You Make Me Brave: Live at the Civic explained

You Make Me Brave: Live at the Civic marks the ninth album from Bethel Music, a worship group based out of Redding, California. The album was released through the group's imprint label, "Bethel Music", on April 21, 2014.^[1] The album was produced by Gabriel Wilson and Daniel MacKenzie, and executively produced by Brian Johnson and Joel Taylor.^[2]

Background

You Make Me Brave was recorded live at Redding's Civic Auditorium during Bethel Church's women's conference in the summer of 2013.

Critical reception

The album was reviewed by Josh White of The Church Collective saying that it is "classic Bethel", with three of the 12 tracks recorded during spontaneous moments of worship. White continues on to say that "the worship leaders from Bethel seriously outdo themselves with their musical influence, heavy synth, and wisely put-together arrangements of songs." When talking about the songs, he said "One of the songs that stuck out to me the most was Brian Johnson and Kari Jobe's "Forever." The arrangement feel and sounds like rendition of both Brian and Kari's version of the song. I was never a big fan of this song – until I heard this version. It takes every emotional influence the song has to offer, and takes it up a few notches. The title song, "You Make Me Brave," sounds and feels very, very personal. Jen said herself, "What was celebrated was what God was doing, not who was doing what. I really hope that people feel that the highlight is what the Lord is saying through the whole album versus who sang what, who did what, whose name is on what." He finally said, "All in all, this is what worship leaders want – solid, biblical, fresh songs that can speak to their people and have an amazing sound."^[3]

Singles

A studio version of "You Make Me Brave" was released as the first single on June 17, 2014.^[4] Vocals were provided by Amanda Cook.

A radio version of "It Is Well" was released as the second single from the album on March 31, 2015.^[5] Vocals were provided by Kristene DiMarco.

Accolades

This album was No. 8 on the Worship Leaders Top 20 Albums of 2014 list.^[6]

The song, "It Is Well", was No. 13 on the Worship Leaders Top 20 Songs of 2014 list.^[7]

Credits

Adapted from AllMusic.^[8]

• Heather Armstrong — photography
• Clint Aull — technician
• Amanda Cook — vocals, worship leader
• Kristene DiMarco — vocals, worship leader
• Steffany Frizzell-Gretzinger — vocals, worship leader
• Chris Greely — engineer, mixing engineer
• Myriah Grubbs — background vocals
• Nathan Grubbs — stage design
• Tyler Hanns — cover design
• Kalley Heiligenthal — background vocals
• Luke Hendrickson — engineer
• Kiley Hill — project manager
• Kari Jobe — vocals, worship leader
• Brian Johnson — acoustic guitar, executive producer
• Jenn Johnson — vocals, worship leader
• Judah Kirkwood — assistant technician, guitar technician
• Aaron Knott — assistant engineer
• Jeremy Larson — strings arrangement, strings
• Daniel Mackenzie — bass, engineer, producer
• Casey Marvin — backline technician, guitar technician
• Graham Moore — percussion
• Michael Pope — electric guitar
• Kallan Sadler — keyboard
• David Whitworth — drums
• Michael Spear — back cover photo, cover photo
• Bobby Strand — electric guitar, pre-production
• Joel Taylor — executive producer
• Paul Vaffa-Coffman — monitor technician
• Leah Valenzuela — vocals, worship leader
• Hank Williams — mastering
• Gabriel Wilson — engineer, producer

Charts

Album

Year-end charts

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Christian [14]	Christian Airplay [15]	Christian Digital Songs [16]
2014	"You Make Me Brave"	16	20	13
2015	"It is Well"	27	31	21

Notes and References

1. Web site: iTunes (U.S.) - Music - Bethel Music - You Make Me Brave (Live). July 5, 2015. April 21, 2014. iTunes (U.S.).
2. Album booklet
3. Web site: Bethel Music // You Make Me Brave - The Church Collective. July 5, 2015. April 18, 2014. The Church Collective.
4. Web site: iTunes (U.S.) - Music - Bethel Music and Amanda Cook - You Make Me Brave (Studio Version). July 5, 2015. June 17, 2014. iTunes (U.S.).
5. Web site: iTunes (U.S.) - Music - Bethel Music and Kristene DiMarco - It Is Well (Radio Mix). July 5, 2015. April 21, 2015. iTunes (U.S.).
6. Top 20 Albums of 2014 . Worship Leader . August 11, 2015 . November/December 2014 . 67.
7. Top 20 Songs of 2014 . Worship Leader . November 5, 2015 . November/December 2014 . 64–5.
8. Web site: You Make Me Brave: Live at the Civic – Bethel Music Credits AllMusic . . . August 8, 2017.
9. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160519011318/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/christian-and-gospel-albums-chart/20140427/christ/. Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart Top 20. May 19, 2016. April 27, 2015. OCC.
10. Christian Albums - Year-End 2014 Billboard . . Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group . March 4, 2018.
11. Christian Albums - Year-End 2015 Billboard . . Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group . March 4, 2018.
12. Christian Albums - Year-End 2017 Billboard . . Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group . March 4, 2018.
13. Top Christian Albums - Year-End Billboard . . Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group . December 6, 2018.
14. Billboard - Bethel Music - Chart History - Hot Christian Songs. May 4, 2017. Billboard.
15. Billboard - Bethel Music - Chart History - Christian Airplay. May 4, 2017. Billboard.
16. Billboard - Bethel Music - Chart History - Christian Digital Songs. May 4, 2017. Billboard.