced a move from The Austin Stone Community Church, to start a new church with Louie Giglio in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 2009, Tomlin released a Christmas album, Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship. It includes three original Christmas songs and features duets with Matt Redman, Christy Nockels, and Audrey Assad. The album peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 list and at No. 1 for Holiday albums. (Read More)

Burning Lights Review 

With a decade of work under his belt, Chris Tomlin knows his audience and his craft. If his recorded material doesn't demonstrate that, his many Dove Awards and his recently acquired Grammy Award do, and he's not slowing down anytime soon. But as his career has proceeded, his experimentation has always been in short supply to the detriment of his variety in the long haul, and his most recent effort, 2010's And If Our God Is For Us…, was more of the same. 2013, however, shows Tomlin turning a corner in some small ways with his seventh studio album, Burning Lights.

Burning Lights wastes no time in cutting to the appeal with "Awake My Soul," a song of worship arising from the believer's bones reminiscent of Ezekiel 37. The real highlight of the track, however, is Lecrae's delightfully unexpected spoken word appearance (reciting a passage from Ezekiel 37), adding a whole new layer to the track's effectiveness. The already church-popular "Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)" and Passion Band's hit "White Flag" follow, but "Lay Me Down" and "God's Great Dance Floor" are the notable surprises here. "Lay Me Down" consists of quick strumming and folk music sensibilities to accompany an anthemic claim to sacrifice, while "God's Great Dance Floor" is Tomlin's attempt at a dance-infused worship cut with lighthearted lyrics to match ("You never stop loving us no matter how far we run/You never give up on us…/I feel alive, I come alive, I am alive on God's great dance floor"). While the track is somewhat contrived and definitely out of Tomlin's comfort zone, it's a welcomed detour in the middle of the album, even if it's only for a short while.

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