Beautiful Offerings

Beautiful Offerings
Beautiful Offerings
Studio album by Big Daddy Weave
Released	September 18, 2015
Genre	Worship, contemporary Christian music, Christian rock, pop rock
Length	48:25
Label	Word, Curb, Fervent
Producer	Jeremy Redmon Tedd T;
Big Daddy Weave chronology

Beautiful Offerings is the seventh studio album by Big Daddy Weave. Word Records alongside Curb Records and Fervent Records released the album on September 18, 2015.

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
365 Days of Inspiring Media	^[1]
CCM Magazine	^[2]
The Christian Beat	^[3]
Jesus Freak Hideout	^[4]
New Release Today	^[5]
Worship Leader	^[6]

Awarding the album four stars from CCM Magazine, Jamie Walker states, "Beautiful Offerings features eleven originals that continue the band's tradition of offering rich melodic hooks perfectly paired with thought-provoking and worshipful lyrics...With Beautiful Offerings, Big Daddy Weave once again powerfully presents in their own unique way the live-giving messages of hope and surrender."^[2] Kevin Davis, giving the album four and a half stars at New Release Today, writes, "This new album demonstrates once again the passion and energy that have made Big Daddy Weave one of Christian music's most compelling acts...These are very passionate worship songs with biblically based lyrics sung with vocal sincerity and reverence...This album is Big Daddy Weave's crowning achievement and one of my top albums of the year."^[5]

Indicating in a four and a half star review by Worship Leader, Randy Cross responds, "Beautiful Offerings is the next 'classic' from the band that continues to define what it is to be a Christian pop artist...Sometimes introspective, always deep and worshipful, Beautiful Offerings is an unadulterated celebration of the band's relationship with Jesus".^[6] Rating the album three stars from Jesus Freak Hideout, Alex Caldwell describes, "The early songs on Beautiful Offerings show that Big Daddy Weave can stretch the boundaries of their sound when they want to, but half of the songs here sound like they could have been performed by ten other bands."^[4]

Joshua Andre, indicating in a four and a half star review for 365 Days of Inspiring Media, recognizes, "Beautiful Offerings is one of the stand out albums of the year, in my opinion, as well as the band’s most complete and mature work to date, with plenty of genres encompassed throughout."^[1] Signaling in a four and a half star review by The Christian Beat, Abby Baracskai replies, "Big Daddy Weave continues to deliver new and creative arrangements, powerful lyrics and compelling vocals with Beautiful Offerings."^[3]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Beautiful Offering"	Mike Weaver, Jason Ingram	4:32
2.	"My Story"	Ingram, Weaver	4:38
3.	"I Belong to God"	Weaver, Allison Mellon, Matt Redman	4:22
4.	"Come Sit Down"	Ingram, Weaver, Seth Mosley	5:35
5.	"The Lion and the Lamb"	Brenton Brown, Brian Johnson, Leeland Mooring	5:06
6.	"Heaven Is Here"	Weaver, Benji Cowart, Elias Dummer	4:21
7.	"It's Already Done"	Weaver, Josh Wilson	4:02
8.	"I Will Go"	Ingram, Mosley, Weaver	3:34
9.	"Praise You"	Weaver, Redman	4:15
10.	"Glory Unspeakable"	Weaver, Ed Cash, Jose Manwell Reyes	3:34
11.	"You're Gonna Love Him"	Weaver, Cowart, Tedd T	4:26
Total length:			48:25

Deluxe edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Welcome"	Redman, Weaver	4:01
13.	"When You Love Somebody"	Ingram, Weaver, Matt Maher	3:36
14.	"Jesus I Believe"	Ingram, Weaver	4:37
15.	"Good Good Father" (live)	Pat Barrett, Tony Brown	5:44
Total length:			66:23

Personnel[]

Big Daddy Weave

Mike Weaver – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitars
Jeremy Redmon – keyboard programming, electric guitars, banjo, mandolin, additional drums, trumpet, backing vocals
Joe Shirk – keyboards, saxophone, backing vocals
Jay Weaver – bass, backing vocals
Brian Beihl – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Additional Musicians

Matt Gilder – keyboards (1-8, 10, 13)
David Leonard – keyboards (1, 4, 6-9, 11), backing vocals (3, 6-10, 14)
Ben Phillips – drums (1-11, 13)
Matt Nelson – cello (2)
The Love Sponge Strings – strings (1, 2, 12, 14)
Luke Brown – backing vocals (1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 13)
Anna Redmon – backing vocals (1, 2)
Benji Cowart – backing vocals (11)

Production[]

Jeremy Redmon – producer
Tedd T – additional producer (11)
Josh Bailey – A&R
Ben Phillips – tracking engineer
Ainslie Grosser – mixing
Dan Shike – mastering
Shane Tarleton – creative director
Katherine Petillo – art direction, design
David Molnar – photography

Charts[]

Chart (2015)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[7]	164
US Christian Albums (Billboard)^[8]	4

Awards and nominations[]

In 2016, 'My Story' was nominated for a Dove Award for 'Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year'.^[9]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Andre, Joshua (September 20, 2015). "Big Daddy Weave – Beautiful Offerings". 365 Days of Inspiring Media. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Walker, Jamie (September 15, 2015). "Big Daddy Weave: Beautiful Offerings". CCM Magazine. p. 34. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Baracskai, Abby (September 13, 2015). "Big Daddy Weave's "Beautiful Offerings:" A Champion Of Musical Diversity & Life Inspiring Messages". The Christian Beat. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Caldwell, Alex (October 7, 2015). "Big Daddy Weave, "Beautiful Offerings" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Davis, Kevin (September 16, 2015). "Exceptional Offerings of Praise". New Release Today. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Cross, Randy. "Big Daddy Weave: Beautiful Offerings". Worship Leader. pp. 80–1. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
^ "Big Daddy Weave Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
^ "Big Daddy Weave Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2017-01-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[365DoIM-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Andre, Joshua (September 20, 2015). "Big Daddy Weave – Beautiful Offerings". 365 Days of Inspiring Media. Retrieved September 20, 2015.

[CCM-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Walker, Jamie (September 15, 2015). "Big Daddy Weave: Beautiful Offerings". CCM Magazine. p. 34. Retrieved September 17, 2015.

[TCB-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Baracskai, Abby (September 13, 2015). "Big Daddy Weave's "Beautiful Offerings:" A Champion Of Musical Diversity & Life Inspiring Messages". The Christian Beat. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2015.

[JFH-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Caldwell, Alex (October 7, 2015). "Big Daddy Weave, "Beautiful Offerings" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved October 14, 2015.

[NRT-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Davis, Kevin (September 16, 2015). "Exceptional Offerings of Praise". New Release Today. Retrieved September 17, 2015.

[WL-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Cross, Randy. "Big Daddy Weave: Beautiful Offerings". Worship Leader. pp. 80–1. Retrieved October 29, 2015.

[ac_Billboard200_Big_Daddy_Weave-7] "Big Daddy Weave Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

[ac_BillboardChristian_Big_Daddy_Weave-8] "Big Daddy Weave Chart History (Christian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

[9] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2017-01-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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