This Is What We Believe

This Is What We Believe is the fourth studio album from Christian musician Aaron Shust. It was released on August 23, 2011 by Centricity Music label.

This Is What We Believe
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 23, 2011
GenreContemporary Christian music[1]
Length41:25[2]
LabelCentricity Music
ProducerEd Cash
Aaron Shust chronology
Christmas EP
(2009)
This Is What We Believe
(2011)
Morning Rises
(2013)
Singles from This Is What We Believe
  1. "My Hope Is in You"
    Released: August 2, 2011
  2. "We Are Free"
    Released: 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Louder Than The Music[3]
Christian Music Zine[4]
Christianity Today[5]
Jesus Freak Hideout[6]
Christian Music Review(9.3/10)[7]
New Release Today[8]

Track listing

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This Is What We Believe[9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Is What We Believe"Aaron Shust, Jonathan Lee4:45
2."My Hope Is in You"April Geesbreght, Ed Cash4:14
3."Your Majesty"Shust, Cash4:48
4."Risen Today"Shust, Charles Wesley4:02
5."Sing of My Redeemer"Shust, Cash, Philip P. Bliss, Margaret J. Harris4:16
6."Never Been a Greater Love"Shust, Stuart Garrard4:46
7."Greater Is He"Shust, Carl Cartee3:28
8."Wondrous Love" (featuring Kari Jobe)Shust, Ryan Van Kirk4:01
9."We Are Free"Shust, Juan Otero-Cordero, Seth Mosley3:55
10."God So Loved the World"Shust3:10
Total length:41:25

Videos

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Shust released a video of the single "My Hope Is in You".[10]

Personnel

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  • Aaron Shust – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano, programming, acoustic guitar, mandolin
  • Mike Alvarado – acoustic piano
  • Adrian Disch – acoustic piano, keyboards, synthesizers, programming
  • Seth Mosley – programming
  • Ed Cash – programming, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, bass, strings, string arrangements, backing vocals
  • Scott Cash – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Ethan Kaufmann – electric guitar
  • Chris Lacorte – electric guitar
  • Tony Lucido – bass
  • Tim Jones – drums
  • Dan Needham – drums
  • Jacob Schrodt – drums
  • David Davidson – strings, string arrangements
  • Dayton Cole – backing vocals
  • Daniel Fernandez – backing vocals
  • Cody Norris – backing vocals
  • Kari Jobe – lead and backing vocals (8)

Production

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  • Ed Cash – producer, engineer
  • John Mays – executive producer
  • Scott Cash – assistant engineer
  • Dayton Cole – assistant engineer
  • Cody Norris – assistant engineer
  • Ainslie Grosser – mixing
  • Bob Boyd – mastering
  • Joanna Dee – design, layout
  • Laura Dart – photography
  • Kriste Pate – hair stylist, make-up
  • Anna Redman – stylist

Charts

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The album never charted on any Billboard charts. The only song to chart was "My Hope Is in You", which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart, and it stayed on that chart for 52 weeks.[11]

References

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  1. ^ CCD Music : Aaron Shust – This Is What We Believe
  2. ^ This Is What We Believe – Aaron Shust | AllMusic
  3. ^ Louder Than The Music review
  4. ^ Christian Music Zine review[usurped]
  5. ^ Christianity Today review
  6. ^ Jesus Freak Hideout review
  7. ^ Christian Music Review review
  8. ^ New Release Today review
  9. ^ This Is What We Believe: Aaron Shust – Christianbook.com
  10. ^ BREATHEcast.com (2011-07-06). "Dove Award Winning Aaron Shust Tapes Video for His Hit Single My Hope is in You". Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  11. ^ Billboard. "My Hope is In You - Aaron Shust". Retrieved 2014-11-17.
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