There Is a Cloud by Elevation Worship

There Is a Cloud is Elevation Worship's 2017 live album, drawn from the Charlotte church of the same name. The title borrows an old image of a small cloud rising before the rain, and the record turns that into a study of hope and expectation. I came to it for that feel of waiting on something better, and it held me.

Why listen?

The sound is large and anthemic, guitars and keys layered for a full room. The production keeps the live energy while staying clean and crisp. The lyrics circle expectation, mercy renewed, and the worth of the cross. There is a real sense of journey here, the set rising from quiet hope to full-throated praise. It is worship made to be sung shoulder to shoulder.

Favourite song: Do It Again

A patient, building song that recalls past faithfulness as a reason to trust the future. It grows from a hush to a roar.

I've seen You move, You move the mountains
And I believe, I'll see You do it again
You made a way, when there was no way
And I believe, I'll see You do it again

The way the song leans on memory, naming what has already been done as ground to stand on, is its quiet strength. It reminds me of looking back down a trail and seeing how far the path has carried me, then turning to climb on with fresh nerve. The song says the one who acted before will act again, and that has stayed with me.

Key takeaway

There Is a Cloud is a hopeful, full-bodied live record best heard whole. A warm recommendation.

Tracklist

• There Is a Cloud
• Overcome
• Do It Again
• Fullness
• He Is Lord
• Yours (Glory and Praise)
• Uncontainable Love
• Forever I Run
• None
• Grateful
• Mighty Cross
• Oh Sing
• Here in the Presence

Details

Listen on

• Apple Music
• Amazon
• Spotify

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