You Make Me Brave: Live at the Civic

You Make Me Brave: Live at the Civic marks the ninth album from Bethel Music, a worship group based out of Redding, California. The album was released through the group's imprint label, "Bethel Music", on April 21, 2014.^[1] The album was produced by Gabriel Wilson and Daniel MacKenzie, and executively produced by Brian Johnson and Joel Taylor.^[2]

Background

You Make Me Brave was recorded live at Redding's Civic Auditorium during Bethel Church's women's conference in the summer of 2013.

Critical reception

The album was reviewed by Josh White of The Church Collective saying that it is "classic Bethel", with three of the 12 tracks recorded during spontaneous moments of worship. White continues on to say that "the worship leaders from Bethel seriously outdo themselves with their musical influence, heavy synth, and wisely put-together arrangements of songs." When talking about the songs, he said "One of the songs that stuck out to me the most was Brian Johnson and Kari Jobe’s “Forever.” The arrangement feel and sounds like rendition of both Brian and Kari’s version of the song. I was never a big fan of this song – until I heard this version. It takes every emotional influence the song has to offer, and takes it up a few notches. The title song, “You Make Me Brave,” sounds and feels very, very personal. Jen said herself, “What was celebrated was what God was doing, not who was doing what. I really hope that people feel that the highlight is what the Lord is saying through the whole album versus who sang what, who did what, whose name is on what.” He finally said, "All in all, this is what worship leaders want – solid, biblical, fresh songs that can speak to their people and have an amazing sound."^[3]

Awards and accolades

This album was No. 8 on the Worship Leader's Top 20 Albums of 2014 list.^[4]

The song, "It Is Well", was No. 13 on the Worship Leader's Top 20 Songs of 2014 list.^[5]

Singles

A studio version of "You Make Me Brave" was released as the first single on June 17, 2014.^[6] Vocals were provided by Amanda Cook.

A radio version of "It Is Well" was released as the second single from the album on April 21, 2015.^[7] Vocals were provided by Kristene DiMarco.

Track listing

Standard edition^[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Worship leader(s)	Length
1.	"You Make Me Brave"	Amanda Cook	Amanda Cook	6:06
2.	"It Is Well"	Kristene DiMarco	Kristene DiMarco	6:25
3.	"A Little Longer"	Jenn Johnson	Jenn Johnson	7:41
4.	"Forever"	J. Johnson Kari Jobe Brian Johnson Gabriel Wilson Joel Taylor Christa Black Gifford	Kari Jobe	11:24
5.	"Joy of the Lord" (Spontaneous)	J. Johnson	Jenn Johnson	6:40
6.	"Anchor"	Jobe B. Johnson Cody Carnes	Leah Valenzuela	4:45
7.	"Shepherd"	Cook	Amanda Cook	6:10
8.	"Wonder" (Spontaneous)	Cook	Amanda Cook	6:31
9.	"We Dance"	Cook Steffany Frizzell Gretzinger	Steffany Frizzell Gretzinger	4:41
10.	"I Belong to You"	Cook	Amanda Cook	4:48
11.	"Come to Me"	J. Johnson	Jenn Johnson	7:42
12.	"We Step into Freedom" (Spontaneous)	J. Johnson	Jenn Johnson	1:29

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[8]	34
UK Christian & Gospel Albums (OCC)^[9]	1
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[10]	23
US Billboard 200^[11]	10
US Christian Albums (Billboard)^[12]	1
US Digital Albums (Billboard)^[13]	6
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[14]	1

References

1 2 "iTunes (U.S.) - Music - Bethel Music - You Make Me Brave (Live)". iTunes (U.S.). April 21, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ Album booklet
↑ "Bethel Music // You Make Me Brave - The Church Collective". The Church Collective. April 18, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ Worship Leader. "Top 20 Albums of 2014". Worship Leader. p. 67. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
↑ Worship Leader. "Top 20 Songs of 2014". Worship Leader. p. 64–5. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
↑ "iTunes (U.S.) - Music - Bethel Music and Amanda Cook - You Make Me Brave (Studio Version)". iTunes (U.S.). June 17, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ "iTunes (U.S.) - Music - Bethel Music and Kristene DiMarco - It Is Well (Radio Mix)". iTunes (U.S.). April 21, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
↑ "Australiancharts.com – Bethel Music – You Make Me Brave - Live At The Civic". Hung Medien.
↑ "Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Top 20". OCC. April 27, 2015. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016.
↑ "Bethel Music – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Bethel Music.
↑ "Bethel Music – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Bethel Music.
↑ "Bethel Music – Chart history" Billboard Christian Albums for Bethel Music.
↑ "Bethel Music – Chart history" Billboard Digital Albums for Bethel Music.
↑ "Bethel Music – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Bethel Music.

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