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Burning Lights

Burning Lights is the seventh studio album by Chris Tomlin. It was released on January 8, 2013.[1] The album includes studio renditions of songs previously recorded live on the Passion: White Flag album, including "Lay Me Down", "White Flag" and "Jesus, Son of God". The lead single, "Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)", was released on November 9, 2012.

Burning Lights

January 8, 2013

Contemporary Christian music, worship

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Ed Cash, Dan Muckala, Jason Ingram

The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the fourth album from the contemporary Christian music genre to do so.[2]

Commercial performance[edit]

Burning Lights debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 73,000 copies. It was only the fourth Christian album to do so, and the second in less than a year, the previous being Eye on It by TobyMac.[2] However the album dropped to No. 22 a week later, making it the 7th largest drop from #1 on the Billboard 200 as of January 2017.


The single "Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)" (2012), charted as high as No. 1 on the Christian Songs chart and No. 15 on the Heatseekers Songs chart.

Chris Tomlin – lead vocals (2-12), backing vocals (7)

– programming (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9), backing vocals (2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12), acoustic piano (4)

Jason Ingram

– programming (2, 8)

Dan Muckala

– keyboards (3, 4, 7), programming (3, 4, 7), acoustic guitars (3, 4, 7), mandolin (3, 4), bass (3), backing vocals (3, 4, 7), electric guitars (4), string arrangements (7)

Ed Cash

Matt Glider – keyboards (5, 6, 8-10), programming (6), acoustic piano (12)

Jonathan Smith – programming (5, 9), bass (6), acoustic piano (11), electric guitars (11)

Matt Stanfield – programming (5, 9)

– acoustic piano (7), programming (7)

Nathan Nockels

Casey Brown – programming (10)

– guitars (1, 2)

Stu Garrard

Adam Lester – guitars (2)

Daniel Carson – electric guitars (3, 7), guitars (5, 6, 8-10, 12)

Gabe Scott – (5), additional guitars (6, 10)

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Chris Lacorte – electric guitars (7)

– acoustic guitars (11), lead and backing vocals (11)

Phil Wickham

Joe Williams – electric guitars (11)

Tony Lucido – bass (2, 5, 10)

Jesse Reeves – bass (8, 9, 12)

Paul Mabury – drums (2-8, 10, 11), programming (5, 6), percussion (7)

Travis Nunn – drums (9, 12)

Ray Butcher – trumpet (5)

David Davidson – viola (7), violin (7)

– strings (8)

Chris Carmichael

– strings (12)

John Mark Painter

– spoken word (2)

Lecrae

– backing vocals (7)

Scott Cash

– harmony and backing vocals (7)

Kari Jobe

– lead and backing vocals (8)

Christy Nockels

Gang vocals (Tracks 6, 8, 9 & 12)


Gang vocals (Track 11)

– executive producer

Louie Giglio

Shelley Giglio – executive producer, art direction, management

Brad O'Donnell – executive producer

Jason Ingram – producer (1, 2, 5, 6, 8-12)

Dan Muckala – producer (2, 8), engineer (2)

Jonathan Smith – assistant producer (1, 2, 5, 6, 8-12)

Ed Cash – producer (3, 4, 7), engineer (3, 4, 7)

Jim Dineen – engineer (1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12)

Dave Salley – engineer (2, 11), additional engineer

Scott Cash – assistant engineer (3, 4, 7)

Cody Norris – assistant engineer (3, 4, 7)

Christian Paschall – additional engineer

Joseph Williams – additional engineer

Mark Zellmer – additional engineer

Nathan Nockels – additional recording (7)

Sean Moffitt – mixing (1)

Mark Endert – mixing (2-12)

– mastering

Ted Jensen

Lani Crump – production coordination (1, 2, 5, 6, 8-12)

Dave Steunebrink – production coordination (1, 2, 5, 6, 8-12)

Jess Chambers – A&R administration

Leighton Ching – art direction, design, additional photography

Jan Cook – art direction

Jeremy Cowart – artist photography

Dan Duriscoe with U.S. National Park Service – Milky Way images

Mike McCloskey – management

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