Worth It All | ||||
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Studio album by Meredith Andrews | ||||
Released | January 22, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
Genre | Contemporary worship music, contemporary Christian music | |||
Length | 49:33 | |||
Label | Word | |||
Producer | Paul Mabury | |||
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Singles from Worth It All | ||||
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Christian Music Zine | (4.75/5) |
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Worth It All is the fourth studio album from contemporary worship musician Meredith Andrews, released on January 22, 2013 via Word Records. "Not For a Moment (After All)" was released as the album's lead single on July 31, 2012. On February 9, 2013, the album peaked at No. 144 on the Billboard 200 and the No. 7 on the Christian albums chart.
Meredith Andrews talked about the album with Caroline Lusk of CCM Magazine, and Andrews referenced how "'When we first started the record about two years ago, the direction we were going wasn't quite what I had in mind'...'We had four of five songs done and after listening, I just had to be honest and say that it wasn't really where my heart was. I felt like I was writing songs to fill space.'" In response, Andrews went to her record label, and told them she "was going to do a worship record" because as in her own words "'That's who I am'...'I don't even know what another direction looks like." This meant that she "'...wanted to write songs for the body of Christ to sing back to the Lord in corporate worship, but I felt kind of guilty because I hadn't asked Him for songs...'I could hear him saying, 'You have not because you ask not. Ask me for songs, cause I have a lot of them."
Andrews told that the song "The Gospel Changes Everything", is about "...'God's story. It's the beauty of the story of Jesus'...'We were talking about the Gospel and how it can truly transform the lives of people. Nothing added, nothing taken away.'"
For the week of February 9, 2013, the album was the seventh most popular Christian Album by Billboard magazine chart, and it was the 144th most popular in the United States via the Billboard 200.
At CCM Magazine, Andy Argyrakis bestowed on the album a four-out-of-five-stars, and exclaimed that "With three years between studio CD's, the already talented Meredith Andrews has grown by even more noticeable leaps and bounds throughout Worth It All. In addition to honing her vertically-centered songwriting chops and expanding a glorious vocal range, the project is loaded with soul-stirring often times anthemic [sic] contemporary pop arrangements." Christian Music Zine's Joshua Andre conferred upon the album a 4.75-out-of-five-stars, and vowed that it is "Meredith's most mature and 'complete' album to date". At Cross Rhythms, Tony Cummings rated the album a perfect ten-squares, which he called it "her best so far", and stated that as a listener we may have become "a little bored with sound-the-same live worship projects then seek out this deftly crafted studio set of heartwarming new worship songs." Indie Vision Music's Jonathan Andre presented the album with a four-out-of-five-stars, and commended how "this is a great album ready to bless those who listen to these uplifting songs." Jesus Freak Hideout's Jen Rose imposed a rating of three-and-a-half-out-of-five-stars on the album by Andrews, and illustrated that "Worth It All sounds like a musician at home, in her element, leading others into God's presence."