Since their 2011 album Aftermath (which is my favourite Hillsong UNITED album ever), ZION comes in a close second, and still influences listeners, even almost a year after its release (frankly, I’m even surprised that this album never received a Dove Award nomination for Best Worship album of the Year). While it can be hard to keep up to date with every release from Joel Houston, Matt Crocker, Jad Gilles and the rest of the Hillsong UNITED team, Hillsong’s latest studio album ZION was one that created a moment where almost everyone who loves Christian music and all its genres agreed that this album released by the band was something superb, something unique, something life-changing and something edifying. Releasing around 2 or 3 albums a year either under their guises of ‘Live’ or ‘United’ (and lately under ‘Chapel’ or even ‘Global’), their poignant radio singles and encouraging anthems have led this Australian led worship movement to become one of the world’s most talked about and listened to worship artists each year, alongside others like Jesus Culture, Bethel and Passion (consisting of artists like David Crowder, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman and the like).

Album DescriptionHillsong (in all its formats- Live, Young and Free, and United) have been a phenomenal force in the Christian worship music industry, introducing hit songs like ‘Shout to the Lord’, ‘Desert Song’, ‘Worthy is the Lamb’, ‘Mighty to Save’ and ‘Hosanna’.

See More Your browser does not support the audio element. Some of the tracks, on the other hand, are overly long, making the already big Zion just a touch overstuffed. Tempos are often faster than before but the swell of emotion is just as big, while Joel Houston and Matt Croker are still key members of the group, although newcomer Ben Tennikoff makes quite an impact, drawing attention to his keyboard work and co-writing the late-album highlight 'Tapestry,' which is a soft, swaying number that remains compelling for its six-plus minutes. Kicking off with an electro-tinged bit of rock called 'Relentless,' Zion is a risky expansion of their sound, incorporating many different flavors of pop music and offering elaborate, epic numbers like 'Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)' that are so busy and big they seem to have stepped off Broadway and wound up here.

If Hillsong United didn't create the modern alternative rock style of worship music, they certainly were the group that helped take it to the top of the gospel charts, having released a string of live albums that were mostly live and loud and both sonically and secularly comparable to Coldplay and/or U2. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.

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