Arriving
{{Short description|2004 studio album by Chris Tomlin}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Arriving
| type = studio
| artist = Chris Tomlin
| cover = Arriving album.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 21, 2004
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Contemporary Christian music
| length = 46:01
| producer = Ed Cash
| prev_title = Not to Us
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Live from Austin Music Hall
| next_year = 2005
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r709842|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
| rev2 = Cross Rhythms
| rev2score = {{rating|9|10|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=Solid white borderedS.svg|rating=square}}{{cite web|url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Chris_Tomlin/Arriving/11232/ |first=Tony |last=Cummings |title=Review: Chris Tomlin - Arriving - Cross Rhythms |website=www.crossrhythms.co.uk|accessdate=April 8, 2018}}
|rev3 = Jesus Freak Hideout
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/Arriving.asp |title=Jesus Freak Hideout review |publisher=Jesusfreakhideout.com |date=September 21, 2004 |accessdate=November 23, 2011}}
}}
Arriving is the third studio album by Chris Tomlin released in 2004. The album has received RIAA "Platinum" status and peaked at No. 3 on Billboard{{'}}s Top Christian Albums chart. As of October 2008, "How Great Is Our God" is No. 1 and "Holy Is the Lord" is No. 7 on CCLI's Top 100 songs used in churches in the U.S.{{cite web|url=http://www.praisecharts.com/ccli|title=Top 100 CCLI Songs|website=PraiseCharts|accessdate=November 11, 2018}}
"Indescribable" is a cover of Laura Story, originally performed by Laura Story herself in 2003. Tomlin covered the song on this album.
Likewise, "Your Grace Is Enough" is a cover of a Matt Maher song, though Tomlin rewrote the chorus compared to Maher's original version.
Name
Tomlin named this album after a passage he read in Isaiah 40 because he said he feels "as though we're like this landing strip in the desert for our great, incredible God to arrive on; a way for Him to come into people's lives."{{cite web|url=http://www.revelationgeneration.org/artist_bios/chris_tomlin.php |title=Chris Tomlin's bio on Revelation Generation |publisher=Revelationgeneration.org |accessdate=November 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913202229/http://www.revelationgeneration.org/artist_bios/chris_tomlin.php |archivedate=September 13, 2008 }}
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Indescribable
| length1 = 3:57
| writer1 = Laura Story, Jesse Reeves (additional lyrics)
| title2 = Holy Is the Lord
| length2 = 4:11
| writer2 = Chris Tomlin, Louie Giglio
| title3 = How Great Is Our God
| length3 = 4:26
| writer3 = Tomlin, Reeves, Ed Cash
| title4 = Your Grace Is Enough
| length4 = 4:08
| writer4 = Matt Maher, Tomlin (additional lyrics)
| title5 = Unfailing Love
| note5 = featuring Steven Curtis Chapman
| length5 = 3:59
| writer5 = Tomlin, Cash, Cary Pierce
| title6 = The Way I Was Made
| length6 = 3:33
| writer6 = Cash, Reeves, Tomlin
| title7 = Mighty Is the Power of the Cross
| length7 = 6:04
| writer7 = Reeves, Tomlin, Shawn Craig
| title8 = All Bow Down
| length8 = 4:06
| writer8 = Tomlin, Cash
| title9 = On Our Side
| length9 = 3:36
| writer9 = Cash, Reeves, Tomlin
| title10 = King of Glory
| length10 = 3:07
| writer10 = Reeves, Tomlin
| title11 = You Do All Things Well
| length11 = 4:46
| writer11 = Reeves, Tomlin, Michael John Clement
| total_length = 45:53
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Personnel
- Chris Tomlin – lead vocals, acoustic piano (11)
- Ed Cash – backing vocals (1–6, 8, 10, 11), programming (1–6, 8, 9, 11), acoustic guitars (1–6, 8–11), electric guitars (1), keyboards (2, 3, 5, 9), mandolin (2), acoustic piano (3), classical guitar (7), bass (7)
- Laura Story – acoustic piano (1)
- Daniel Carson – electric guitars (1–6, 8–11)
- Jesse Reeves – bass (1–6, 8–11)
- Dan Needham – drums (1, 3, 5, 9-11)
- Joey Parish – drums (2, 4, 6, 8-10)
- Matt Slocum – cello (7)
- Christy Nockels – backing vocals (3)
- Nathan Nockels – backing vocals (3)
- Darwin Hobbs – backing vocals (3, 9)
- Gale Mayes-West – backing vocals (3, 9)
- Leanne Palmore – backing vocals (3, 9)
- Angela Primm – backing vocals (3, 9)
- Jerard Woods – backing vocals (3, 9), lead vocal (second verse of 9)
- Jovaun Woods – backing vocals (3, 9)
- Matt Wertz – backing vocals (3, 7)
- Steven Curtis Chapman – backing vocals (5)
- Melissa Polinar – backing vocals and ad-lib on ending (9)
Production
- Louie Giglio – executive producer
- Brad O'Donnell – executive producer
- Ed Cash – producer, recording engineer, mixing
- Ed's, Franklin, Tennessee – recording location, mixing location
- Scott Olivier – additional recording engineer
- Stardog, Austin, Texas – additional recording location
- Steve Bishir – mixing
- Richard Dodd – mastering
- Thomas Petillo – photography
- Jan Cook – creative direction
- Benji Peck – art direction, design
Singles
- "Indescribable" (2004)
- "Holy Is the Lord" (2005)
- "How Great Is Our God" (2005)
Awards
In 2005, the album won a Dove Award for Praise & Worship Album of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards.[http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/aa36dovenoms.htm 2005 Dove Awards - 36th Annual Dove Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220045050/http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/a/aa36dovenoms.htm |date=December 20, 2007 }} on About.com; Jones, Kim
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