City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise

City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise
Compilation album by Various Artists
Released	August 22, 2000
Recorded	Various Times
Genre	CCM
Label	Essential
Producer	Steve Hindalong
Series chronology
City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise (2000) City on a Hill: Sing Alleluia (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Daily Vault	(not rated)[1]
The Phantom Tollbooth	(not rated)[2]
Jesus Freak Hideout	[3]
Moody Magazine	(series review)[4]

City on a Hill: Songs of Worship and Praise (released in 2000) is the first in the City on a Hill series of compilation albums by popular Contemporary Christian Music musicians. It received the Gospel Music Association's Special Event Album of the Year award for 2001.^[5]

Track listing

1. "God of Wonders" – Mac Powell, Cliff Young, Danielle Young (Marc Byrd, Steve Hindalong) - 5:09
2. "The Stone" – Jars of Clay (Jonathan Noël) - 4:03
3. "With Every Breath" – Leigh Nash, Dan Haseltine (Marc Byrd) - 5:02
4. "I Remember You" – Mac Powell, Gene Eugene (Gene Eugene, Steve Hindalong) - 4:35
5. "Precious Jesus" – The Choir, Leigh Nash (Steve Hindalong) - 4:35
6. "You're Here" – Sixpence None The Richer (Leigh Nash) - 4:07
7. "Where You Are" – FFH (Jeromy Deibler) - 4:09
8. "Merciful Rain" – FFH (Steve Hindalong) - 3:56
9. "Unified" – Sonicflood, Peter Furler (Peter Furler) - 4:12
10. "Covenant Song" – Caedmon's Call (Aaron Senseman) - 5:04
11. "City on a Hill" – Third Day (Mac Powell, Third Day) - 3:53
12. "Marvelous Light" – Gene Eugene, Various Artists (Steve Hindalong) - 3:02
13. "This Road" – Jars of Clay (Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark) - 5:14

Personnel

Vocalists

• Mac Powell – vocals (1, 4, 11), backing vocals (12)
• Cliff Young – vocals (1, 10), backing vocals (12)
• Danielle Young – vocals (1, 10), backing vocals (12)
• Christine Glass – backing vocals (1, 8, 12), vocals (9)
• Leigh Nash – prelude vocals (1), vocals (3, 5, 6), backing vocals (12)
• Dan Haseltine – vocals (2, 3, 13), backing vocals (12)
• Charlie Lowell – vocals (2), backing vocals (11)
• Stephen Mason – vocals (2, 13), backing vocals (11)
• Matt Odmark – vocals (2)
• Derri Daugherty – vocals (5), backing vocals (12)
• Jeromy Deibler – vocals (7), backing vocals (8, 12)
• Brian Smith – vocals (7)
• Jennifer Deibler – vocals (8), backing vocals (12)
• Peter Furler – vocals (9)
• Gene Eugene – vocals (12)
• Marc Byrd – backing vocals (12)
• Riki Michele – backing vocals (12)
• The Lufkin Texas Civic Center Choir – choir (13)

Musicians

• Pete Kipley – keyboards (2, 5, 12), programming (2)
• Jonathan Noël – acoustic piano (2)
• Gene Eugene – acoustic piano (4), Wurlitzer electric piano (7, 12), xylophone (12)
• Jason Halbert – keyboards (9), programming (9)
• Otto Price – programming (9)
• Dwayne Larring – programming (9), guitars (9)
• Joshua Moore – Wurlitzer electric piano (10)
• Scotty Wilbanks – acoustic piano (11), Hammond B3 organ (11)
• Charlie Lowell – accordion (13)
• Marc Byrd – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 6, 8), electric guitar (1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12), slide guitar (11)
• Stephen Mason – acoustic guitar (2), electric guitar (2)
• Phil Madeira – lap steel guitar (3, 7), accordion (7)
• Derri Daugherty – acoustic guitar (5, 11), electric guitar (5, 10), electric guitar swells (8, 12)
• Matt Slocum – electric guitar (6), cello (6)
• Michael Boggs – acoustic guitar (7)
• Derek Webb – acoustic guitar (10)
• Stephen Mason – electric guitar (10), acoustic guitar (13), mandolin (13)
• Brad Avery – 12-string guitar (11)
• Mark Lee – acoustic guitar (11), electric guitar (11)
• Matt Odmark – acoustic guitar (13)
• Chris Donahue – bass guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 8), bass (6, 7)
• Rick Heil – bass guitar (9)
• Jeff Miller – bass guitar (10)
• Tai Anderson – bass guitar (11)
• Aaron Sands – bass (13)
• Dennis Holt – drums (1, 8)
• Aaron Blanton – drums (9)
• Todd Bragg – drums (10)
• David Carr – drums (11)
• Dale Baker – percussion (1, 6), drums (3, 6)
• Garrett Buell – percussion (1, 10), timpani (6), orchestra bells (6, 11)
• Steve Hindalong – percussion (1, 2, 6-9, 13), drums (2, 5, 13), tambourine (3, 11), acoustic guitar (5), xylophone (5), orchestra bells (13)
• Sam Levine – flute (7)
• Tom Howard – orchestrations and conductor (1, 2, 4, 10)
• Jacob Lawson – string arrangements (8), violin (13)

References

1. "Various Artists: | Daily Vault". www.dailyvault.com. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
2. "City on a Hill - a Review of The Phantom Tollbooth". www.tollbooth.org. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
3. "various artists, "City on a Hill" Review". www.jesusfreakhideout.com. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
4. "Reviews: July/August 2002". Moody Magazine. Moody Bible Institute. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.
5. "Dove Award Recipients for 2001" Archived November 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Gospel Music Association.

External links

• Official web site
• "City on a Hill, Essential Records press release", archived at jarchives.com.