Shout to the Lord is the seventh recording project and fifth live Praise & Worship album by Hillsong Music.
Shout to the Lord was recorded live in 1995 at Hills Christian Life Centre (HCLC [now Hillsong Church]) in the Hills Entertainment Centre (which served as the church's primary venue until the completion of its first building in 1997).
Additionally, Zschech's song "Shout to the Lord" was quickly making waves of its own and had also been recorded by Don Moen on the Hosanna!
The album was not intended to be part of Hillsong's annual live album series (as it was recorded "mid-year" between Friends in High Places and God Is in the House), which primarily focuses on introducing new songs written during the previous year.
The arrangements were more polished than on previous recordings and better produced to meet the standards of a Hosanna!
The style and sound of the album is heavily driven by both the vocal arrangements of Zschech and the Hillsong team, but also by the piano playing and musical direction of Russell Fragar.
Fragar incorporated rhythms and harmonies that blended gospel with jazz, funk, rock and disco.
Among others, notable musicians on the album included Mark Gregory (trumpet), David Moyse (electric guitar), Ian Fisher (bass), Craig Gower (keys/vocals), and vocalists Lucy Fisher, Donia Gondjou (Makedonez), Lisa Young, Robert Eastwood, Scott Haslem and Steve McPherson.
— "Jesus, Lover Of My Soul" (John Ezzy, Daniel Grul, Stephen McPherson) — 03:37 • 07.