Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship (2015)
Updated: Aug 20
Adore: Christmas Songs of Worship is the second live Christmas album by
Christian singer/songwriter/worship leader Chris Tomlin, released on
October 23, 2015 by sixstepsrecords/Sparrow Records/Capitol Christian
Music Group.
Adore was recorded live at Ocean Way in Nashville, Tennessee with a live
audience in June 2015 and was produced by Ed Cash. Like Tomlin's first live
Christmas release Glory In the Highest, It blends original worship songs with
well-known Christmas hymns. Special guests include Crowder (Tomlin's
friend and fellow Passion associate), Lauren Daigle, All Sons & Daughters,
Leslie Jordan of All Sons & Daughters and Kristyn Getty.
"Noel" featuring Daigle is the highlight track. The song celebrates the birth of
Jesus Christ, the incarnation of God's love, and the good news of salvation. The
track was Gold certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
nearly a decade later in March 2024. Adore peaked and charted on the following
Billboard album charts:
-#1 Top Holiday Albums
-#1 Top Christian Albums for 6 weeks
-#17 Billboard 200
In October 2016, Adore was nominated for a Dove Award for Christmas Album of
the Year. The album was re-issued in 2017 with two bonus tracks: "The First Noel"
and "Perfect Light" featuring a spoken word and guest vocals by Crowder.
Track listing on the 2017 reissue
1. He Shall Reign Forevermore (Chris Tomlin, Matt Maher) -4:10
2. Adore (Graham Kendrick, Martin Chalk) -4:46
3. Midnight Clear (Love Song) (based on "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear" written
by Edmond Sears and Richard Storrs Willis; additional lyrics by Chris Tomlin,
Jonas Myrin and Ed Cash) -4:26
4. Noel (featuring Lauren Daigle) (Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Ed Cash) -4:18
5. The First Noel (traditional; arranged by Chris Tomlin and Ed Cash) -2:47
6. Hymn of Joy (Ludwig van Beethoven, Henry Jackson Van Dyke) -4:03
7. Silent Night (featuring Kristyn Getty) (Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr) -4:02
8. Perfect Light (featuring Crowder) (based on "We Three Kings" by John Henry
Hopkins, Jr.; additional chorus by Chris Tomlin, Ross Copperman and J.T.
Harding) -3:21
9. What Child Is This? (featuring All Sons & Daughters) (William Chatterton Dix)
-2:49
10. It's Christmas (John Wesley Work, Jr., James R. Murray) -4:00
11. A King Like This (Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Jonas Myrin) -4:13
12. Bethlehem (based on "O Little Town of Bethlehem" by Phillips Brooks and Lewis
Redner; additional lyrics by Chris Tomlin and Ed Cash) -4:46
13. A Christmas Alleluia (featuring Lauren Daigle and Leslie Jordan) (Chris Tomlin,
Jonas Myrin) -4:32
RIAA certifications
"Noel" (featuring Lauren Daigle) single -Gold certified in 2024.
Radio singles
2015 -2016 "He Shall Reign Forevermore" -#8 Billboard Hot Christian Songs, -#7
Billboard Christian Airplay, -#1 Billboard Christian AC Airplay
2015 -2016 "Noel" featuring Lauren Daigle -#4 Billboard Hot Christian Songs, -#5
Billboard Christian Airplay, -#1 Billboard Christian AC Airplay for 2 weeks, -#97
Billboard Holiday 100
2015 -2017 "Adore" -#17 Billboard Hot Christian Songs, -#13 Billboard Christian
Airplay, -#15 Billboard Christian AC Airplay
2016 "A Christmas Alleluia" featuring Lauren Daigle and Leslie Jordan
-#36 Billboard Hot Christian Songs
2016 "It's Christmas" -#45 Billboard Hot Christian Songs, -#50 Billboard
Christian Airplay
2016 "What Child Is This?" featuring All Sons & Daughters -#46 Billboard Hot
Christian Songs
Previous release: Love Ran Red (2014)
Next release: Never Lose Sight (2016)
Listen to the album on YouTube Music containing visual, audio and lyrics and
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