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Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship
Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship
Live album by Chris Tomlin
Released	October 6, 2009
Venue	Ocean Way, Nashville
Genre	Christmas, CCM
Label	sixsteps
Producer	Ed Cash
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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Jesus Freak Hideout	^[2]

Glory in the Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship is the first Christmas album by Chris Tomlin. It was released on October 6, 2009. It peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Holiday albums chart and No. 79 on the Billboard 200 chart.^[3] In 2010, it re-entered the Billboard 200 and peaked at No. 19. It was recorded live in the studio and features a duet with Matt Redman, as well as two tracks featuring Christy Nockels and Audrey Assad.

Track listing

Album release
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"O, Come All Ye Faithful"	Traditional, John Francis Wade	5:39
2.	"Angels We Have Heard on High"	Traditional	3:43
3.	"Emmanuel (Hallowed Manger Ground)"	Ed Cash, Chris Tomlin	3:57
4.	"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"	Traditional, Charles Wesley	3:39
5.	"My Soul Magnifies the Lord"	Tomlin	6:20
6.	"Joy to the World (Unspeakable Joy)"	Cash, Matt Gilder, Tomlin, Traditional, Isaac Watts	3:50
7.	"Glory in the Highest"	Daniel Carson, Cash, Matt Redman, Jesse Reeves, Tomlin	4:38
8.	"O Holy Night"	Adolphe Adam, Traditional	6:16
9.	"Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" (featuring Christy Nockels)	Traditional, Wesley	2:59
10.	"Light of the World" (featuring Matt Redman)	Redman	4:57
11.	"Winter Snow" (featuring Audrey Assad)	Audrey Assad	3:32
12.	"Born That We May Have Life"	Cash, Matt Maher, Tomlin	5:31
Total length:			55:01

Personnel

Chris Tomlin – lead vocals (1–8, 10, 12), acoustic guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10), acoustic piano (7), backing vocals (10, 11)
Matt Gilder – acoustic piano (1–6, 8–12), keyboards (1, 3, 5–8, 10, 12), Hammond B3 organ (2, 5, 12), pads (6)
Ed Cash – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12), backing vocals (1–8, 12), electric guitar (4, 6)
Daniel Carson – electric guitar (1–8, 10, 12)
Jesse Reeves – bass (1, 2, 3, 5–8, 10, 12)
Chris Donahue – upright bass (4, 11)
Travis Nunn – drums (1–8, 10, 11, 12)
Ken Lewis – percussion (1–8, 10, 12)
Christy Nockels – backing vocals (1–5, 7, 8, 12), lead vocals (9)
Nickie Conley – singer (5, 12)
Jason Eskridge – singer (5, 12)
Nirva Ready – singer (5, 12)
Matt Redman – lead vocals (10)
Audrey Assad – lead vocals (11)
Choir is made up of various friends and families.

Production

Ed Cash – producer, mixing, overdub recording
Louie Giglio – executive producer
Brad O'Donnell – executive producer
Shane D. Wilson – engineer
Rob Clark – assistant engineer
Erin Kaus – assistant engineer
Matt Armstrong – assistant engineer, overdub recording assistant
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Ocean Way (Nashville, Tennessee) – recording location
Ed's (Franklin, Tennessee) – recording location (overdubs)
Gateway Mastering (Portland, Massachusetts) – mastering location
Jess Chambers – A&R administration
Gary Dorsey – original cover concept, design
Andy Norris – additional cover design
Jesse Owen – packaging design
Shelley Giglio – art direction
Leighton Ching – art direction
Jan Cook – art direction

Awards

In 2010, the album was nominated for a Dove Award for Christmas Album of the Year at the 41st GMA Dove Awards.^[4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2009–2010)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[5]	19
US Christian Albums (Billboard)^[6]	2
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)^[7]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
US Billboard 200^[8]	190
US Christian Albums (Billboard)^[9]	10
Chart (2011)	Position
US Billboard 200^[10]	127
Chart (2012)	Position
US Billboard 200^[11]	180