Faith + Hope + Love

Personnel: Nigel Hendroff (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Brooke Ligertwood, Joel Houston, Jad Gillies (acoustic guitar); Timon Klein, Grant Klasen, Ben Fielding (electric guitar); Hanna Crezee, Leora Gardner (violin); Tim Whincop (trumpet); Elizabeth Gorringe (French horn); Marc Warry (trombone); David Andrew , Autumn Hardman, Roland Jones (keyboards); Simon Kobler, Gabe Kelly, Brand Gillies, Rolf Wam Fjell (drums); Karen Horn, Kathryn De Araujo, Joel Davies, Esther Donnelly, Catherine Vasilakis, Annie Garratt, Matt Crocker, Anneka Knock, Dean Ussher, Emily Hayes (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Sam Gibson.
Recording information: Hillsong Church City Campus (03/01/2009); Hillsong Church Convention Centre (03/01/2009); Sydney Entertainment Centre (03/01/2009); Hillsong Church City Campus (03/08/0209); Hillsong Church Convention Centre (03/08/0209); Sydney Entertainment Centre (03/08/0209); Hillsong Church City Campus (03/29/2009); Hillsong Church Convention Centre (03/29/2009); Sydney Entertainment Centre (03/29/2009).
Photographers: Tony Mott; Paul Konecny; Giles Lambert.
Arranger: The Hillsong Team.
Hillsong's 18th collection of live praise & worship songs doesn't deviate from the grandiose theatricality that made the Australian Pentecostals one of the most successful recording outfits in the whole CCM genre, but it's as solid and reliable a collection of modern rock-infused spirituals as anything the collective has put out in the past. The 13 songs that make up Faith + Hope + Love run the gamut from rousing ("For Your Name") to plaintive ("Yahweh"), all with the same heavily orchestrated panache, resulting in a collection of semi-futuristic gospel music that brings to mind Mannheim Steamroller or the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. ~ James Christopher Monger