Track Listing

1. Come To The Water - Tomlin, Chris & Martin Smith/Kirk Franklin/Watoto Children's Choir
2. Shout Praise - Houghton, Israel & Toby Mac/Darlene Zschech
3. King Of Wonders - Redman, Matt & Tim Hughes/Joel Houston
4. Lead Me To The Rock - Baloche, Paul & Lakewood Choir
5. We Won't Stay Silent - Hughes, Tim & Steven Curtis Chapman
6. Highly Favoured - Grant, Amy & Michael W. Smith/Watoto Children's Choir
7. Fill My Cup - Smith, Martin & CeCe Winans/Lakewood Choir
8. Friend Of The Poor - Mooring, Leeland & Andy Park
9. King Of The Broken - Zschech, Darlene & Israel Houghton/Leeland Mooring/LakewoodChoir
10. You Have Shown Us - Tomlin, Chris & Paul Baloche/Steven Curtis Chapman
11. Until The Day - Kendrick, Graham & Darlene Zschech
12. Let It Glow - Tobymac & Kirk Franklin
13. So Great - Smith, Michael W. & Israel Houghton/Christy Nockels/Lakewood Choir
14. There Is Always A Song - Smith, Martin & Steven Curtis Chapman/Watoto Children's Choir
15. Reprise - Watoto Children's Choir

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1685 in Music
• Released on: 2008-11-24
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: CD+DVD, Colour
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Customer Reviews

Amazing album - buy it!
I completely agree with the previous reviewer - this is an amazingly uplifting but also challenging album - and all for such a good cause. Buy it!

Uplifting, joyful and full of hope
Such an uplifting CD, the music will fill your heart and home with the joy of Christ's love - utterly stunning.

It is an especially amazing CD because all the profits go to helping the very poorest people across the world.

Highly recommended!

The curtain has been torn
Having been a singer and worship leader for many years, the dominance of insipid, lowest common denominator, Jesus-is-my-boyfriend candy-floss in the 'Christian Contemporary' market has been a cause for much frustration and sadness.

But apparent even to a cynic like me, change seems to be afoot. A number of Christian albums of late seemed to be urging congregations to open their eyes and put their raised hands to good use (e.g. Mission Bell by Delirious), and with Compassionart it seems that several high profile Christian musicians have rallied to the call.

That Compassionart even happened suggests a rediscovery of God's heart for the poor and the outcast, and his utter disdain for worship that isn't rooted in justice (c.f. Amos, Micah, the gospels) - even in the evangelical mainstream.

The lyrics on the album are not all 'justice' lyrics - in fact there are some pretty familiar worship themes which in isolation would appear somewhat cliched or even escapist. But juxtaposing a song about our individual hope in Christ with one that calls us to be part of God's mission to restore the cosmos validates the former, just as only justice could validate the sacrifices of the Covenant people.

Musically it's a mixed back. tobyMac and Kirk Franklin's two minute blast 'Let it Glow' stands out, and there are four or five excellent moments. The opener, 'Come to the Water' is a powerful congregational anthem which I've used in church and will use again.

Of course, the downside of being 'something for everyone' is that there is the occasional recourse to the generic, and there's nothing particularly innovative about this music.

But that's not the point. Compassionart is a prophetic statement, urging Christians to follow their God out from behind the torn curtain into creation - because that's where it's been at for 2000 years.