Reviewed by Rachel Eadon

Worship albums recorded by rather faceless teams of session musicians continue to pour out, but occasionally something comes along which makes your ears prick up, and I think 'Encounter Worship Vol 1' might just do it for you. It's the first of two mid-price albums from Fierce! and was produced by Paul Burton and Steve Harding and features a number of well known vocalists including Cathy Burton, Neil Wilson, Marc James, David Lyle Morris and Ben Cantelon. The songs have been well picked too with well known numbers from Chris Tomlin, Tim Hughes, Martin Smith, Stuart Townend and Darlene Zschech. Some tracks are better arranged than others - "All Over The World" is really quirky while Sam Lane's "So Near" is beautiful and deep. All in all, this is a well rounded set of pop rock worship songs, well played and well sung.

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