Response (album)

Life Wickham was asked by Bill Lurwick that people may describe this a worship album, and to this Wickham responded by saying "I grew up leading worship ever since I was like 13 years old. I was just like the youth group worship leader back in junior high. It’s always been a big part of what I do and I think if you listen to all my past records, songs that people can sing are sprinkled throughout them all. The whole thought of worship is definitely like – we’ve got some more songs written to God than about other things." Wickham went onto further respond, when he said "It’s always been a big part of what I do, but this really was the goal of this record. It was on my heart to try to put together a record of songs I could sing with people, and hopefully if they fit, into certain churches. I just love to serve the Church with new songs; hopefully they can sing some of them." Theme behind Response Tim Hughes Wickham and Tim Hughes co-wrote the song "At Your Name" together. The story behind it was that "after leading worship at a conference in London with 1500 worship leaders. The next day we were playing around with some ideas...and the idea there's no higher name than God." The conference was at Soul Survivor Church that Hughes invited him to come in order to lead some worship with members of Wickham's church. ==Critical reception==

Allmusic's Matt Collar said "Response is a melodic and epic blast of modern rock uplift that showcases Wickham's yearning vocals." CCM Magazine's Matt Conner said "the latest release from Phil Wickham features his trademark atmospheric tunes anchoring vertical lyrics, but the tunes on Response are steeped in stong synth work that adds a new layer to Wickham's work." Louder Than The Music's Jono Davies said "to summarise, this is a very good album. Great creative songs, great voice and great expressions of praise to God (a few too many great's there maybe). But there is something that's stopping me saying this is an outstanding album. What that is, I'm not sure. But when you hear it, you just know, and on this album I don't always hear it. But overall this is a good, and I'll even use that word again, a great album. Maybe given time this will grow on me more, but for now I am more than willing to express that you should check this out and actually make up your own mind. Dalton wrote this is album is "a powerful God calls for powerful worship, and this song like so many on this release conveys it." ==Track listing==

• Phil Wickham – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars • Pete Kipley – programming, guitars, bass guitar • Joe Williams – programming • Taylor Johnson – electric guitars • Will Sayles – drums (1, 2, 4-9, 11) • Ben Phillips – drums (3) • Joel Plotnik – drums (5, 8, 9) • Steve Bowman – violin (8) == Production ==

• Brown Bannister – producer, recording • Pete Kipley – producer, recording • Andy Hunt – recording • Steve Churchyard – recording • Warren David – digital editing • Joe Williams – digital editing • Christian Rios – art direction, photography • Ryan Strong – graphic design • BrickHouse Entertainment – management ==Charts==