Awakening: Live from Chicago by Jesus Culture

Awakening: Live from Chicago is a 2011 double live album from Jesus Culture, the worship movement born out of Bethel Church in Redding. Recorded at a large conference, it spreads across two discs of unhurried, fervent praise. The title names the heart of it, a call to wake up and seek God without restraint. I was drawn in by its raw energy and its refusal to rush.

Why listen?

The sound is big, electric worship, with long builds and roaring choruses. Voices like Kim Walker-Smith and Chris Quilala lead with real force. The production keeps the live feel, the crowd and the room always present. There is a clear arc across the night from hunger toward release, from waiting toward fire. It asks for time, and gives back intensity.

Favourite song: Break Every Chain

A slow, mounting song about freedom, sung until the whole room is carried. It is the moment the album fully ignites.

There is power in the name of Jesus
There is power in the name of Jesus
There is power in the name of Jesus
To break every chain, break every chain
To break every chain

The way the chorus repeats and grows, refusing to stop, turns a simple line into a wave that lifts the crowd. It reminds me of a long ascent where the rhythm of your own steps carries you past tiredness into a strange joy. The song trades polish for conviction, and live, that conviction is the whole event.

Key takeaway

Awakening: Live from Chicago is a long, fervent worship record for those who like their praise raw and unhurried. A fair recommendation.

Tracklist

• Awaken Me
• Father of Lights
• Perfect Love
• Break Every Chain
• Glorious
• Burning Ones
• Holy (Are You)
• My Everything
• Nothing but the Blood
• He Is Faithful
• I Surrender
• We Are Hungry
• Fill Me Up
• The Anthem
• Holding Nothing Back
• Dance

Details

Listen on

• Apple Music
• Amazon
• Spotify

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