Arriving
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 Billboards 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.
"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."Personnel
- Chris Tomlin – lead vocals, acoustic piano
- Ed Cash – backing vocals, programming, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, keyboards, mandolin, acoustic piano, classical guitar, bass
- Laura Story – acoustic piano
- Daniel Carson – electric guitars
- Jesse Reeves – bass
- Dan Needham – drums
- Joey Parish – drums
- Matt Slocum – cello
- Christy Nockels – backing vocals
- Nathan Nockels – backing vocals
- Darwin Hobbs – backing vocals
- Gale Mayes-West – backing vocals
- Leanne Palmore – backing vocals
- Angela Primm – backing vocals
- Jerard Woods – backing vocals, lead vocal
- Jovaun Woods – backing vocals
- Matt Wertz – backing vocals
- Steven Curtis Chapman – backing vocals
- Melissa Polinar – backing vocals and ad-lib on ending
- 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"
- "Holy Is the Lord"
- "How Great Is Our God"